John Lehman(D) Has beaten Van Wanggaard(R) in District 21 , so Dems get temp. control of WI Senate

[stockholmer]

Source: Talking Points Memo

TPM Elections

Wisconsin State Senate 21


100 % of precincts reporting

Last updated 1 minute ago.


John Lehman (D)

50.5%

36,255


Van Wanggaard (R)


49.5%

35,476



71,731







Read more: http://core.talkingpointsmemo.com/election/results/wisconsin-state-senate-21

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I don't think they can do much with this control, as the legislative year is over (or so I believe), and also the district was redrawn in such a way that almost guarantees a Republican winning the next time, but this is GREAT news, in a night filled with little. These results were so delayed, it looks really suspicious that the Rethugs were trying their damndest to pull one out of the Diebold hat.

[freshwest]

1. Still good.

[elleng]

2. Can't do much but prevent walker from more walking all over the people???

Until January?

[sybylla]

8. This Senate win lasts until 2014.

So as long as we hold onto our other Senate seats, we will hold control. Only about half our Senate seats are up every two years.

We'll have to wait to November to see if we still hold the rest of our Dem seats. The two seats we won in last summer's recalls are up. I know one is a likely win. Redistricting, Citizens United and Walker's John Doe Investigation will decide the rest.

http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Wisconsin_State_Senate_elections,_2012

[Bonduel]

9. I had heard that 2 of the Senate seats may very

well go Republican because of redistricting. I don't know about the other seats.

[sybylla]

10. Truth is, all of them may very well go GOPpie

When our elections become auctions for the highest bidder, will gerrymandering matter?

On the other hand, some of the GOPpie seats may go Dem. With GOPpie wins yesterday, I could easily see them jumping the shark and turning the electorate in a different direction. We also heard the special results of the exit polls - when asked if they supported Obama or Romney, Obama came out 12 points ahead.



Gerrymandering only works in average years. As we've seen, this is no average year.

[elleng]

11. Thanks for the info.

[Tx4obama]

3. No one has called the race yet (AP, etc), also what's the recount rule in WI?

The numbers show a 1% margin, is that an automatic recount in Wisconsin?

[milwaukeelib33]

4. No automatic recounts in WI

One of the candidates has to request one. I suspect he will.

[Jimbo S]

12. I believe

A spread within 0.5%, tax dollars pay for the recount. Otherwise, the challenger pays.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

5. Are they asleep at TPM? The headline says all Rs won in Wisconsin.

[Tx4obama]

6. The headline there I see says: WALKER SURVIVES RECALL / Four Down-Ballot GOPers Also Pull Through

There were SIX recall elections.

Walker and four republicans won and one democrat - that makes 'six'

[SleeplessinSoCal]

7. Thanks for the correction. They're still asleep though. This is big!