Wisconsin House District & Special Election

[Historic NY]

Source: NY Tmes

Tom Tiffany, a Republican state senator from Hazelhurst, Wis., faces Tricia Zunker, a Democrat from Wausau, Wis., and a school board official, in the special election for Wisconsin’s Seventh District congressional seat.




Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/05/12/us/elections/results-wisconsin-house-district-7-special-general-election.html

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The Republican won there.

[still_one]

1. We also lost in California's 25th district special election, Hill's seat. I really wish Katie

Hill didn't resign

[LymphocyteLover]

2. do we know that? Are all the ballots in?

[bearsfootball516]

3. It's a dark red district.

It was never going to flip. The fact she got within 15 points itself is impressive, Trump won it by 22 points.

[sybylla]

5. Agreed. This was a long shot.

She bested 2016 and 2018 numbers for the district. Maybe she can keep chipping away at the gerrymandered wall keeping decent candidates out of this seat.

[CaptYossarian]

4. The racist rednecks have spoken!

I only had the stomach to read one article on Tiffany. He was boasting how the sheriffs had all endorsed him for his stance on keeping brown people out of 'MurKKKa.

Zunker was a Native American and a strong environmentalist. She didn't stand a chance up here in the sticks.

I'm surprised we even have 43% patriots in this mega-gerrymandered Clusterfark district.

They're facing off again in November, when the anti-Trump numbers will surge. We'll see how the percentages play out then.

[sybylla]

6. There's also a lot of covidiocy up here.

If it keeps up, those numbers might look substantially different in November. #DarwinianStupidity

[Greybnk48]

7. This is a right wing, racist, bigoted stronghold. A rat's nest.

If Duffy won there (the guy's a babbling, religiously insane dipshit), anyone spewing right wing hate is welcomed with open arms.

[cp]

8. This is what extensive gerrymandering looks like

Before the Republican 2011 gerrymandering, using a high-priced law firm at taxpayers' expense and In Secret, this used to be Dave Obey's district.
I live here. I worked the polls yesterday. Our town had a 67% turnout, pretty high.
Yes, there are Republicans, gun nuts, and dopes up here (draw your own Venn diagram) AND there are persistent progressives, more than you might think. Have always thought that Howard Dean's 50-state strategy was a great idea. We need help and support to get every Dem to the polls in November. Wisconsin is winnable.

[Catch2.2]

9. Agree 100%