And while you are NOT gloating, there is another, very down ticket, dynastic upset in WI — Julien Bradley over Doug LaFollette for Secretary of State. A very young, rather overweight, very bright black man knocked off a LaFollette in WI who has held the SOS position for at least 20+ years.
LaFollette is a legendary name in WI, but this guy actually was sort of an imposter who changed the spelling of his name to make it appear that he was a member if the famous LaFollette family. He’s a nasty piece of work who was elected again and again, but who only became noticed when he refused to issue the official wording of Gov. Scott Walker’s Act 10 for weeks, thus allowing the unions to secure new contracts before the law went into effect that would allow public sector union members to opt out.
At least Bradley’s victory looked secure last night.
Oh rats! I just looked it up — LaFollette pulled it out at the last minute after I went to bed. LaFollette was the ONLY Democrat to survive statewide election in Wisconsin last night.