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Wisconsin recall elections tonight

Protests outside WI capital 26 Feb 2011. Photo by Justin Ormont

 The first battle of the 2012 election season is being fought today, in 2011. The state of Wisconsin is holding 6 recall elections today. Up for grabs are half a dozen state senator seats, the recalls were fueled by protests and anger over Republican Gov Scott Walker’s policies. Sites to follow results, which will not begin streaming in until polls close at 8 PM Central Standard Time (CDT), can be followed here. My colleagues at Daily Kos will also be updating results as fast as they come in. @WeRWisconsin will be live tweeting on Twitter.

(AP results here, and they’re starting to move fast)

The races are, in no particular order other than district:

  • District 2: Robert Cowles (GOP) 58% vs Nancy Nusbaum (Dem) 42%       93% of precincts in
  • District 8: Alberta Darling (GOP)49% vs Sandra Pasch (Dem)  51%              63% of precincts in
  • District 10: Sheila Harsdof (GOP) 58% vs Shelley Moore (Dem) 42%         98% of precincts in
  • District 14: Luther Olson (GOP) 52% vs Fred Clarke (Dem) 48%                 100% of precincts in
  • District 18: Randy Hopper (GOP) 50% vs Jessica King (Dem)  50%                 87% of precincts in
  • District 32: Dan Kapanke (GOP) 45%% vs Jennifer Shilling (Dem) 55%    82% of precincts in

Update: told AP called D 18 for King. Seems awful close to be calling that one … but if so it’s a race for control between Darling and Pasch. Holy Crap!

Democrats need to win at least three of these elections against the GOP incumbant to gain control of the WI Senate. And even in the event democrats do take three senate seats, there are two recall elections against incumbant democrats in the weeks ahead. Winning three seats — in districts mostly drawn by the GOP and held by them for years — and not losing any next month is a tall, tallorder.

 

Wow, the dems took two seats and scared the pants off a couple more incumbents. I guess I’ve grown pessimistic in my old age.

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Comments

  1. lordshipmayhem says

    Not looking good at the moment: all challengers but one are losing, with about 40% of the vote. Only District 22 is the proportion reversed.

    Let’s see what happens later – but I’ve seen TV coverage where the election was called with this amount of polls were reporting.

  2. Emily says

    Oh wonderful. The election results are resting entirely on my county, which has a history of shenanigans to begin with. Not looking good.

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