Biden defeats Sanders as Wisconsin releases election results

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By SCOTT BAUER and TODD RICHMOND

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Joe Biden emerged victorious Monday in Wisconsin’s Democratic presidential primary, a turbulent election far more significant for the struggle over whether it should have been held at all last week amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Meanwhile, there was a close battle emerging in a state Supreme Court race that pit a conservative incumbent against a liberal challenger. Democrats have accused Republicans of forging ahead with Wisconsin’s election despite the coronavirus in the hopes it would dampen turnout in urban areas that were more likely to vote with the liberal court candidate.

The highly politicized court backed Republicans in proceeding with in-person voting in a ruling issued the day before the election.

Biden’s easy victory became academic after Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders dropped out, one day after Wisconsin held in-person voting Tuesday despite widespread concern over the health risks. Republican legislative leaders refused to delay the election, and the party won a court battle to keep the date, making Wisconsin an outlier from other states that postponed spring primaries.



City of Milwaukee Election Commission workers process absentee ballots Tuesday, April 7, 2020 in downtown Milwaukee, Wis. Despite federal health recommendations, thousands of Wisconsin voters waited hours in long lines outside overcrowded polling stations on Tuesday so they could participate in a presidential primary election that tested the limits of electoral politics in the midst of a pandemic. (Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP)


Read more: https://apnews.com/253c16bc5813c5dbec0beafdb53489fc

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[iluvtennis]

1. Congrats to Joe Biden. BTW, more info on Supreme Court race: it's tight between goper and Dem

Early returns show tight Wisconsin Supreme Court race
https://apnews.com/3bce8db767ea2103f14da1c9e7bfab10

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s bitter state Supreme Court race was close in early returns Monday, with conservative Justice Dan Kelly holding a slight lead in a race with implications for the ideological makeup of the court.

Liberal challenger Jill Karofsky and Kelly were vying for a 10-year term on the state’s highly politicized state court, which sided with Republicans in holding last week’s election despite widespread concerns about the coronavirus threat.

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[onetexan]

3. NYT has Karofsky currently on top: 53.3%/46.6 & Business Insider has calledi t for Karofsky

WOOHOOO!!!
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/07/us/elections/results-wisconsin-spring-elections.html?action=click&module=ELEX_results&pgtype=Interactive®ion=ReporterUpdates

https://www.businessinsider.com/wisconsin-primary-supreme-court-race-live-results-updates-vote-counts-2020-4


Congrats Joe!!
Congrats Ms. Karofsky!!


Edited to add NYT's analysts' remarks re: the WI supreme court seat:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/13/us/elections/live-analysis-wisconsin.html


Reid Epstein 7m ago
"In a stunning upset, a liberal challenger, Judge Jill Karofsky, has ousted a conservative State Supreme Court justice, Daniel Kelly. See Wisconsin Supreme Court results"

Stephanie Saul 17m ago
"Kenosha County is considered one of those all-important swing counties. Hard to see the liberal judge’s lead there as good news for the Republicans in November."

Stephanie Saul 21m ago
"With 94% reporting in Kenosha County, the liberal Jill Karofsky is leading 15,020 to 10,652. Her win there is remarkable given that President Trump carried the county in 2016."

Reid Epstein 26m ago

"Stunning that Karofsky is doing so well. Ten hours ago the chairmen of the D.N.C. and Wisconsin Democrats said “voter suppression on steroids” made the results illegitimate."

[iluvtennis]

4. Wow, that's great news! trumpty dumpty won't be happy that another person he endorsed

went down in flame.

[ffr]

2. That's the way we do it. Go Joe!

[Julian English]

5. K & R

Biden crushed it.