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In 1911, newly elected Governor Francis E. McGovern laid out his progressive vision for Wisconsin, which included a proposal for a recall. [1] The next week, State Senator Paul O. Husting introduced Senate Joint Resolution 9, which allowed for the recall of every office holder in the state, including both those elected and appointed. [1]
The 2012 Wisconsin Senate recall elections were a set of recall elections for four Wisconsin state senators held on June 5, 2012. Four of the 33 seats in the Wisconsin Senate were up for election—all odd-numbered districts. Before the election, four of these seats were held by Republicans.
Recall elections for nine Wisconsin state senators were held during the summer of 2011; one was held on July 19, and six on August 9, with two more held on August 16. Voters attempted to put 16 state senators up for recall, eight Democrats and eight Republicans, because of the budget bill proposed by Governor Scott Walker and circumstances surrounding it. [1]
The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to offer clarity on what legislative district boundary lines should be in play for a potential recall election sought by supporters of former ...
Wanggaard was one of the 16 senators who faced recall elections, and was challenged by his defeated 2010 rival, former-senator John Lehman. Lehman defeated Wanggaard in the recall election held on June 5, 2012. This was the 2nd time that a senator serving in the 21st district had been successfully recalled, the first being George Petak in 1996. [8]
This occurred in 1981 in Washington state, when a state senator flipped parties and the control over the chamber; twice in Michigan’s Senate in 1983; twice in California in 1995, when two ...
The court's order comes days before organizers of a recall attempt against Speaker Robin Vos plan to submit thousands of signatures to the Wisconsin Elections Commission, an effort one organizer ...
Nine Wisconsin state senators were subjects of coordinated recall efforts to remove them from office in the Summer of 2011. The first recall election was held on July 19, six were held on August 9, and two more were held on August 16. Two incumbents, Randy Hopper and Dan Kapanke, were defeated in the recall. The net result was that Democrats ...