Wis. Dems To File Recall Signatures Against A FIFTH Republican State Senator

[PeaceNikki]

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/04/wis-dems-to-file-recall-signatures-against-a-fifth-republican-state-senator.php

Wisconsin Democrats are pulling the trigger on a fifth recall campaign, Greg Sargent reports, with the Dems set to file signatures targeting GOP state Sen. Alberta Darling, as control of the state Senate now appears to be up for grabs in the battle over Gov. Scott Walker's anti-public employee union agenda.

The state Dems told Sargeant that they collected approximately 30,000 signatures to trigger a new election against Darling, providing a very large buffer above the 20,343 minimum signatures required -- and presumably a whole lot of votes on tap in a recall election, too.

Darling holds special significance in the battle over Walker's recently passed (and currently litigated) legislation -- she is the Senate co-chair of the legislature's Joint Finance Committee, which shepherded the bill through its first stages. As such, her increased public profile would make her a particular lightning rod in the recall campaigns.

As the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's district rankings show, Darling's district voted 54.2%-45.2% for Walker in the Republican wave of 2010, but before that voted 51.4%-47.4% for Barack Obama in 2008, and Darling herself only narrowly won re-election with 50.5% in that year.

Dan Kapanke, Randy Hopper, Luther Olsen and Sheila Harsdorf and... now my favorite yet. :)

On fire.

[proud patriot]

1. wheeeeeeeeeeee !

:woohoo:

[Takket]

2. the Founding fathers would be proud

This is Patriotism's most beautiful and genuine form

[trayfoot]

3. "Fighting Bob La Follette" would be PROUD!

[highplainsdem]

4. Wisconsin Dems....

:yourock:

[catgirl]

5. Great work!!

[KharmaTrain]

6. This Took A Lot Of Work...

Many people worked hard...knocking on doors, working the malls and making sure there were far more signatures than needed. We expect a challenge but the ball is rolling and Darling is about to find out who her real bosses are...it'll be a pleasure to see this Kochroach gone.

[opihimoimoi]

7. KnR

[SheilaT]

8. What I don't fully understand is why

Wisconsin Democrats aren't trying to recall all the Republicans.

[Kashka-Kat]

9. Only the 8 senators who are currently eleigible for recall election - they have to be in office 1 yr

[SheilaT]

10. Thank you.

I had been thinking that maybe the others were from such heavily Republican districts that it was thought not sufficiently possible to recall them. But the time frame makes much more sense.

[Blue Owl]

11. Meanwhile the GOP has ex-cons from Colorado desperately trying to get anti-Dem signatures

My my, how the state is so evenly divided.

:sarcasm: