Wisconsin state Sen. Gary George removed from office in recall election

[Judi Lynn]

Wisconsin state Sen. Gary George removed from office in recall election

TODD RICHMOND, Associated Press Writer Tuesday, October 21, 2003


(10-21) 21:11 PDT MADISON, Wis. (AP) --

Voters threw state Sen. Gary George out of office Tuesday, making the Milwaukee Democrat the second senator in Wisconsin history to be removed in a recall election.

State Rep. Spencer Coggs, another Milwaukee Democrat, defeated George in a ballot that featured only two candidates. Coggs will be the only candidate in the Nov. 18 general election, almost assuring him of winning the seat.

Coggs defeated George by a wide margin: With all precincts reporting, Coggs had 4,538 votes, or 65 percent, while George had 2,477 votes, or 35 percent, according to unofficial returns.

George, who has been Wisconsin senator for 23 years, fought the recall drive in court every step of the way, asking a trial court, appeals court and the state Supreme Court to stop or delay it. They all refused, although George's appeal is still pending before the Supreme Court.

George's opponents started the recall effort this spring after he sided with Republicans in a vote to override Gov. Jim Doyle's veto of a bill that would have given lawmakers final say over gambling compacts with American Indian tribes. The override effort failed.
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2003/10/21/national0001EDT0401.DTL

[jenk]

1. well, at least he was replaced by a dem, I still hate the process.

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[pansypoo53219]

5. George

was a turncoat, just to pioss off the other dems. he deserved to go. was suckin up to the repugnicans.

[DUreader]

2. Good to see a Dino beat down.

[leesa]

3. Sounds like a good deal. Time for the DINOs to go.

[Yupster]

4. I like this line

"Coggs will be the only candidate in the Nov. 18 general election, almost assuring him of winning the seat."

[Baconfoot]

6. I don't know the full story on this but...

I said it a thousand times during the recall election period around here in LA and I'll say it again: We shouldn't be removing duly elected officials from office just because we disagree with their policy.

Should we really be cheering this?



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