The Daily Call
Wednesday / July 13, 2011
A daily digest of news regarding the
Wisconsin Democracy crisis
Hoo-Ray!!
GOP fake candidate takes 40-plus point hit
Despite GOP Weasel Shenanigans Shilling
Romps to Victory
By Tom Tolan
Journal Sentinel (7/12/11)
Rep. Jennifer Shilling (D-La Crosse) cruised to an easy victory Tuesday over the former county Republican Party official who ran against her as a Democrat to delay the final recall election of Sen. Dan Kapanke (R-La Crosse).
Shilling was leading James D. Smith, a La Crosse hospital technician, by some 40 percentage points when the Associated Press declared her a winner.
Shilling, who's been a state legislator for 10 years, will face Kapanke in the general recall election Aug. 9. Kapanke serves an increasingly Democratic-leaning district, and he's been widely reported as being the Republican senator most vulnerable to defeat in a recall election.
Smith, who resigned as a member of the La Crosse County Republican Party before declaring his candidacy as a Democrat, said Tuesday evening that he'd run against Kapanke if he beat Shilling - but first "I'd have to pick my jaw up off the ground," because defeating her was so unlikely.(14)
Shilling and Other Democratic Candidates Trounce GOP “fake” Dem Candidates Across the State. See links below:
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