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In 2011, State Senator Jim Holperin became the first state legislator to be subject to a recall in two different legislative bodies: the Assembly in 1990, and the State Senate in 2011. [ 10 ] In 2012, Governor Scott Walker became the first governor in U.S. history to survive a recall.
Recall elections for four Wisconsin state senators were held during the spring of 2012. Voters put four state senators up for recall, all Republicans , because of the budget repair bill proposed by Governor Scott Walker and circumstances surrounding it.
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 ...
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 ...
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 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 Monday, the conservative organizers behind the attempt to recall Wisconsin’s Assembly Speaker Robin Vos submitted more than 10,700 signatures to the Wisconsin Elections Commission