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RandySF

(58,823 posts)
Mon Apr 13, 2020, 06:11 PM Apr 2020

Democrat Jill Karofsky on path to win Wisconsin Supreme Court race.


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Brent Peabody
@brent_peabody
Story of the day: Republicans showed up in suburban Milwaukee but not in rural northern Wisconsin.

They need high turnout in *both* to win.

Looking more like Karofsky (D) is going to win this thing

#WisconsinPrimary #WisconsinElections
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Democrat Jill Karofsky on path to win Wisconsin Supreme Court race. (Original Post) RandySF Apr 2020 OP
thank you to the folks in Wisconsin Horse with no Name Apr 2020 #1
+ 1 3Hotdogs Apr 2020 #3
TY!!!!! SheltieLover Apr 2020 #2
Wisconsin Dems risked their lives to make this happen. lagomorph777 Apr 2020 #4
Lotsa votes to count......hope you're right. a kennedy Apr 2020 #5
I hope so! lkinwi Apr 2020 #6
Hardly! question everything Apr 2020 #7
The Dems are overperforming out of their areas, big dem areas still to report loads votes sunonmars Apr 2020 #10
Waukesha county has a lot of votes stashed away and can always make more. n/t rzemanfl Apr 2020 #13
Then let's wait for the final, or for at least 50% reporting and get it from official sources question everything Apr 2020 #14
You clearly did not get the point of my post. rzemanfl Apr 2020 #15
like kn found an entire city she "forgot" to report questionseverything Apr 2020 #29
Yes, like that. n/t rzemanfl Apr 2020 #30
Reminds me of when Kathy Nicklous pulled 12K votes out her ass 8 years ago to win a SC race aeromanKC Apr 2020 #16
Thanks for the update Cosmocat Apr 2020 #8
I don't know. Karofshy is behind with 21% in Poiuyt Apr 2020 #9
omg.. everything crossed!! Cha Apr 2020 #11
I hope so still_one Apr 2020 #12
in wisconsin they will find votes days later to fix any democratic wins questionseverything Apr 2020 #17
Dane - only 20% in of it and she's up by 27K and Milwaukee only 15% in sunonmars Apr 2020 #18
Nate Cohn seems to think Karofsky is gonna pull it out sunonmars Apr 2020 #19
this would be karma at its best for sure beachbumbob Apr 2020 #20
What a pleasant surprise.. comradebillyboy Apr 2020 #21
Marathon, which the conservative judge won by 18 points last year is now 50/50 split WOW sunonmars Apr 2020 #22
She's now 2K in the lead again, from a 12K deficit. sunonmars Apr 2020 #23
She's tying him in conservative counties - read this sunonmars Apr 2020 #24
AMAZING! budkin Apr 2020 #25
She's ahead now.......come on Justice Karofsky....... a kennedy Apr 2020 #26
Yaaaaaay! SheltieLover Apr 2020 #27
Oh please let this be so. onecaliberal Apr 2020 #28
She's 50K ahead......... Milwaukee just came in. sunonmars Apr 2020 #31
Site with no paywall SheltieLover Apr 2020 #32
Crackin' open a beer right now Blue Owl Apr 2020 #33

a kennedy

(29,661 posts)
5. Lotsa votes to count......hope you're right.
Mon Apr 13, 2020, 06:13 PM
Apr 2020

The Court would still be 4 - 3 if she were to win.......still conservative lean.

question everything

(47,479 posts)
7. Hardly!
Mon Apr 13, 2020, 06:15 PM
Apr 2020

With 20% reporting,


Kelly, Daniel i 181,060 51.23%


Karofsky, Jill 172,355 48.77%


https://www.wisconsinvote.org/election-results

Where do you get your results? Twitting? Hashtags?

rzemanfl

(29,557 posts)
15. You clearly did not get the point of my post.
Mon Apr 13, 2020, 06:27 PM
Apr 2020

Strange things have happened in Waukesha County in past elections, always favoring the Repukes.

aeromanKC

(3,322 posts)
16. Reminds me of when Kathy Nicklous pulled 12K votes out her ass 8 years ago to win a SC race
Mon Apr 13, 2020, 06:28 PM
Apr 2020

She was Waukesha county clerk back then. She was crooked as hell.

questionseverything

(9,654 posts)
17. in wisconsin they will find votes days later to fix any democratic wins
Mon Apr 13, 2020, 06:30 PM
Apr 2020
https://bradblog.com/?p=8456

BREAKING: Computer Error Could Give Prosser 7,381 More Votes, Victory
April 7, 2011 5:29 P.M. By Christian Schneider
After Tuesday night's Wisconsin Supreme Court election, a computer error in heavily Republican Waukesha County failed to send election results for the entire City of Brookfield to the Associated Press. The error, revealed today, would give incumbent Supreme Court Justice David Prosser a net 7,381 votes against his challenger, attorney Joanne Kloppenburg. On Wednesday, Kloppenburg declared victory after the AP reported she finished the election with a 204-vote lead, out of nearly 1.5 million votes cast.

On election night, AP results showed a turnout of 110,000 voters in Waukesha County - well short of the 180,000 voters that turned out last November, and 42 percent of the county's total turnout. By comparison, nearly 90 percent of Dane County voters who cast a ballot in November turned out to vote for Kloppenburg.

Prior to the election, Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus was heavily criticized for her decision to keep the county results on an antiquated personal computer, rather than upgrade to a new data system being utilized statewide. Nickolaus cited security concerns for keeping the data herself - yet when she reported the data, it did not include the City of Brookfield, whose residents cast nearly 14,000 votes.

Throughout the day Thursday, official canvass numbers flipped the lead back and forth between Prosser and Kloppenburg. While many believed a recount was inevitable, the addition of the Brookfield votes for Prosser could push the justice's lead beyond the legal threshold that would trigger an automatic recount. Under state law, Kloppenburg could still ask for a recount up to three days after the official canvass, but would have to pay for it herself.

sunonmars

(8,656 posts)
22. Marathon, which the conservative judge won by 18 points last year is now 50/50 split WOW
Mon Apr 13, 2020, 06:42 PM
Apr 2020

Another important northern county coming in with results favorable to Karofsky: Marathon, which the conservative judge won by 18 points last year. It’s much closer this year.

sunonmars

(8,656 posts)
24. She's tying him in conservative counties - read this
Mon Apr 13, 2020, 06:52 PM
Apr 2020

The conservative judge won in 2019 with blowout margins in the counties around Green Bay. It appears closer there tonight. Outagamie County is nearly tied with 42% reporting

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