Wisconsin August 9 Recall Liveblog

Per the Mil­wau­kee Jour­nal Sentinal:

State Sen­ate — Dis­trict 32 — Gen­eral
August 09, 2011 — 09:23PM CT
Wis­con­sin — 54 of 119 Precincts Report­ing — 45%
Name Party Votes Vote %
Shilling , Jen­nifer Dem 8,982 53%
Kapanke , Dan (i) GOP 7,987 47%

As of 9:29 pm:

State Sen­ate — Dis­trict 18 — Gen­eral
August 09, 2011 — 09:29PM CT
Wis­con­sin — 21 of 108 Precincts Report­ing — 19%
Name Party Votes Vote %
King , Jes­sica Dem 7,464 50%
Hop­per , Randy (i) GOP 7,368 50%

State Sen­ate — Dis­trict 32 — Gen­eral
August 09, 2011 — 09:29PM CT
Wis­con­sin — 59 of 119 Precincts Report­ing — 50%
Name Party Votes Vote %
Shilling , Jen­nifer Dem 11,353 53%
Kapanke , Dan (i) GOP 9,968 47%

State Sen­ate — Dis­trict 8 — Gen­eral
August 09, 2011 — 09:29PM CT
Wis­con­sin — 15 of 82 Precincts Report­ing — 18%
Name Party Votes Vote %
Pasch , San­dra Dem 8,848 57%
Dar­ling , Alberta (i) GOP 6,741 43%

At 9:38 pm:

State Sen­ate — Dis­trict 18 — Gen­eral
August 09, 2011 — 09:38PM CT
Wis­con­sin — 25 of 108 Precincts Report­ing — 23%
Name Party Votes Vote %
King , Jes­sica Dem 8,508 52%
Hop­per , Randy (i) GOP 7,890 48%

So where are our con­ser­v­a­tives — rgbact, GROG, bart, wally, et al?

Oops. As of 9:50 pm, keep your fin­gers crossed —

State Sen­ate — Dis­trict 18 — Gen­eral
August 09, 2011 — 09:50PM CT
Wis­con­sin — 85 of 108 Precincts Report­ing — 79%
Name Party Votes Vote %
Hop­per , Randy (i) GOP 22,788 51%
King , Jes­sica Dem 22,212 49%

Still a nail-​​biter at 10::08 pm:

State Sen­ate — Dis­trict 18 — Gen­eral
August 09, 2011 — 10:08PM CT
Wis­con­sin — 94 of 108 Precincts Report­ing — 87%
Name Party Votes Vote %
King , Jes­sica Dem 24,458 50%
Hop­per , Randy (i) GOP 24,321 50%

And here’s what they’re say­ing over at redstate:

“I’m pre-​​loading this: I have fam­ily over. Results can be found here, once the polls close at 8 PM CST: if I had to guess, I’d say +1 Demo­c­rat is the most likely result, with +2 Demo­c­rat almost as likely and +0 Demo­c­rat is not actu­ally out of the ques­tion. I’m not expect­ing the Wis­con­sin Sen­ate to actu­ally flip, which is the Democ­rats’ actual vic­tory con­di­tion here – but then, I was hope­ful that we weren’t going to lose Con­gress in 2006, so what the heck do I know?

Guess we’ll see.

PS: I am reminded that Gov­er­nor Walker signed into law today redis­trict­ing leg­is­la­tion that should use­fully infu­ri­ate Wis­con­sin Democ­rats. Said leg­is­la­tion will have no effect on the recall elec­tions, but it’s going to have a seri­ous effect on the next set of elec­tions; the Democ­rats are chal­leng­ing the results in court, appar­ently on the grounds that par­ti­san grid­lock is effec­tively enshrined in the state constitution.

I swear, once upon a time every­body thought that Wis­con­sin pol­i­tics were kind of innocu­ous. Appar­ently there was this sea of molten rage and con­tention lurk­ing beneath the sur­face. Who knew?”

Red­state is not­ing that “Remem­ber it was a city in Wauke­sha county that saved David Prosser’s bacon.”

Whether or not the Dems win all of the recall races they would like to win, the results are amaz­ing. Remem­ber, this is good­bye to Repub­li­cans who — until today — held a seat in the Wis­con­sin leg­is­la­ture. This may be less good­bye than we’d like to see, but is def­i­nitely a step in the right direction.

And as I’ve heard voiced many times from my own Repub­li­can friends and rel­a­tives, it dri­ves those Repub­li­can nuts that Dems take the long view, cel­e­brat­ing what may appear to be small vic­to­ries, but gain ground over­all, albeit some­times in smaller incre­men­tal steps.

And as of 12:12 am:

State Sen­ate — Dis­trict 32 — Gen­eral
August 10, 2011 — 12:12AM CT
Wis­con­sin — 119 of 119 Precincts Report­ing — 100%
Name Party Votes Vote %
Shilling , Jen­nifer Dem 33,192 55%
Kapanke , Dan (i) GOP 26,724 45%

and State Sen­ate — Dis­trict 18 — Gen­eral
August 10, 2011 — 12:12AM CT
Wis­con­sin — 108 of 108 Precincts Report­ing — 100%
Name Party Votes Vote %
King , Jes­sica Dem 28,188 51%
Hop­per , Randy (i) GOP 26,937 49%