Please read the following table in HTML format from a webpage and then answer the question in detail according to the table. Each table cell is defined by a <td> and a </td> tag. Each table row starts with a <tr> and ends with a </tr> tag. 'rowspan=m' and 'colspan=n' represents a cell spaning over 'm' rows and 'n' columns.

Webpage title:
Mahlon Mitchell
Table title:
Electoral history
Table:
<table id='hittask' contenteditable='False'>
<tr> <th colspan=2 rowspan=1 > Party </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Candidate </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Votes </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > % </th></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Republican </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Rebecca Kleefisch (Incumbent) </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1,301,739 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 52.9 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Democratic </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Mahlon Mitchell </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1,156,520 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 47.1 </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=3 rowspan=1 > Total votes </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2,458,259 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 100.0 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=5 rowspan=1 > Republican hold </td></tr>
</table>
Question:
What was the outcome of the election for Mitchell?
Answer:
Democratic candidate Mitchell was defeated in the election with 1,156,520 votes to Kleefisch's 1,301,739.