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Guy Zima loses county supervisor, city alderperson races

Posted at 9:35 PM, Apr 03, 2018
and last updated 2018-04-04 00:04:25-04

After serving on city council for about 40 years, Guy Zima is defeated by Brian Johnson.

Johnson grabs 53 percent of the vote while Zima falls short at around 46 percent.

At his election party Tuesday, Johnson thanked supporters and volunteers who worked his campaign.

Johnson said he put a lot of time and effort into the race, but he said his work is just getting started.

Tuesday afternoon, Johnson talked about his hope to imrpove city roads and increase economic development.

He said the first thing he wanted to do is start getting city council working as a team.

Zima said he enjoyed service the people of Green Bay for nearly four decades, and he's proud of the work he did as an alderman,

Zima also lost his race for county supervisor. Megan Borchardt defeats the veteran politician 53 percent to 47 percent. 

Zima had recently drawn fire for a scandal that sent him in front of the ethics board. 

He's is accused of bullying city employees and making inappropriate sexual comments.

Zima has denied those allegations.

He said Tuesday that he isn't ruling out a future run for office, including Green Bay mayor.