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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat about that WI senate seat?
How are we doing on that? Can't let that one be lost because then Janet winning would be all for not.
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What about that WI senate seat? (Original Post)
vercetti2021
Apr 2023
OP
I see... hope we win...this would give them a veto proof majority...and Janet would likely be
Demsrule86
Apr 2023
#9
We are going to win this seat...51% of vote in now. Wasserman has already called it for Janet.
Demsrule86
Apr 2023
#3
I hear we have five Democratic districts not counted...the Democrat is down 539 votes now.
Demsrule86
Apr 2023
#20
Sanity Claws
(22,419 posts)1. Very close
AZSkiffyGeek
(12,744 posts)2. Republican up by 100 votes
50.09
49.91
Demsrule86
(71,549 posts)4. That is not true...I just checked the results.
mvd
(65,934 posts)6. Hi - that is the WI Supreme Court seat, which is great news
This thread is about the state Senate seat. Want to win this also.
Demsrule86
(71,549 posts)9. I see... hope we win...this would give them a veto proof majority...and Janet would likely be
impeached.
Demsrule86
(71,549 posts)3. We are going to win this seat...51% of vote in now. Wasserman has already called it for Janet.
mcar
(46,173 posts)5. You mean SC seat?
DestinyIsles
(263 posts)7. Dem is ahead by 1.1 percent with 90% counted
we are going to win this I predict.
Sky Jewels
(9,148 posts)8. Holy shit, this is huge if true.
This is almost more important than the Supreme Ct. race, to deny the fascist-Nazis a supermajority.
Demsrule86
(71,549 posts)12. God I hope so...it would be a huge victory...
TheRealNorth
(9,647 posts)10. Sinykin (D) up 51%/49% with 90% in.
Sky Jewels
(9,148 posts)11. Come on. COME ON!!!!!!!
milestogo
(23,139 posts)13. Here it is - Dem ahead
STATE SENATE
2023 WIS. DISTRICT 8 SPECIAL GENERAL
Updated
Apr 4, 2023, 8:55 PM
AP estimates
84% of votes counted
Jodi Habush Sinykin D
33,957 votes 51.0%
Dan Knodl R
32,674 votes 49.0%
Demsrule86
(71,549 posts)14. Latest update I can find...we are ahead.
Demsrule86
(71,549 posts)15. We are down a little now...fingers crossed
mvd
(65,934 posts)16. I wonder how the remaining vote looks?
As you said, the Repuke winning would put a damper on things..
Demsrule86
(71,549 posts)18. I was wondering too.
Demsrule86
(71,549 posts)20. I hear we have five Democratic districts not counted...the Democrat is down 539 votes now.
Fingers crossed.Response to vercetti2021 (Original post)
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ificandream
(11,844 posts)19. Supreme Court seat has been called for Janet!
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/04/wisconsin-supreme-court-election-abortion/
Washington Post
Washington Post
MILWAUKEE — Liberals claimed control of Wisconsin’s high court in an election Tuesday, giving them a one-vote majority on a body that in the coming years will likely consider the state’s abortion ban, its gerrymandered legislative districts and its voting rules for the 2024 presidential election.
Milwaukee County Judge Janet Protasiewicz’s victory over former Justice Daniel Kelly will end 15 years of conservative control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. She could face ethical questions when the court takes up politically charged cases because she campaigned heavily on abortion rights and repeatedly called the state’s election maps “rigged.”
The candidates, political parties and independent groups spent more than $40 million on the race, making it the most expensive judicial contest in U.S. history. It more than quadrupled the amount spent in Wisconsin’s 2020 state Supreme Court race.
Judicial candidates in Wisconsin do not run with party labels, but the race was steeped in partisanship. The state Democratic Party gave nearly $9 million to Protasiewicz, while arms of the Republican Party gave more than $500,000 to Kelly and GOP megadonor Richard Uihlein spent nearly $6 million to help him, according to campaign finance records.
Milwaukee County Judge Janet Protasiewicz’s victory over former Justice Daniel Kelly will end 15 years of conservative control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. She could face ethical questions when the court takes up politically charged cases because she campaigned heavily on abortion rights and repeatedly called the state’s election maps “rigged.”
The candidates, political parties and independent groups spent more than $40 million on the race, making it the most expensive judicial contest in U.S. history. It more than quadrupled the amount spent in Wisconsin’s 2020 state Supreme Court race.
Judicial candidates in Wisconsin do not run with party labels, but the race was steeped in partisanship. The state Democratic Party gave nearly $9 million to Protasiewicz, while arms of the Republican Party gave more than $500,000 to Kelly and GOP megadonor Richard Uihlein spent nearly $6 million to help him, according to campaign finance records.