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 …
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 …
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
Friday, May 4, 2012
Here are the latest updates from the campaign trail in the upcoming recall elections.
Every day between now and Tuesday's primary recall elections, Patch will provide 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. 3:05 p.m.: The Friends of Scott Walker campaign unveiled a new website today, VoteScottWalker.com. The website offers the governor's supporters information about how to vote absentee and how to contribute money and volunteer to Walker's campaign. The website will also deliver election day reminders to subscribers and help Walker supporters spread campaign information to friends through social media. 11:40 a.m.: Four Democratic candidates will debate tonight All four Democratic …
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Several unions have thrown their backing behind Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and Kathleen Falk in the primary election. Despite the endorsements, the sentiment among rank-and-file members may be different from their union leaders.
The Wisconsin AFL-CIO and the Wisconsin Educators Association Council have thrown their support behind Democratic gubernatorial candidate Kathleen Falk, while the Iron Workers District Council of North Central States and Operating Engineers Local 317 are backing her chief rival, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett in Tuesday's recall primary. The union endorsements — and other — are a big deal to both candidates. After all, getting the backing of labor unions typically translates into more cash in the campaign coffers and more volunteers to knock on doors and make phone calls. In Falk's case, she's getting a big boost from a group called Wisconsin for Falk, a group backed by WEAC and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees…
Here are the latest updates from the campaign trail in the upcoming recall elections.
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Thursday, May 3, 2012
Every day between now and Tuesday's primary recall elections, Patch will provide 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. 4:25 p.m.: State projects primary turnout of 30 to 35 percent The Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, which oversees elections in the state, is predicting that between 30 percent and 35 percent of the voting-age population — about 1.3 to 1.5 million people — will vote in Tuesday's gubernatorial recall primary. However, the board admits, it's pretty tough to make an estimate because of the historic nature of the recall election. “Wisconsin has never had a statewide recall …
Greg
3:07 pm on Sunday, May 20, 2012
Yes Lyle, and the longer I live, the less I can stand the rampant greed. more ›