Posted on 09/14/2004 6:10:52 PM PDT by SteveAustin
Being a Freeper for 4 years...not sure I am doing this right, but hoping to get a chat going for the Wisconsin Primary results.
Polls closed a few minutes ago at 8pm CST.
Big race#1: Who will challenge Russ Feingold for Senate this year. There is a decent chance to unseat the guy. Strong 3-way race between two millionaires (Russ Darrow, Tim Michels) and Bob Welch (state assembly)
Big race#2: A liberal Republican who was majority speaker of the State Senate is being challenged by a conservative assembly person. Glen Grothman vs. Mary Panzer.
At stake is the direction of the State legislature and any chance we have for a taxpayer bill of rights to pass here.
The best site I have found is here: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2004/by_state/WI_Page_0914.html?SITE=WIMIL&SECTION=POLITICS
Let's see if we can make this into a link:
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2004/by_state/WI_Page_0914.html?SITE=WIMIL&SECTION=POLITICS
You got it...thanks..I did the link wrong...
Early returns from two precincts look like big Michels lead....but its ridiculously early...
It's going to be a loooong night (and I can't stay up THAT late).
Michels appears to have a sizeable lead...49%...with 7% reporting in....
Looks like it could be an early night...then again I bet Darrow is very strong in the Southeastern Wisconsin area which reports late.
US Senate Rep. primary (22% reporting as of 9:00):
Tim Michels 57,346
Russ Darrow 37,218
Bob Welch 28,939
Robert Lorge 4,237
Tim Michels 161,451 43% Russ Darrow 114,068 30% Bob Welch 88,804 23% Robert Lorge 14,868 4%
I was pulling for Michels, but I expected Darrow's money and name recognition to carry the race. So I am pleasantly surprised. Not sure what his chances are against Feingold, but if President Bush continues to pull ahead in WI, Michels should get a boost.
I'm floored that Michels won. After the years watching Chuck Chvala get re-elected, I had lost all faith in my fellow cheeseheads when it came to the polls. Most of the sheeple I know will go with a name they recognize before voting for someone who's stand on issues isn't necessarily clear.
As much as I like Michels, he hasn't been that good at establishing anything other than that he's a conservative Republican who supports our military and President Bush. Darrow has more name recognition, but he's been a little creepy-looking in his ads - the ick factor in that "G-Pa" one was high, high.
I think this bodes very well for President Bush. If Michels, with what looks like an ultra-conservative, pro-military stance can win over what seemed like a known factor, then I think it's a good bet that we'll swing Republican.
Feingold must be absolutely rolling in money. I can't go an hour without seeing one of his ads lately.
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