Sunday, May 13, 2012
President's campaign sends e-mail to Obama supporters urging them to vote for Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett in June 5 recall election of Gov. Scott Walker.
President Barack Obama's re-election campaign is actively getting behind the effort to recall Gov. Scott Walker from office, The Huffington Post reports. The campaign is focusing its efforts on educating and registering voters in advance of the historic June 5 gubernatorial recall election. Tripp Wellde, the Wisconsin state director for the Obama campaign, sent an email to supporters Thursday night, urging them to support Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, Walker's Democratic opponent. The Obama campaign also hosted "Own Your Vote" events around the state this weekend, described as "organizing phone banks and knocking on doors to make sure Wisconsinites are registered and ready to own their vote on Election Day," according to The Huffington Post…
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
A closer look at the numbers in Tuesday recall primary indicates that many Republicans cast ballots in Democratic race for governor. If that's true, GOP turnout was much larger than it appears.
There were 614,511 ballots cast in the Republican primary for governor in 2010. That was a contested race between then Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker and former Congressman Mark Neumann. Walker, running nearly unopposed in Tuesday’s recall, received 626,538 votes. That’s nearly a 2 percent increase in Republican voters from 2010, despite just token opposition for Walker, and does not include crossover votes of Republicans voting in the Democratic primary (most likely for Kathleen Falk). To put the Republican turnout in perspective, Walker’s 626,538 vote total was equal to 91.4% of the total votes cast for all of the Democratic candidates and the Democratic protest candidate running as a Republican. In 2010, Milwaukee Mayor Tom …
A repeat performance for Governor, with Barrett a distant second; voters exceed expectations at the polls in unprecedented statewide recall primary race, with an even bigger turnout expected in June.
Good night for Walker Even though Governor Scott Walker didn't have a true Republican opponent to put him onto the ballot (an admitted 'fake candidate' Arthur Kohl-Riggs appeared as his challenger), voters took the time to reiterate their intentions from November of 2010 and gave him another victory on Tuesday. Walker's 5,113 votes in Muskego's election represented 97.4 percent of the Republican primary votes, and 67.9 percent in comparison to 20 percent by the closest competitor on the Democrat side, Tom Barrett, who won the statewide race. Kathleen Falk, who had been campaigning for months before Barrett decided to throw his hat back in the ring, came in a distant third, garnering only 8.9 percent. Turnout turns heads More impressive …
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett will meet Gov. Scott Walker in a June 5 recall election after winning Tuesday's primary over former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk and three other candidates.
Like it or not, Wisconsin, we’re getting a recall rematch. Voters hoping to recall Republican Gov. Scott Walker have put their faith in Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, who handily won Tuesday’s Democratic primary election. Barrett will square off against Walker one month from now in the June 5 recall, a rematch of the November 2010 showdown. Over the next month, Barrett undoubtedly hopes to ride the momentum of Tuesday’s convincing victory over former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk. Barrett garnered 55 percent of the statewide vote to Falk’s 37 percent, as of 10 p.m. Tuesday. "I will end Scott Walker's ideological civil war," Barrett told supporters at the Hyatt Regency Milwaukee after his victory. In November 2010, after incumbent Jim …
Check out the replay of Patch's live recall primary blog from Tuesday night.
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Voters headed to the polls Tuesday to cast their ballots in the special primary election for governor and four state Senate seats. Patch blogged live from the election and you can revisit our real-time coverage in this blog replay. And remember to stay with Patch over the next month as we continue to provide coverage of the historic recall election.
Here are the latest updates from the campaign trail in the upcoming recall elections.
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Tuesday is primary election day in Wisconsin's recall races and Patch will provide regular updates here throughout the day. Starting at about 6 p.m., Patch will provide live, continuous coverge on the primary until the race is called. 10:35 a.m.: Walker blasts Barrett on talk show The votes haven't been counted yet in the gubernatorial primary election, but that didn't stop Gov. Scott Walker from going on the offensive against Democrat Tom Barrett Tuesday morning. Speaking on the Charlie Sykes show on Newsradio 620 TMJ, Walker made a direct push against the candidate he expects to face in the general election on June 5. "Simply look at the difference between the City of Milwaukee and the State of Wisconsin," Walker told Sykes. "We're …
Monday, May 7, 2012
Here are the latest updates from the campaign trail in the upcoming recall elections.
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Monday, May 7, 2012
Patch is providing regular updates on what's happening in the campaigns of those who want to be our next governor. Check back with this column throughout the day for the latest from the campaign trail. 2:25 p.m. Walker to be in Waukesha Election Night Gov. Scott Walker will criss-cross the state Election Day but end up in GOP country, Waukesha County. After campaign stops in La Crosse, Eau Claire and Green Bay, Walker will wait for results to come in at the GOP Waukesha Victory Center, 1701 Pearl St. in Waukesha. The event starts at 9:45 p.m., with Walker taking the stage at 10. 11:45 a.m.: Falk, Barrett on the trail Monday If you're having lunch in Kenosha today, there's a chance you could run into Barrett, as he's hitting three …
If voters are leaning more toward Barrett in Tuesday's recall election, it may be because Falk overplayed her hand as unions' champion, while Milwaukee mayor plays more to the middle.
A comparison of leading Democratic candidates Kathleen Falk and Tom Barrett going into Tuesday’s recall primary shows their differences are more about style and political strategy than substance on the issues. Both campaigns have hammered against Gov. Scott Walker’s cuts to public education and vowed to restore school spending. Both have focused on the need for job creation and derided Walker’s record on it. On public health matters, the economy and, yes, on collective bargaining for public workers, they are essentially on the same page over the long haul. Where Falk and Barrett differ is not as much in their ultimate policy aims, but in their approaches. Falk entered the race in mid-January, almost the instant the deadline for turning in …
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Frontrunners Tom Barrett and Kathleen Falk are getting most of the attention, but state Senator Kathleen Vinehout and Secretary of State Doug La Follette are also in the running to face Gov. Scott Walker in the June 5 recall election.
State Sen. Kathleen Vinehout and Secretary of State Doug La Follette are both on the ballot for Tuesday's Democratic election primary in the gubernatorial recall race, but don't feel bad if you've never heard of them. They lack the name recognition and campaign war chest of frontrunners Kathleen Falk and Tom Barrett, and both were in the single digits in the Marquette University Law School poll released last week. Still, each of the two candidates has a plan for the state budget that both say puts the focus on strengthening education and balances the budget. Patch talked by phone Sunday to both Vinehout and La Follette about their plans for the state budget, the new poll numbers, and why they think their campaigns don't get the attention …
Saturday, May 5, 2012
Patch Editor Sarah Worthman sits down with for Democratic candidate Kathleen Falk for one last quick chat before Tuesday's gubernatorial recall election primary.
On Tuesday, Wisconsin voters will head to the polls in the recall primary election for governor. Former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk, one of the top contenders for the Democratic nomination, sat down with Patch to talk about why she's running and what she sees as the key issues in the race. Related: Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett Chats With Patch
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