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Winning: Prosser leads Kloppenburg by 7,300 votes as Wisconsin Supreme Court Judge canvassing ends

Winning: Prosser leads Kloppenburg by 7,300 votes as Wisconsin Supreme Court Judge canvassing ends

Official: Prosser wins.  Liberals may now cry or overrun the Capital in Protest of the democratic process Milwaukee County was the last one to hold out, but now its numbers are in too. Smells like … victory. A conservative justice has weathered attempts to link him to Wisconsin’s governor and a divisive union rights law and won re-election, according to county vote totals finalized Friday. Tallies from each of the state’s 72 counties show Justice David Prosser defeated challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg by 7,316 votes. State election officials said they will wait to declare an official winner until the deadline for Kloppenburg to seek a recount passes… The law’s opponents hoped a Kloppenburg upset over Prosser would tilt the court to the left and set the stage for the [...]

Sorry Left – Wisconsin Supreme court race jolted by 7500 uncounted Ballots

Sorry Left – Wisconsin Supreme court race jolted by 7500 uncounted Ballots

Officials in Waukesha County on Thursday said a final review of paperwork and other records from this week's closely watched Wisconsin Supreme Court election had uncovered thousands of uncounted votes, a potentially stunning development that could upend the contest.Unofficial returns on Wednesday had given the union-backed challenger in the race, JoAnne Kloppenburg, a narrow 204-vote statewide lead over Republican David Prosser.But late Thursday, the county clerk in Waukesha, a Republican stronghold, said workers had found 7,582 votes uncounted votes for Prosser.Clerk Kathy Nickolaus said she would hold a press conference at 5:30 p.m. to discuss the discovery.Reporting by Jeff Mayers; writing by James B. Kelleher; editing by Tim Gaynor via Reuters.   Related [...]

Wisconsin State Supreme Court Election Results

Wisconsin State Supreme Court Election Results

The Final Results: J. Kloppenburg wins by 204 Votes Wisconsin - County Vote Results Supreme Court - General  County Precincts D. Prosser (i) J. Kloppenburg Total 3630/3630 739,886 50% 740,090 50%   via News from The Associated Press.     Original story - Anyone that watches the mainstream media would think that the entire state was against Governor Scott Walker and for the Union.  But if one is following today's election, there seems to be an alternate reality than the one portrayed by MSNBC and other left leaning news programs. Tonight's voting numbers show quite a differing story,  one that is more accurate with what is going on in the real world.  The voting outcome so far show a polarization [...]