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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAm I dreaming? Did WI go BLUE?? OMG!!!!! 🌊
I am so proud of the hard working, tireless grassroots efforts made in my state!
Thank you, thank you!!!!
On Wisconsin!!!!
still_one
(92,138 posts)hlthe2b
(102,226 posts)Heartstrings
(7,349 posts)Won AG, Josh Kaul
Won State Treasurer, Sarah Godlieski
My congressman, Mark Pocan, ran unopposed so we held his seat.....
hlthe2b
(102,226 posts)and was able to bulldoze everything though. Now that Walker is out, any chance of rolling some of the damage back, will require the state house as well. Has that changed?
BumRushDaShow
(128,861 posts)But I expect that some of this is just an artifact of gerrymandered state seats after 2010 redistricting. Having a (D) governor may help when it comes time for the 2020 census and redistricting but there will need to be a real concerted effort in there to work it in the D's favor in 2020 or get some type of "fair districting" thing going (maybe by having a ballot question).
BumRushDaShow
(128,861 posts)But when 2010 came around and Dems sat it out, the GOP came barreling in and took control of government at every level, thus overseeing the census redistricting (both state and federal levels), and sealing our fate for the next 8 years.
We are slowly clawing our way out of that. And this means that if there are governors up next year (2019) or in 2020, we need to do all in our power to get some more of those positions and get more seats in our legislatures if needed, so that we can control the census redistricting that control our fate for the following 10 years.
mucifer
(23,531 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,674 posts)MaryMagdaline
(6,853 posts)Crunchy Frog
(26,579 posts)NorCen_CT
(176 posts)all the while, I believe Walker was down only 1,500 votes or so at one point right before the absentee ballots were counted (at which point the race was more or less over).
What was only supposed to be an hour wait (to count the absentees), was one of the more nerve-wracking moments of last night/this morning. Worth it!
LakeArenal
(28,817 posts)I know you are tuckered out but so valuable.
My contribution was looking for local candidates yard signs after being told by some democrat committee chair that research tells us signs are not considered the best use of money even tho they make us pay for them. Incidentally, all local candidates lost. Gerrymandering still rules.
And once again, Wisconsin is a 47%-47% state. Working out that 3 or 4% to win is very hard work. You and yours did it.
Good Ole Wisconsin. On the way back.
Heartstrings
(7,349 posts)I am "tuckered out" but there is a huge smile on my face! So unlike 2 years ago....
And I know you were with me in spirit! Oh, and with me for Obama, Biden and Evers as well! 😉
jodymarie aimee
(3,975 posts)only the Gov, the other 2 chambers are solid Rs. Assembly even worse than last time.
LakeArenal
(28,817 posts)Cups half full. And we are excited for the first time in eight years. Sorry we arent working fast enough for everyone.
Heartstrings
(7,349 posts)From Senator to
Governor to
Lt. Governor to
Attorney General to
State Treasurer and
Every local county office.
Perhaps more grassroots efforts should have been organized up 'nort......
jodymarie aimee
(3,975 posts)we got a Dem Gov, but on the state level....I am talking about who makes the laws.....Assembly is 63/36 Republicans ...Senate is 18/15 Republicans....
Go it now? Since we know each other personally, you know my life is DEM politics...remember this year when you asked me if you should sign nomination papers...you didn't know what they were....
LakeArenal
(28,817 posts)Jody once told me here on DU that Evers is milk-toast and possibly a loser .
jodymarie aimee
(3,975 posts)stand by comment.....
LakeArenal
(28,817 posts)As the majority of WI has spoken. Of course, you have met and talked with him and attended rallies where he spoke to assure yourself of your comment.
jodymarie aimee
(3,975 posts)I met him 2x and watched all debates...1 in person...he is a very bad speaker...but he was our guy, so I hit the streets for him and worked 4 hrs a day for our candidates...... Peace out....find somebody else to fight with !!!
LakeArenal
(28,817 posts)Well as one of the thousands of us who worked for our guy. Thanks for your hard work.
LakeArenal
(28,817 posts)Opinion??? Not much of a fight here.
You came on a pro election thread looking to post your opinion. Now you call it a fight?
jodymarie aimee
(3,975 posts)how's your rock and roll book coming?
LakeArenal
(28,817 posts)Really nicely. The picture of Mesa was exactly what I hoped for and the only one I have.
Rizen
(708 posts)Congrats. I'm over in CO making it blue.
MFM008
(19,805 posts)States returned to their blue roots.
Bad news for maggot.
elocs
(22,567 posts)Sure, Democrats took the governorship with Evers defeating Walker but the Republicans remained firmly in control of the state legislature and senate. In Congress, 4 out of our 7 representatives are Republican and that did not change. Tammy Baldwin held her senate seat but our other senator is Republican Ron Johnson.
So at best it might be claimed that Wisconsin is purple but it is by no means Blue. And Tony Evers strikes me as the kind of newly elected governor who could be defeated by a strong Republican candidate in 4 years.
jodymarie aimee
(3,975 posts)Folks are erroneously saying Wisconsin went blue.....No, we got a DEM Governor..Trifecta broken...
Wisconsin had a Republican trifecta
Tuesday we got a Dem Gov, but on the state level....I am talking about who makes the laws.....Assembly is 63/36 Republicans ...Senate is 18/15 Republicans....
And as soon as the election was called Vos the Majority Leader became Kathy Bates to Evers's James Caan....it is ugly already.
elocs
(22,567 posts)Evers hasn't shown that he will be a strong or tough governor, but he's better than Walker.
jodymarie aimee
(3,975 posts)we would have gotten Beto coverage, too....Feingold was not for Evers...he said "the party is supporting Evers"...QUOTE.
elocs
(22,567 posts)But I suspected that his only political interest was in running against Johnson in 2016 to get revenge for the loss of his senate seat. Now after his loss again to Johnson I think that Feingold is done for good in Wisconsin politics.
I think he could have beaten Walker in 2014 though.