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The 2011 Wisconsin Spring Primary was held February 15, 2011. [1] 2011 also saw the first set of recall elections incited by Governor Scott Walker's controversial 2011 Wisconsin Act 10, which stripped public employee unions of their collective bargaining rights. Nine state senators faced recall in the Summer of 2011, with two Republican seats ...
Both candidates stated their unhappiness with the increasingly partisan nature of the race. [21] Kloppenburg, supported by unions, particularly those of the public sector employees, tried to tie Prosser to the policies of Republican Governor Walker, and his March 2011 law limiting most of Wisconsin's public employees' collective bargaining rights.
The election was won by Jill Underly, the superintendent of the Pecatonica Area School District, defeating former Brown Deer School District superintendent Deborah Kerr. The incumbent superintendent, Carolyn Stanford Taylor , did not run for election to a full term; she had been appointed to the office in 2019 by governor Tony Evers .
Since 1988, Wisconsin has leaned towards the Democratic Party in presidential elections, although Republican Donald Trump won the state by a margin of 0.77 percentage points. Wisconsin is tied with Michigan and Pennsylvania for the longest active streak of voting for the winning candidate, last voting for a losing candidate in 2004.
The 2021 Wisconsin Spring Election was held in the U.S. state of Wisconsin on April 6, 2021. There was one statewide race—for Superintendent of Public Instruction. Additionally, two special elections occurred for the Wisconsin State Senate and Wisconsin State Assembly, as well as other nonpartisan local and judicial elections.
In Wisconsin, the answer is that those seemingly small numbers can spell victory or defeat. In 2016, Republican Donald Trump beat Democrat Hillary Clinton by fewer than 23,000 votes, a key to ...
Lessons from Election 2011 "State Elections Legislation Database", Ncsl.org, Washington, D.C.: National Conference of State Legislatures, State legislation related to the administration of elections introduced in 2011 through this year; 2011 state legislative elections on Ballotpedia; 2011 ballot measures and potential 2011 ballot measures on ...
The 71st Assembly district of Wisconsin is one of 99 districts in the Wisconsin State Assembly. [1] Located in central Wisconsin, the district comprises most of Portage County and part of northeast Adams County. It includes the city of Stevens Point and the villages of Amherst, Amherst Junction, Nelsonville, Plover, and Whiting.