Republicans failed to make recall petitions on Fred Risser & Lena Taylor

[undeterred]

Two of Wisconsins finest Democratic State Senators. This morning was the deadline and they didn't make it!

:party: :toast: :kick: :applause: :woohoo: :kick: :party: :toast: :kick: :applause: :woohoo: :kick:

[PeaceNikki]

1. I love Lena

:)

[Karia]

2. Hooray!

I did not seriously believe Risser or Taylor would be under threat of recall, but it is nice to have confirmation.

[existentialist]

3. Do you have breakdowns on which petitions did make it?

Both Democratic Petitions and Republican petitions.


Also I had read somewhere that the deadline was May 2. That must have been wrong.

[eowyn_of_rohan]

7. Dems will file 6th petition Thursday - Rethugs have filed 3

Republican Senators up for recall:
Cowles - coming Thursday ( http://news.firedoglake.com/2011/04/26/sixth-republican-senator-faces-recall-in-wisconsin/ )
Darling
HArsdorf
Kapanke
Hopper
Olsen

Dem Senators for whom petitions have been filed:
Wirch
Hansen
Holperin

[existentialist]

8. Thank you.

[mucifer]

4. so did they get 3 dems? nt

[undeterred]

5. Yes, they got 3 Dems: Hansen, Wirch, and Holperin

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin recall organizers Thursday added three Democratic state senators and one GOP senator to the list of lawmakers in line for recall elections over their opposition to or support of Republican Gov. Scott Walker's law curtailing collective bargaining rights for public employees.

Committees to recall Sens. Dave Hansen of Green Bay, Jim Holperin of Conover and Robert Wirch of Pleasant Prairie filed the signatures needed with the Government Accountability Board. All three groups had thousands more signatures than required to trigger a recall election.

Hours later, the committee to recall Republican Sen. Alberta Darling of River Hills submitted 30,000 signatures to trigger her recall election. Naomi Cobb, the main petitioner for the Darling group, said there was strong support for the recall, despite Darling's relatively Republican district.

"The reason why I filed these papers is because I think she is not listening to her district," Cobb said. "There are many people she is not in touch with, has many values that... are not representative of the district. I don't think entrenched is the right word. I think she is out of tune, she's not available and she's not voting correctly."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/21/wisconsin-recall-petition_n_852251.html

[JPZenger]

6. Article Says 5 GOP Senators Facing Recall, 3 more to go