Posted on 08/09/2011 5:04:12 PM PDT by Jean S
Edited on 08/09/2011 6:37:54 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
WISCONSIN SENATE RECALL ELECTIONS BY DISTRICT:
TUESDAY:
SENATE DISTRICT 2:
Republican incumbent: Senator Robert Cowles of Allouez. First elected to state Senate in April 1987 special election.
Democratic challenger: Nancy Nusbaum of De Pere, a former mayor of De Pere and Brown County executive.
SENATE DISTRICT 8:
Republican incumbent: Senator Alberta Darling of River Hills. First elected to the Senate in 1992.
Democratic challenger: Representative Sandy Pasch of Whitefish Bay. Elected to Assembly in 2008, reelected
2010.
SENATE DISTRICT 10:
Republican incumbent: Senator Sheila Harsdorf of River Falls. First elected to Senate in 2000.
Democratic challenger: Shelly Moore, a teacher from River Falls who has also served as teachers' union organizer.
SENATE DISTRICT 14:
Republican incumbent: Senator Luther Olsen of Ripon. First elected to Senate in 2004. Served in Assembly 1994 to 2004.
Democratic challenger: Representative Fred Clark of Baraboo. Elected to Assembly in 2008, reelected 2010.
SENATE DISTRICT 18:
Republican incumbent: Senator Randy Hopper of Fond du Lac. Elected to Senate in 2008 by 163 votes over Jessica King.
Democratic challenger: Jessica King, an attorney in private practice from Oshkosh, born and raised in Fond du Lac.
SENATE DISTRICT 32:
Republican incumbent: Senator Dan Kapanke of La Crosse, First elected to Senate in 2004.
Democratic challenger: Representative Jennifer Shilling of La Crosse. Elected to Assembly since 2000.
Uh oh. That’s looking bad. Kapake has fallen behind. Hopper & Darling are looking hopeless.
I don’t like what I’m seeing in Alberta Darling’s district. She seems to falling further behind.
Hopefully, Darling’s good areas have yet to report...
Alberta Darling has been our Senator for a long time and has been doing what she was elected to do. Sandy Pasch is a lying fraud!
“Kapaka lost in his 2010 congressional race by almost 4%. He won the Senate seat in 2008 by 3% (~ 2500 votes).”
You mean Kapanke? He is currently a state senator. How did he run for Congress in 2010, if he got elected to the state senate then?
Lights out Dems.
or it takes time to lose a couple of machines
Darling is
Looks like the Hopper-King race is going to decide the outcome of Senate control.
clap clap clap
Ugh, Darling just went further down. :(
C’mon Hopper.
8th trending ‘ratward:
State Senate - District 8 - General
August 09, 2011 - 09:35PM CT
Wisconsin - 24 of 82 Precincts Reporting - 29%
Name Party Votes Vote %
Pasch , Sandra Dem 10,691 56%
Darling , Alberta (i) GOP 8,424 44%
Or that! :)
Kapanke was elected to the state senate in 2008 for a four year term. In 2010, he unsuccessfully ran for US Congress without giving up his seat. The only people facing recall are state senators elected in 2008, a legislator has to be in office for one calendar year before he can face recall.
Olsen well ahead with 94% in, but no call:
State Senate - District 14 - General
August 09, 2011 - 09:35PM CT
Wisconsin - 118 of 126 Precincts Reporting - 94%
Name Party Votes Vote %
Olsen , Luther (i) GOP 23,049 54%
Clark , Fred Dem 19,285 46%
Worst case scenario if WI senate falls to the Rats, does this endanger Walker’s reforms from earlier this year? I assume he would just veto any repeal bill.
Running for higher office didn't mean he had to give up his Senate seat.
FWIW on twitter Darling is hitting all her targets so far and outperforming a bit as it is. GOP areas yet to report.
The recommendation has been to ride the wave and not panic.
FWIW on Charlie Sykes twitter GOP insiders think they’ll hold all but Kapanke.
We’ll see.
Dunno, looks to me like we are going to lose 3 seats and the Senate will flip to the union thugs. Unless I am reading something wrong Darling, Hopper and Kapanke are all in serious trouble.
And the House is solidly under Rep control.
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