Wisconsin Senate Recall-a-palooza: 2012 Edition

[The Dowager Mod]

Someone is making robo calls to registered democrats telling them they don't need to go to the polls.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/07/12/robocalls-spam-wi-democrats-telling-them-not-to-vote-in-recall-elections/

[JohnnyLongtorso]

Yeah, so the primaries for the six Republican recalls are today.

Pre-primary fundraising reports are in for the three Democratic recalls. Here are the details.

District 12

Jim Holperin (D) - $338k raised, $148k on hand
Kim Simac (R) - $22k raised, $54k on hand
Robert Lussow (R) - $350 raised, $350 on hand

District 22

Robert Wirch (D) - $184k raised, $142k on hand
Jonathan Steitz (R) - $33k raised, $12k on hand
Fred Ekornaas (R) - $5k raised, $437 on hand

District 30

Dave Hansen (D) - $318k raised, $243k on hand
David VanderLeest (R) - no report in the article, but he appears to have raised about $3k.

[Rowan]

Who are the real Democrats and the fake Democrats tonight? I need to know who to root for.

[JohnnyLongtorso]

Look at the OP.

[Keystone Phil]

Can someone please post a link to the results? I can't find anything on the government site.

[ilikeverin]

Here's a guide to the elections (including which ones are fakes), and here's the results.  So far real Dems are leading 2-0 with 4 yet to be projected.  Shelly Moore's numbers look rather worrying for the general.

[JohnnyLongtorso]

The Republicans targeted Moore to try to defeat her in the primary. Turnout was quite a bit higher in that district than in the others. Regardless, all the fake Dems lost.

[JohnnyLongtorso]

A Dem poll puts Pasch one point ahead of Darling, 47-46.

[Rowan]

Hansen looks safe tomorrow(according to PPP)

STATE SENATE – WISCONSIN – D30 (PPP)

Dave Hansen (D-inc) 62%
David VanderLeest (R) 34%

http://www.dailykos.com/polling/2011/7/15/WI-SD-30/39/WdEvk

[JohnnyLongtorso]

The race appears to be about VanderLeest's history of domestic abuse rather than Hansen's record, so I'm not exactly surprised.

[Meeker]

Very little of these races seem to actually be about the collective bargaining bill. At least that's the impression I'm getting from the TV ads.

[Keystone Phil]

Very little of these races seem to actually be about the collective bargaining bill. At least that's the impression I'm getting from the TV ads.

These must be pretty epic match ups if you're seeing the Wisconsin ads in Washington!

[Holmes]

Very little of these races seem to actually be about the collective bargaining bill. At least that's the impression I'm getting from the TV ads.

These must be pretty epic match ups if you're seeing the Wisconsin ads in Washington!

You're trying a little too hard now.

[Keystone Phil]

Very little of these races seem to actually be about the collective bargaining bill. At least that's the impression I'm getting from the TV ads.

These must be pretty epic match ups if you're seeing the Wisconsin ads in Washington!

You're trying a little too hard now.

Really? Because it's been too easy.

[Landslide Lyndon]

Very little of these races seem to actually be about the collective bargaining bill. At least that's the impression I'm getting from the TV ads.

These must be pretty epic match ups if you're seeing the Wisconsin ads in Washington!

You know, there is a wonderful new thing called the Internets. You should try it sometimes. It's much more practical than waiting for that damn pigeon.

[Meeker]

Was Phil's comment intended to be a joke? Was it supposed to be a swipe at me? I'm confused.

[minionofmidas]

Was Phil's comment intended to be a joke? Was it supposed to be a swipe at me? I'm confused.

I don't think he draws a clear distinction between these two concepts.
More a joke, though.

It's much more practical than waiting for that damn pigeon.

The Mafiosi don't like those pigeons either. It's just that Ghost Dog refuses to communicate with Louie by any other channel.

[JohnnyLongtorso]

The primaries for the Holperin and Wirch recalls are today, as is the Hansen/VanderLeest general election. Turnout looks to be light for the former and pretty brisk for the latter; they're projecting 51% in Brown County for Hansen/VanderLeest, while in Kenosha County, primary turnout is expected to be in single-digits.

[JohnnyLongtorso]

Polls close in 5 minutes, results link here.

[Meeker]

In the two Republican primaries are there clear favorite/better candidate?

[JohnnyLongtorso]

Lussow is probably more electable in the 12th, but Simac has raised more money (I've heard her compared to Michele Bachmann, for what that's worth).

Steitz is the stronger candidate in the 22nd, in my opinion, since the other guy barely raised any money.

[Meeker]

Hansen is on track to run even with or better than his 2008 numbers. Awesome.

[Niemeyerite]

for the moment, it's Hansen 69% VanderLeest 31%. LoL

[HST1948]

for the moment, it's Hansen 69% VanderLeest 31%. LoL

AP just called it for Hansen a few minutes ago.

[JohnnyLongtorso]

Steitz will win the nomination in the 22nd; he's leading 2-1 in Kenosha with 2/3rds of the precincts in.

Simac will probably win in the 12th, unless Lussow has some hidden strength in the counties that haven't reported yet (he's from one of them, Lincoln County).