After Resounding Victory, District Attorney-Elect Xavier Solis, Shares His Vision For The Kenosha County DA’s Office

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Solis Smiles As He Watched Election Results Come In
(Photo by Kevin Mathewson, Kenosha County Eye)

Kenosha County voters sent a stern message tonight – the status quo is no longer. Voters did this by electing local criminal defense attorney Xavier Solis to lead the Kenosha County District Attorney’s Office. Solis is now tasked with leading a staff of about 40 men and women including nearly 20 prosecutors and 20 support personnel.

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Solis’ opponent, prosecutor Carli McNeill, has been plagued by controversy and allegations of prosecutorial misconduct. McNeill didn’t return KCE’s phone call or messages requesting comment. She also declined to contact and concede to Solis, as is customary.

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Solis was up the entire night and ended his evening with an over 2,000 vote lead, according to unofficial totals on the County’s website.

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District Attorney-Elect Xavier Solis
(Photo by Kevin Mathewson, Kenosha County Eye)

Solis spoke with KCE exclusively after the results were final:

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“Thank You, Kenosha County!
I am deeply honored and grateful to be elected as your District Attorney. Thank you to everyone who supported this journey—from knocking on doors to sharing our message, and most importantly, casting your vote. This victory belongs to all of us who believe in a safer, stronger Kenosha County.
As your District Attorney, I am committed to working closely with Sheriff David W. Zoerner, Kenosha Police Chief Patrick Patton, Pleasant Prairie Police Chief David Smetana, and the various law enforcement agencies across our county. Together, we will strengthen our partnerships and bring a united approach to keeping our communities safe. Accountability, transparency, and justice will guide us in ensuring that every resident feels protected and valued.
Let’s get to work!”
– Xavier Solis, Kenosha County District Attorney – Elect

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Congressman Bryan Steil (R), DA-Elect Xavier Solis (R) and Sheriff David Zoerner (R)
(Photo by Kevin Mathewson, Kenosha County Eye)

Solis celebrated his victory alongside supporters Tuesday evening, including Congressman Bryan Steil (R), Sheriff David Zoerner(R), and other supporters and volunteers. Solis celebrated at Birchwood Grill in central Kenosha County and later joined Congressmen Steil at his event. Steil said to Solis “This is big, Xavier!”

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Solis shared a snapshot of his vision for the Kenosha County DA’s Office with KCE Tuesday evening. “Under my leadership, violent criminals, child predators, and corrupt public officials will be held accountable for their actions to the fullest extent of the law. The days of sending serious cases to neighboring DAs for political purposes are over,” said Solis. “We have seen District Attorneys that are not held accountable by Kenosha County tax payers go easy on these offenders. If the crimes occur in Kenosha County, they will be prosecuted in Kenosha County, aside from obvious conflicts. Unlike my predecessor and opponent, I am not a life-long politician. I will not treat defendants differently based on their political beliefs or perceived social statuses.”

DA-Elect Xavier Solis (R) and Former County Board Member Zachary Rodriguez (R)
(Kenosha County Eye)

“I want to warn those that sell poison, like fentanyl and other dangerous drugs to our children – your days are numbered. To the repeat violent and sexual offenders, you no longer need to wait for a generous plea offer – one isn’t coming,” added Solis.

“I want to thank my opponent, Ms. McNeill, for her many years of service to Kenosha County. I look forward to District Attorney Mike Graveley’s cooperation during my transition over the coming two months.”

Kenosha County Sheriff David W. Zoerner
(File Photo by Kevin Mathewson, Kenosha County Eye)

“I am pleased to congratulate District Attorney-Elect Xavier Solis on his victory and am committed to supporting his transition into this crucial role for Kenosha County. I look forward to working together to create the safest community possible for all residents of Kenosha County,” said Kenosha County Sheriff David W. Zoerner.

Patrick Patton – City of Kenosha Police Chief (File Photo by Kevin Mathewson, Kenosha County Eye)

“Congratulations to new District Attorney Xavier Solis. The relationship between law enforcement and the DAs office is pivotal in ensuring the highest level of public safety for our community. I look forward to working with DA Solis and assisting in anyway I can to help him be successful and continue the great relationship our organizations have historically had,” said Kenosha Police Chief Patrick Patton.

District Attorney-Elect Solis will be sworn into office in January of 2025 at a public ceremony. Details of this historic ceremony will be forthcoming. Not only is Solis the county’s first ever Republican elected to this office, but he is also the first ever Mexican-American DA in Kenosha County.

Congressman Bryan Steil Congratulates Solis On Stage Tuesday Evening
(Photo by Kevin Mathewson, Kenosha County Eye)
Congressman Bryan Steil Takes The Stage Tuesday Evening
(Photo by Kevin Mathewson, Kenosha County Eye)
District Attorney-Elect Xavier Solis and KCE Editor and Former Alderman Kevin Mathewson
(Photo by Zachary Rodriguez for Kenosha County Eye)

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  1. Congratulations DA Solis!
    Kenosha County will be a great place with your legal leadership.

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        1. Yes, those are racist words. They are the same words used by the President-elect. Therefore, the President-elect is racist.

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  2. Congratulations Xavier. This couldn’t have been possible without your help Kevin. Carli showing she’s a true democrat by not conceding when it is obvious she lost.

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  3. As a deputy, I am overjoyed and I stnd with our Sheriff. It’s time for a change. And I pray there will be justice for Baby Doe (River)

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    1. We the People support our new DA so if the judges don’t play ball We the People will clean house.

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          1. Agree, we NEED Change in Unpleasant Prairie!!!! Two headed monster starts with Fat daddy and tag along Polloncoff wish we could learn about back room deals.

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    1. Because his name is really Carl.

      RED WAVE!
      All you worthless democrats can SUCK IT!

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  4. Pack your bags Carli , Take your corruption and your mis leading backstabbing, unethical ways home ,
    Congrats Kenosha we have a new beginning and hopefully with the New DA and a great police chief and sheriff we
    can also Make Kenosha Great again !!!!

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    1. Lmao that will never happen the local Italians running Kenosha wont let it happen but the illusion is beautiful 🤣🤣🤣

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  5. So super proud of you Xavier, you worked so hard and I am eager to watch you in this roll. Enjoy the victory but prepare for the hard work ahead,

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  6. I have a really good feeling about this.
    The people deserve better for their tax dollars and
    Kenosha will be a much safer place.
    Congratulations, Xavi!

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  7. Congratulations Xavier Solis. Can’t wait for the law to clean up our city finally. Time for the garbage to take the trash out!

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      1. Is our new DA really going to prosecute corrupt local officials? Or, was that just talk to help get him elected?

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  8. Let’s make our public officials honest or they can go get in line with Harris . the unemployment line !!!!!

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  9. This is such great news !!! Gravely retiring , and his protege defeated . This in combination with Trump’s victory , makes this a beautiful day !
    Too bad the completely useless Tammy Baldwin won. Congrats Xavier !!!

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    1. I’m getting conflicting stories on Tammy Baldwin. Google says she won but another website says she didn’t. Only 99% were in when Google posted her winning.

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  10. What do Carli McNeill, Alexandra Smathers and Emily Gaertnerin all have in common? All of them woke up this morning and are updating their resumes and sending a copy to Zeke Wiedenfeld in Walworth County and Patricia Hanson in Racine.

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    1. Yuck, we don’t want them in Racine.

      We don’t want Pat Hanson either, but no one else wants the job, so we’re stuck with Mr. Piggy.

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  11. This is going to be a disaster. I feel very sorry for those families that will be looking for justice when they are a victim of a crime.

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    1. Victims like Baby River? Or, the Taxpayers of Kenosha who fell victim to A. Berg? Or A. Berg’s donors, who were victims of theft?

      Or, the sexual assault victims who have been let down recently & repeatedly? Or how about those who have been prosecuted unjustly, recently?

      Or the countless others who have been let down by the losers in the Kenosha DA’s office? More have been disappointed than properly served. It’s time for that to change! Go, Mr. Solis ♥️🤍💙

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      1. There are a few victim and witness staff members who deserve to be fired immediately without delay.

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      2. It doesn’t matter who the DA is. There are going to be people who don’t get justice regardless of who won, be serious.

        It’s actually pretty sad how many of you think the DA’s office is going to change overnight. It won’t. It shows how clueless most people are in terms of how this stuff works.

        I’m glad Trump won but, to be honest, 99 percent of the citizens aren’t important enough to actually experience any type of life change due to who the President is. Short of you being one of the one percenters, your life isn’t going to change regardless if they vote Cardi B as President or Reagan comes back from the dead to be President.

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    1. Can they do that? If so I’m sure he’s worried Especially in his stealing from his charity case

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  12. Kevin, thanks for supporting the right choice. Change is good, let’s see what a republican can do to this office. Congrats to Mr. Solis. Last night’s message to the liberals was, NO MORE!! time for change.

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  13. You can take a good amount of credit here, Mr. Matthews. A job well done. Wow, the first republican DA in Kenosha’s history.

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    1. This has no relevance. A candidate’s political affiliation in the DA race had little to no value to voters until 10 years ago. They mostly voted on merit.

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  14. If only the City voters could follow along with the County voters we might be able to clean some things up. Get rid of these established dems, anti-family school board, and things would be even better.

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  15. Congrats to Xavier who worked hard on his campaign. The same process happened in 1989 when Robert Jambois came in from the outside and defeated Robert Zapf who was supported by the entire DA’s office staff. Xavier does not have the authority (nor did Jambois) to just go in and fire people as some of the posters above have suggested. He does have the authority to select a deputy (the office now held by McNeill) and, of course, he can and likely will change how the office is run. I suspect there will be some changes once he gets the lay of the land.

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  16. Kenosha experienced a giant red wave yesterday!!! What a day for Kenosha Republicans!!! Being on the right side and working hard pays off!

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      1. Baldwin lost big in Kenosha County… unfortunately the rest the state did not carry their weight is getting rid of her!

  17. Congratulations on your achievement, Mr. Solis. Your success signifies a new era in the local judiciary. It is our hope that all defense attorneys receive equal opportunities without preferential treatment for deal makers like Parise or Kmiec.
    We, the people, have voted for you and will stand by your side to ensure that the outdated establishment does not interfere with your duties.

    By the way Mr. Donald Mayew, do you have anything else to say about Mr. Solis now?

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  18. Again, the city doesn’t win here. You guys lose regardless. McNeil was part of the problem before.

    However, Solis doesn’t have much experience trying cases….and he just isn’t a very good litigator. End of story. It’s an experience thing, nothing against him personally.

    I cringe thinking of him having to try a high profile case…..

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    1. He can have someone else try the case. Just like Gravely did. If XS were smart and self-aware, he would focus on the administration side of the position and leave the trials to the staff. Lots of big city DAs do not try cases.

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    1. Bell chose to take the settlement.

      He SETTLED.

      Now he needs to settle down and STFU. His son was a drunk, drug-using shitbag who bragged about his delinquency. Mike Jr. played the world’s worst game of FAFO, and Gonzales won.

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      1. A civil settlement means nothing.
        3 grown men can’t handle one teenager without shooting him dead?
        Weak shit from weak pussies.

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        1. One could argue that the younger Bell’s lifestyle directly led to this result, and that the weak one was the individual who chose the life of delinquency, when following the law is so simple, that most people do it on a daily basis.

      2. The officers and leadership of the Kenosha police committed numerous serious crimes in the investigation into the death of Bell jr. Their actions are a cancer on this city. I waiting to see if the new DA will actual order a real investigation to rid Kenosha of this cancer.

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        1. You can fuck off, too. Try doing the job and dealing with a drunken asshole trying to take your gun away and kill you.

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  19. I’ve never been so nervous regarding an election; both locally and nationally. Given the past election, I couldn’t bear to hear bad news last night. Needless to say I was very happy this morning. But there’s a long way to go. Xavier winning by only 2000 votes points to the institutionalized corruption of the mainstream media. If they would have publicized his opponent’s poor record and overt corruption, the way the KC Eye did, it wouldn’t have been even that close. The KC Eye is vital to our community. If you believe in freedom of speech, and in something called objective truth, then we have work to do. Support the Eye and other outlets who are working to expose the constant lies of the MSM. If you still doubt the honesty of the legacy media, all I have to say is “nine barrels? Are you sure the stories they push down your throat are really what they say they are?”

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  20. Guess what courthouse establishment?
    Xavier didn’t attend your lame candidates debate and still won!
    The 98% democrat Bar Association has no power or influence.
    I hope you wasted a lot of time preparing gotcha questions for Xavier that you never got to use.

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    1. You know, I thought it was a bad look that Xavier didn’t show up to the debate. But now, and to your point, I could see that it was setup for his failure, and it seemed it was packed with her cronies (fellow attorneys). So looking back Xavier did the right thing, by not falling into a local “establishment” trap, and took his message directly to the people and the people have spoken!

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  21. I couldn’t be more proud to vote for Xavier Solis! A true God loving Patriot! Let the house cleaning begin! 🙏❤️🤍💙

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  22. Start with John Morrissey, No real college degree, huge cover up on Bell case, if nothing to hide why not release the file? Huge salary we already have mayor to make decisions why double cost ?

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    1. Wait until he runs for County Exec and wins 😬

      RPKC needs to find a good, strong candidate, because that race is coming hard & fast.

      1. Morrissey is convinced he can trick enough stupid people to vote for him. When Kenosha people learn just how corrupt he really is, they will send him packing.

  23. He needs to start with the victim witness people who are really advocates for getting their way. They add charges in hopes of a plea!

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  24. Get rid of that wanna be cop that works as an investigator in the DA’s office. Talk about a waste.

  25. Let’s see how Xavier Solis prosecutes Trenton Kmiec and his dirt bag father Ted. Hoping and wishing justice to be served.

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Alexander S. Tovar, 39, of Kenosha(Kenosha County Sheriff) KENOSHA, Wis. — A 39-year-old Kenosha man was charged Tuesday with multiple felonies after police allegedly found over 100 grams of cocaine, a rifle, and more than $18,000 in suspected drug money inside a home on the city’s south side. You must be logged in to view the rest of this article.

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OWI Driver Who Threatened Deputies After Crash Serves Jail Time One Year Later

Duane T. Nicholas, 44 of Bristol(Kenosha County Sheriff) SOMERS, Wis. — A 44-year-old Bristol man who crashed his car while allegedly intoxicated and later threatened to kill two deputies has served his sentence almost exactly one year after the incident. You must be logged in to view the rest of this article.

Lori Plahmer Resigns as Kenosha County Health Officer; Search for Successor Underway

.KENOSHA, Wis. — Lori Plahmer has resigned as Kenosha County’s Health Officer, effective Monday, ending her tenure as head of the county’s Division of Public Health after just over a year in the role. County Executive Samantha Kerkman announced the resignation Tuesday, thanking Plahmer for her service and wishing her well in future endeavors. Plahmer first joined the department in 2020 as a

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Bail Lowered for Kenosha Man in High-Speed Chase Despite DA Objections

Marco A. Infusino, 25, of Kenosha(Kenosha County Sheriff) KENOSHA, Wis. — The cash bail for Marco A. Infusino — the 25-year-old Kenosha man accused of leading police on a 115 mph chase into Illinois — has been lowered twice in the span of just over a week. Court Commissioner William Michel initially signed a $75,000 arrest warrant, then set bail at $50,000 during

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DA: Kenosha Man Threatened to Kill Ex, Held Gun Inches from Her Head

Joseph T. Leese-Schulte, 23, of Kenosha(Kenosha County Sheriff) KENOSHA, Wis. – A 23-year-old Kenosha man is accused of pointing a gun at his ex-girlfriend’s head during an hours-long ordeal that allegedly included a high-speed drive, threats of murder, and a forced walk to a lakeshore rock pile while he held her at gunpoint. You must be logged in to view the rest of

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Kenosha Man Accused of Getting High Before High-Speed Chase

Josue I. Rubio Arreguin, 20, of Kenosha(Kenosha County Sheriff) PLEASANT PRAIRIE, Wis. – A 20-year-old Kenosha man is facing multiple criminal charges—and a municipal OWI—after allegedly leading police on a 100 mph chase while under the influence of THC. You must be logged in to view the rest of this article.

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Kenosha Man Charged With Spitting at Officer, Stealing Liquor From Downtown Bar

Cristian San Pedro Lopez, 33(Kenosha County Sheriff) KENOSHA, Wis. — A homeless man is facing multiple charges after allegedly stealing a $140 bottle of whiskey, brandishing a knife, and attempting to spit on a police officer during his arrest Saturday night. You must be logged in to view the rest of this article.

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Illinois Man Charged with Felony Domestic Abuse After Allegedly Trying to Hit Woman with Car

Deandre E. James, 25, of Illinois(Kenosha County Sheriff) KENOSHA, Wis. — A 25-year-old Waukegan man is facing five criminal charges after allegedly assaulting the mother of his children in front of a Kwik Trip store, throwing her to the ground and attempting to hit her with his vehicle, all while the couple’s two young children were present. You must be logged in to

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Racine Man Charged with OWI 5th After Allegedly Driving 80 mph Drunk in Somers

James Kenney Taylor, 54, of Racine(Kenosha County Sheriff) KENOSHA COUNTY, Wis. – A 54-year-old Racine man with a lengthy drunk driving history was charged Monday with his fifth offense of operating while intoxicated, after allegedly speeding at 80 mph through the Village of Somers while under the influence of alcohol. You must be logged in to view the rest of this article.

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Kenosha Man Accused of Strangling Woman, Threatening to Kill Her, and Fleeing with Children

Milton S. Alvarado Gomez, 33 of Kenosha(Kenosha County Sheriff) KENOSHA, Wis. – A 33-year-old Kenosha man is facing six charges—including felony strangulation—after allegedly attacking the mother of his children twice in one week, threatening to kill her, pouring hot water on her, and fleeing with their children, according to a criminal complaint filed Monday. You must be logged in to view the rest

Steil to Hold Elkhorn Listening Session Moderated by WCLO’s Tim Bremel

ELKHORN, Wis. – U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil will host an in-person listening session this Thursday evening at Elkhorn Area High School, giving constituents in Wisconsin’s First Congressional District a chance to voice concerns and seek help with federal agencies. The session will run from 5:00 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. in the school auditorium, located at 482 E. Geneva Street. It is free and

Crash Sparks Fire, Downed Power Lines in Salem Lakes; Two Injured

SALEM LAKES, Wis. — A fiery two-vehicle crash at the intersection of County Roads B and F on Friday evening downed power lines and sent two people to the hospital with minor injuries, authorities said. Salem Lakes Fire/Rescue was dispatched to the scene around 6:30 p.m. on July 25. When crews arrived, both vehicles were fully engulfed in flames, and a broken utility

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