Democrats Score Special Election Upset In Wisconsin GOP Stronghold

[highplainsdem]

Source: HuffPo

Democrat Patty Schactner won a special election for a state Senate seat in Wisconsin Tuesday, scoring a huge upset victory for her party in a district that President Donald Trump handily captured just over a year ago.

It was the latest in a string of election victories for Democrats since Trump took office, and a sign of hope for the party that the energy from the base and frustration with the president could lead to more wins in November.

The Associated Press reported that with nearly all returns in, Schactner, the the chief medical examiner for St. Croix County, was winning by more than 1,600 votes.

Republican Sheila Harsdorf held the seat since 2001, but she left in November to become Gov. Scott Walker’s (R) agriculture secretary. In 2016, Harsdorf won reelection by 26 percentage points, and Trump beat Hillary Clinton by 17 points. Republican Mitt Romney also won the district in 2012.

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Read more: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/patty-schactner-wins_us_5a5ec4e2e4b096ecfca88c03

[highplainsdem]

1. WaPo article:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2018/01/16/democrats-flip-state-senate-seat-in-wisconsin/

[SleeplessinSoCal]

20. "since the start of the century"

I first thought that meant 100 years. It means 18.

[highplainsdem]

27. I know. I tend to have the same reaction.

[dhill926]

2. outstanding!

[Wwcd]

3. Great news. Thanks for the info!

Won by 1600 votes!
In a repub district.
In Walker's State.

[Lotusflower70]

4. That's fantastic

It's great to see the momentum continue to build.

[BigmanPigman]

5. Fuchin' A!

[MLAA]

6. Hurray 👏🏼 👏🏿👏🏾👏🏽👏🏻

[PatrickforO]

7. ...a sign of hope for the party...

Gosh, let's hope so!

[Bleacher Creature]

8. Summer is my favorite time of the year, but can we just fast forward to November? NT

[H2O Man]

9. Recommended

Great news!

[Jane Austin]

10. Bravo!

That is good news!

[marble falls]

11. Don't get cocky, don't let up, the job isn't done yet. But each victory is sweet.

[Initech]

16. Yes! The battle may be won but the war is far from over!

As Thor says, let us celebrate this one with revels!

[PJMcK]

12. "On Wisconsin, On Wisconsin, Plunge right through that line." (n/t)

[Heartstrings]

13. Great win!

Need to stay on course here in WI for midterms.

[HuskyOffset]

14. Hopefully is the start of a trend here in WI

It would be fantastic to get rid of Walker & flip the legislature.

[pecosbob]

15. The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight forgot to manipulate the vote tally

must have been an official holiday in Russia.

[questionseverything]

33. harder to manipulate a single special election,the attention isn't as split

... Desi Doyen said on 10/17/2017 @ 4:00 pm PT...


Hi, Karen --- It was actually DHS, specifically acting undersecretary Jeanette Manfra, who acknowledged that DHS had not conducted a forensic examination on any individual voting machine during her testimony at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on June 21, 2017. The relevant segment starts at about 58 minutes:

https://www.c-span.org/v...ted-russia-2016-election

Here's Brad's article on it: http://bradblog.com/?p=12192. More on it can also be found here.

Desi

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[BobTheSubgenius]

17. "...and you'd better start swimming or you'll sink like a stone..."

[Ellipsis]

18. yeah buddy!

[iluvtennis]

19. Excellent news!

[democrank]

21. Knock 'em down like bowling pins.

Congratulations Patty Schactner.

[riversedge]

22. I did phone banking two weekends. Guess I am a bit

surprised that this district was flipped. It is a well off district with lots of transplants from suburbs of Mpls. But sure am happy.

[lkinwi]

23. A great dem candidate coupled with tRumps stupidity equals a flipped seat.

[beachbum bob]

24. the smoldering fire is turning into a blaze and Nov 2018 will bring

the end of conservative control in many places, especially Washington DC

[bucolic_frolic]

25. Success breeds success and motivates more Democratic voters

When we think our votes mean something, we can move mountains!!

Start a series of wins and the forgotten and dejected begin to have hope

THROTTLE UP!!!

[demmiblue]

26. Great news!

[jimlup]

28. A Big Blue Wave Is Coming

We have to do our best to make it as BIG as possible!

[dae]

29. Greetings from New Arctic, great news indeed!

⬅️ Ice

[LakeArenal]

30. Some DUers here constantly say it's useless to donate to candidates that probably will lose...

in Republican strongholds. Since we can't call them out.... You know who you are..

"We've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas" (Ned Flanders parents)

[mahatmakanejeeves]

31. Unexpected defeat in rural Wisconsin special election sets off alarm bells for Republicans

Retweeted by Dave Weigel: https://twitter.com/daveweigel

This is an incredibly good summary of @PattyforSenate win in WI last night by @jameshohmann. It nails why Patty won, the flood of GOP cash, and how bad this is for Republicans.

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PowerPost Analysis

The Daily 202: Unexpected defeat in rural Wisconsin special election sets off alarm bells for Republicans

By James Hohmann January 17 at 7:29 AM

With Breanne Deppisch and Joanie Greve.

THE BIG IDEA: Ten months is an eternity in politics, but a stunning Democratic victory Tuesday in a special election deep in the heart of Trump country suggests a blue tsunami could be forming.

President Trump became the first Republican to carry Wisconsin in a presidential election since Ronald Reagan by running up his score in places like the rural 10th state Senate district, which includes a swath of five counties between Eau Claire and Superior along the Minnesota border.

Trump won there by 17 points in 2016. A special election was triggered when Gov. Scott Walker tapped a popular state senator, who had held the seat since 2000, to become his agriculture secretary. Last night, Democratic candidate Patty Schachtner won by nine points.

-- Wisconsin conservative talk radio legend Charlie Sykes, a Trump critic, called the results ominous and said his prominent friends inside the GOP are freaking out:

Genuinely stunning setback for GOP in Wisconsin. Hard to overstate the anxiety this will cause...

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....
James Hohmann is a national political correspondent for The Washington Post. Follow @jameshohmann

[L. Coyote]

32. Yuuuge Dem over performance in 4 special elections averages +21.49%

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[riversedge]

34. Walker's quick reaction to the huge swings Wisconsin Dems enjoyed tonight (+ ≈25%) underlines what's

Taniel Verified account @Taniel
6h6 hours ago

Scott Walker's quick reaction to the huge swings Wisconsin Dems enjoyed tonight (+ ?25%) underlines what's at stake here *this* Nov: Walker's 3rd term.

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Resolve.Action.Love @Snowman55403
7h7 hours ago
Replying to @Taniel

That's quite the Twitter panic attack Walker is having 😆
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areyoukiddingme
? @mhickey187
7h7 hours ago

Replying to @Taniel

Guy gave $4.5b away to bribe a foreign company to come to Wisconsin. He’s going to have problems with that.
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Kelley Powers
? @kelleysgators
7h7 hours ago

Replying to @Taniel

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Starla Paris
? @askcoachparis
6h6 hours ago
Replying to @Taniel @SykesCharlie

Whatever....Scott Walker...Nov 2018 will usher in a new career for you. Start planning now.
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The ResiSTANCE
? @frankie5563
7h7 hours ago

Replying to @Taniel

*Sniff sniff*

smells like panic
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Lieutenant Kijé ? @BrianLemaire2
42m42 minutes ago

Replying to @Taniel

Wake Up Call: @ScottWalker cut almost 30% of funding from the University of Wisconsin — once the jewel among the nation's public universities. I guess some of their liberal profs rubbed him the wrong way.
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d T Raccoon and 4 others follow
RJ20151
? @agustuspinel
8h8 hours ago

Of the 5 state legislature special elections tonight, the democrats leave with a gain of +1. That gain being #SD10 in Wisconsin. GOP held onto seats in SC, Iowa as well as #AD58 in Wisconsin though margins decreased in all. Democrats held onto WI #AD66 as well. #FlipItBlue
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Dianna A. liked Ryan Lebica
? @Ryan_Lebica
8h8 hours ago
Replying to @ActorAaronBooth @WisDems

#AD58 sits in the mid of the reddest County in WI & one of the reddest outside the south. A result like this proves @WisDems & @dnc as a whole.

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Aaron Booth
? @ActorAaronBooth
9h9 hours ago

If anyone is wondering, the turnout was 12.49%.

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Taniel
?Verified account @Taniel
7h7 hours ago

4 elections in deeply Trump districts tonight. All saw huge swing toward Dems compared to 2016 pres results. Using @dkelections district #s:

SC #HD99: +15% net swing toward Dems
IA #HD06: +18%
WI #SD10: +24% or +27%
WI #AD58: +25%


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