Aug 10 2011

Recall Wisconsin with Up Dates (Final)

This is dedicated to my friend the Ben Masel.

The polls opened this morning in Wisconsin to determine the recall of six of eight Republicans in the state Senate who voted to end union bargaining rights that sparked mass protests earlier this year. The Democrats need to win at least 3 seats to take back the Senate from the grips of the tea party Republicans. the other two races will be held on August 16th. These are the races that will be determined tonight:

There has been an influx of outside money in these races much of it from two groups with direct ties to the Koch brothers have financed many tea party organizations like Americans for Prosperity and Citizens for a Stronger America.

Amount spent on all state races in 2010: $3.75 million. Amount spent on recall elections targeting eight state senators: $31 million.

It has been nearly impossible to poll these races, as even the polling has been so skewed one way then another. We will just have to wait until the “fat lady” stops singing at 8 PM CDT (9 PM EDT).

Up dates will be posted as the returns are reported.

Up Date 20:17 PM EDT: Reports are coming in that voters turn out reached presidential election proportions of up to 70% in some districts. John Nichols on Countdown with Keith Olbermann believes that they could take back ore that three seats.

Up Date 21:00 EDT: In New Hampshire in a unnoticed special election for a seat in the Republican held Senate, Democrat Bob Perry wins the election

The polls in Wisconsin are now closed.

Up Date 09:30 EDT: Early this morning the race in the 18th District was called for the incumbent, Alberta Darling, leaving the Democrats one member short of taking back control of the WI State Senate. It did create a senate with a narrow margin of one. Democrats, although disappointed, were encouraged and will move on with the effort to recall Gov. Scott Walker in January.

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    • on 08/10/2011 at 00:55
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    • on 08/10/2011 at 03:16
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    Didn’t use the election blurb that I noticed.

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    In District 2: Cowles (R) leads as was expected

    District 8: With only 1% reporting Darling (R) leads by 62%

    District 14: Clark (D) leads 52% to 48% for the incumbent Olsen (R)

    • on 08/10/2011 at 03:33
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    District 18: Hoper (R) 54% to King (D) 46%

    District 32: Shilling (D) 52% to Kapanke (R) 48%

    • on 08/10/2011 at 03:35
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    incumbent Republican Shelia Harsdorf takes a 58-42 percent advantage over challenger Shelly Moore

    • on 08/10/2011 at 03:37
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    AUG. 9 RECALL ELECTION RESULTS

    8/9/2011

    Last updated at 8:31 p.m.

    2nd Senate District – 8% reporting

    62% – Sen. Robert Cowles, R-Allouez (Incumbent)

    38% – Nancy Nusbaum, D-De Pere

    8th Senate District – 2% reporting

    62% – Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills (Inc.)

    38% – Rep. Sandy Pasch, D-Whitefish Bay

    10th Senate District – 4% reporting

    58% – Sen. Sheila Harsdorf, R-River Falls (Inc.)

    42% – Shelly Moore, D-River Falls

    14th Senate District – 7% reporting

    57% – Sen. Luther Olsen, R-Ripon (Inc.)

    43% – Rep. Fred Clark, D-Baraboo

    18th Senate District – 6% reporting

    54% – Sen. Randy Hopper, R-Fond du Lac (Inc.)

    46% – Jessica King, D-Oshkosh

    32nd Senate District – 7% reporting

    48% – Sen. Dan Kapanke, R-La Crosse (Inc.)

    52% – Rep. Jennifer Shilling, D-La Crosse

    • on 08/10/2011 at 04:01
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    {AUG. 9 RECALL ELECTION RESULTS

    8/9/2011 http://www.wispolitics.com/ind…

    2nd Senate District – 49% reporting

    57% – Sen. Robert Cowles, R-Allouez (Incumbent)

    43% – Nancy Nusbaum, D-De Pere

    8th Senate District – 7% reporting

    71% – Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills (Inc.)

    29% – Rep. Sandy Pasch, D-Whitefish Bay

    10th Senate District – 50% reporting

    58% – Sen. Sheila Harsdorf, R-River Falls (Inc.)

    42% – Shelly Moore, D-River Falls

    14th Senate District – 38% reporting

    55% – Sen. Luther Olsen, R-Ripon (Inc.)

    45% – Rep. Fred Clark, D-Baraboo

    18th Senate District – 7% reporting

    54% – Sen. Randy Hopper, R-Fond du Lac (Inc.)

    46% – Jessica King, D-Oshkosh

    32nd Senate District – 24% reporting

    51% – Sen. Dan Kapanke, R-La Crosse (Inc.)

    49% – Rep. Jennifer Shilling, D-La Crosse

    • on 08/10/2011 at 04:14
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    Last updated at 9:10 p.m.

    2nd Senate District – 78% reporting

    58% – Sen. Robert Cowles, R-Allouez (Incumbent)

    42% – Nancy Nusbaum, D-De Pere

    8th Senate District – 15% reporting

    55% – Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills (Inc.)

    45% – Rep. Sandy Pasch, D-Whitefish Bay

    10th Senate District – 62% reporting

    58% – Sen. Sheila Harsdorf, R-River Falls (Inc.)

    42% – Shelly Moore, D-River Falls

    14th Senate District – 47% reporting

    55% – Sen. Luther Olsen, R-Ripon (Inc.)

    45% – Rep. Fred Clark, D-Baraboo

    18th Senate District – 15% reporting

    54% – Sen. Randy Hopper, R-Fond du Lac (Inc.)

    47% – Jessica King, D-Oshkosh

    32nd Senate District – 26% reporting

    49% – Sen. Dan Kapanke, R-La Crosse (Inc.)

    51% – Rep. Jennifer Shilling, D-La Crosse

    • on 08/10/2011 at 04:18
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    Think Progress

    RT @news3jessica: AP calls race for Robert Cowles in District 2. #wirecall

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    Online

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    8th Senate District – 18% reporting

    43% – Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills (Inc.)

    57% – Rep. Sandy Pasch, D-Whitefish Bay

    In the 32nd Senate District – 37% reporting

    47% – Sen. Dan Kapanke, R-La Crosse (Inc.)

    53% – Rep. Jennifer Shilling, D-La Crosse

    • on 08/10/2011 at 04:24
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    This was expected

    • on 08/10/2011 at 04:32
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    • King , Jessica Dem 7,464 50%
    • Hopper , Randy (i) GOP 7,368 50%
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    18th Senate District – 23% reporting

    48% – Sen. Randy Hopper, R-Fond du Lac (Inc.)

    52% – Jessica King, D-Oshkosh

    • on 08/10/2011 at 04:53
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    With the 95% of precincts counted the incumbent Olsen leads but still awaiting the results from Clark’s hometown.

    • on 08/10/2011 at 05:11
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     94 of 108 Precincts Reporting – 87%

    • King , Jessica – Dem – 24,458 – 50%
    • Hopper , Randy (i) – GOP – 24,321 – 50%
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    • on 08/10/2011 at 05:24
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    8th Senate District – 63% reporting

    49% – Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills – 19,675

    51% – Rep. Sandy Pasch, D-Whitefish Bay – 20,562

    18th Senate District – 87% reporting

    50% – Sen. Randy Hopper, R-Fond du Lac (Inc.) – 24,321

    50% – Jessica King, D-Oshkosh – 24,458

    • on 08/10/2011 at 05:37
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    105 of 108 Precincts Reporting – 97%

    King , Jessica – Dem – 27,123 – 51%

    Hopper , Randy (i) – GOP – 25,951 – 49%  

    • on 08/10/2011 at 05:39
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    55 of 82 Precincts Reporting – 67%

    Pasch , Sandra – Dem – 23,451 – 52%

    Darling , Alberta (i) – GOP – 21,713 – 48%  

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    • on 08/10/2011 at 05:44
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    and the WI State Senate belongs to the Democrats

    • on 08/10/2011 at 06:01
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    is still too close to call. The final results will most likely take another hour

    • on 08/10/2011 at 06:46
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    in the District 8 count. The county clerk of Waukesha County, who was involved in the controversial State Supreme Court election that were bungled, is once may have been tampering with votes.

    Recall Elections: Waukesha County Suspiciously Witholding Election Results

    Ed Schultz on MSNBC is reporting that Waukesha County has told reporters that they are withholding their election results until tomorrow. Waukesha County is part of the heated district race between Sandy Pasch and Alberta Darling. John Nichols told Ed that there is no reason for such a delay and that Waukesha County should be able to report as quickly as everyone else.

    They use the same voting machines as everyone else. There should be no problem with reporting the results. It has taken them nearly as twice as long to report earlier and have been unusually slow all night, now this. This is highly suspicious after count clerk Kathy Nicholaus “miraculously found the 7,000 votes on her computer to give the election to the Republican-backed David Prosser.

    Why isn’t the US Justice Department investigating this woman for vote tamperng?

    With 67 of 82 Precincts Reporting – 82% the lead has changed

    Darling, Alberta (i) – GOP – 32,569 – 53%

    Pasch, Sandra – Dem – 28,741 – 47%

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