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The 2012 Wisconsin gubernatorial recall election was a special election to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of Wisconsin.It resulted in voters re-electing incumbent Republican governor Scott Walker over the Democratic candidate Tom Barrett by a larger margin than in 2010 when Walker also faced Barrett.
About This Election. This is a recall election to determine whether Republican Gov. Scott Walker will lose his seat to Democratic challenger Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett. Walker defeated Barrett in the 2010 governor's race. This election was scheduled when Walker opponents collected enough signatures for a recall vote. Read more »
The 2012 Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial recall election was a special election to elect the lieutenant governor of Wisconsin. It resulted in voters retaining incumbent Republican lieutenant governor Rebecca Kleefisch over the Democratic candidate Mahlon Mitchell .
A recall election in the state of Wisconsin is a procedure by which voters can remove an elected official from office through a direct vote before his or her term ...
The recall elections occurred on June 5, with May 8 being the date of the primary election. [1] These recall elections followed the largest group of recall elections in U.S. history during the previous year, in which Republicans kept control of the Wisconsin Senate. In the June 5, 2012 recall elections, Democrats appeared to have taken over one ...
The 2012 Wisconsin Fall General Election was held in the U.S. state of Wisconsin on November 6, 2012. One of Wisconsin's U.S. Senate seats and all of Wisconsin's eight seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election, as well as sixteen seats in the Wisconsin State Senate and all 99 seats in the Wisconsin State Assembly.
On March 10, the recall campaign claimed to have collected over 10,000 signatures, which would be more than enough to trigger a recall election. [29] The Wisconsin Supreme Court declined to answer the question of what map would be utilized for the recall election, which was in conflict due to Clarke v. Wisconsin Elections Commission.
The elections commission asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to clarify whether any recall election should take place in the district where Vos was elected to serve, or under new district boundary ...