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Milwaukee Mayor In Hospital After Pipe Attack During State Fair
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett is recovering in a hospital from wounds he received over the weekend while trying to pacify a man arguing with a woman reportedly over the custody of a child.
“I visited Mayor Barrett in the hospital this morning and found him to be in good spirits and looking good considering what happened,” Gov. Jim Doyle said of his former rival. “The Mayor’s heroic actions clearly saved a woman and others from harm. Jessica and I, along with all the people of Wisconsin, are wishing him speedy recovery.”
Barrett was at the Wisconsin State Fair Saturday night when he tried to help a woman who was arguing with a man who was said to have been drunk. The mayor was calling 911 when the man hit him with a metal pipe.
The suspect was arrested on Sunday, and the mayor is expected to fully recover from his injuries.
The 55-year-old Barrett is a former member of the state Assembly and state Senate who served five terms in the U.S. House. A Democrat, he ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2002 and was elected mayor in 2004. He won a second term last year with 79 percent, the largest percentage of the vote in four decades.
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