I'm not sure, and don't know if Tate could have changed much.
WI law required the recall effort couldn't formally begin until January of 2012.
The Dem primary had to have a chance to get organized, the GAB wanted to meet their obligation to have the special election as soon as possible.
As it went, during the primary there were more total votes for Dems than for Walker, which may have given a false expectation for the special election. The geographic pattern of voting seen in the primary was typical for Wisconsin.
The voters chose to rerun Barrett. IMO, a poor choice as he had just lost to Walker, but the field of candidates was pretty poor as legislative leaders involved in the statehouse confrontation who would have been natural choices declined to run.
The consequence was that the geographic pattern of the special elections showed the now familiar pattern associated with highly motivated tea-party/anti-Milwaukee voters.
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