Voters go to polls in Wisconsin's two final recalls

[The Northerner]

(Reuters) - Voters in two Wisconsin State Senate districts headed to the polls on Tuesday in the last of nine recall elections triggered by the fight earlier this year over Republican-backed curbs on union rights of public workers.

In Tuesday's two final special elections, Jim Holperin and Robert Wirch -- Democrats who opposed the anti-union measure and even fled the state for weeks in an unsuccessful effort to prevent its passage -- are defending their seats.

Holperin seems to be in the tighter race. His rival is Kim Simac, founder of the Northwoods Patriots, a Tea Party group. Though Simac is a political novice, the district has leaned Republican in the three years since Holperin was elected.

"I think it's going to be a very, very close race," said Holperin, during a phone interview on Tuesday. The Democrat, who will be campaigning in the towns of Antigo and Merrill this afternoon, said he is never confident in any race in the district, which is primarily a Republican stronghold.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/16/us-wisconsin-recalls-idUSTRE77F2W820110816

[sabrina 1]

1. I hope they win!

Thanks for the post.

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[sabrina 1]

5. I hope he does, but won't be able to watch it until the reruns later.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

3. If the GOP fails to win those seats, will the lamestream media declare....

.....it a "devastating loss"? Bet they don't.

[Broderick]

7. I wonder what happens if they win

It would end up a net zero, or if they win one, it is a net of one lousy seat for all the effort, money, etc. I worry about the precedent set as well. When things don't go right for the other side will they now use this as a catalyst to start recall elections on democrats everywhere? Just my worries.

[w8liftinglady]

4. wore my solidarity shirt for them today!

[Rageneau]

6. I expect us to lose one or maybe both of these elections.

Because I expect the GOP to cheat, as I'm convinced they have cheated in a half-dozen other instances and got clean away with it.