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Kloppenburg camp weighing recount
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Supreme Court hopeful JoAnne Kloppenburg says her campaign is weighing whether to seek a recount. Completed county totals released Friday afternoon show incumbent Justice David Prosser with a 7,316-vote lead over Kloppenburg. She has until Wednesday to seek a recount. Her campaign would not have to pay for it since […]
Canvass shows conservative wins court race (UPDATE)
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A conservative justice has weathered attempts to link him to Wisconsin’s governor and a divisive union rights law to win re-election, according to county vote totals finalized Friday. Tallies from each of the state’s 72 counties show Justice David Prosser defeated challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg by 7,316 […]
POMMER: Will court race embolden Walker?
How will Gov. Scott Walker react to the voters' decision in the just-completed Wisconsin Supreme Court race?
Milwaukee County canvass expected to finish Friday
MILWAUKEE (AP) — There’s only one county left that needs to finish verifying its Wisconsin Supreme Court race votes and it’s the state’s largest — Milwaukee County. County Election Commission Administrator Lisa Catlin Weiner said she expects to be finished by Friday afternoon. The deadline is 5 p.m. Friday for her to report her final […]
Supreme Court sets fixed assessment
Starting next year, Wisconsin lawyers will have one more fixed assessment on their annual dues statements.
Bill voiding Milwaukee sick leave law passes
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A bill that does away with Milwaukee’s ordinance requiring employers to provide workers with paid sick leave has passed the Legislature and now heads to Gov. Scott Walker, who says he’s likely to sign it. The Assembly passed it 59-35 Tuesday. It previously cleared the Senate. The bill comes after a […]
Clerk won’t quit after court vote debacle
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — An embattled county clerk is refusing to resign after she failed to immediately report thousands of votes in Wisconsin’s tightly contested Supreme Court race. Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus announced last Thursday she had failed to save 14,000 votes on her computer. The discovery of the votes flipped the unofficial winner […]
Party leader calls for clerk to resign over election count
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — The chairman of Waukesha County’s Democratic Party is calling for the resignation of the county clerk who botched her count of last week’s state Supreme Court race. Party chairman Victor Weer said in a news release Tuesday that vote counting and reporting by Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus has not only […]
Counties still finalizing Supreme Court votes (UPDATE)
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser is on track to lead challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg by about 7,300 votes after all counties finish verifying the ballots cast in last week’s election — a margin that would be difficult to overcome even with a statewide recount. As of […]
Prosser spokesman open to Waukesha County recount
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The campaign manager for Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser says he’s open to a recount of Waukesha County votes. On Thursday Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus said “human error” resulted in the city of Brookfield votes not being counted in their Tuesday tally to The Associated Press. The change gave Prosser […]
Waukesha County updates vote total, gives Prosser big lead
Waukesha - A conservative-leaning Wisconsin county on Thursday corrected its count and gave an unofficial 7,500-vote lead to the incumbent in the hotly contested state Supreme Court race seen as a referendum on Republican Gov. Scott Walker's divisive union rights law.
Change in Winnebago County totals could flip Supreme Court race
Updated election returns posted on a Wisconsin county's website would flip the winner of the Wisconsin Supreme Court race.
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