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Dems pick up another GOP seat in Wisconsin; voted 59% for Trump
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ^ | January 16, 2018 | Patrick Marley

Posted on 01/17/2018 4:56:47 AM PST by St. Louis Conservative

MADISON - Democrats snagged a GOP-leaning state Senate seat in western Wisconsin on Tuesday, buoying progressive hopes that they could ride a wave of victory this fall.

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TOPICS: Government; Miscellaneous; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: elections; midterms; polls; wisconsin
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To: St. Louis Conservative

Madison? How did that ever get to be GOP-leaning?


41 posted on 01/17/2018 5:59:54 AM PST by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: St. Louis Conservative

You’re a liberal posing as a conservative, and trolling.


42 posted on 01/17/2018 6:05:27 AM PST by Ge0ffrey
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To: ilgipper

It won’t be that low in November.


43 posted on 01/17/2018 6:07:26 AM PST by EdnaMode
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To: St. Louis Conservative

What was the reason for the loss? Was the Dem turnout unusually high for a special election, or was the Rep turnout exceptionally low?


44 posted on 01/17/2018 6:10:36 AM PST by theoilpainter
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To: mdmathis6

Thanks for that info. If I listen to the pearl clutching trolls here I would be depressed everyday.


45 posted on 01/17/2018 6:16:39 AM PST by hotsteppa
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To: central_va

The head in the sand is quite popular here. It is not one seat. We e been getting slaughtered all over the place. We’ve lost at least 15 state seats all over the country. We are not in a good position now.


46 posted on 01/17/2018 6:16:47 AM PST by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: JudyinCanada

Usually when you run a solid conservative, pro American candidate, you have a great shot at winning. Trump actually won Wisconsin when many had written off Wisconsin as unwinnable by a conservatives.


47 posted on 01/17/2018 6:21:10 AM PST by Crucial
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To: Ge0ffrey
Think he caught a bolt...


48 posted on 01/17/2018 6:22:41 AM PST by Fightin Whitey
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To: boycott

He’s been in the seat for years. A conservative in a red district. The republicans just didn’t show up to vote. Seems to be the trend.


49 posted on 01/17/2018 6:23:08 AM PST by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: St. Louis Conservative
My nephew was on the School Board in Hatboro PA

GOP controlled for years

This year the Dems ran on an anti Trump agenda ( Yes for the school board)

Dems turned out and the GOP was swept out of power

NOT a good sign
50 posted on 01/17/2018 6:25:47 AM PST by uncbob
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To: hotsteppa

Haha, he got bolted.


51 posted on 01/17/2018 6:26:13 AM PST by hotsteppa
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To: Ambrosia
OR like Alabama,

Where dumbass GOP voters stayed home
52 posted on 01/17/2018 6:26:59 AM PST by uncbob
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To: St. Louis Conservative; All

Put your state in the search engine and it will show you all upcoming elections in your area:

https://www.usa.gov/midterm-state-and-local-elections

Get on the Trump Train or get off the tracks! MAGA! :)


53 posted on 01/17/2018 6:28:35 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: St. Louis Conservative

state senate seat.

not national.

this is propaganda media following electioneering 101: “make a trend no matter where you have to find it”


54 posted on 01/17/2018 6:29:13 AM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.tand http://www.house.gov)
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To: gleeaikin
30 GOP members of Congress have said they will not run for reelection in 2018.

That is good news! We can get 30 MAGA candidates in the primary!

55 posted on 01/17/2018 6:30:34 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: neverevergiveup

We don’t just want any Republicans. We want MAGA candidates. If the GOP thinks it can hang on to power by ramming more RINOS down our throat they are wrong.


56 posted on 01/17/2018 6:33:12 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: Alberta's Child

We don’t want just GOP RINOS. We want anti - globalist MAGA candidates. That is what the real abase wants to see. F the GOPe.


57 posted on 01/17/2018 6:35:02 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: St. Louis Conservative

A good lesson for the GOPers — you have to vote!


58 posted on 01/17/2018 6:36:01 AM PST by From The Deer Stand
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To: ilgipper
GOP turnout was 12%.

That's pathetic. In such cases Democrats will always win by firing-up minorities and union crazies.


59 posted on 01/17/2018 7:11:58 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: St. Louis Conservative

“More evidence of a blue wave. Is there any way to avoid a Dem takeover at this point?” No there is no way to avoid it; we’re all doomed, doomed I tell you! Maybe we should move to Canada or Eurostan.


60 posted on 01/17/2018 7:13:48 AM PST by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism us truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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