[apillar]

The WI legislature isn’t scheduled to convene until Jan 2013 and there is another election in Nov. to determine the 2013 legislature makeup.

On top of that, it is my understanding that the seat this democrat "won" is redistricted into a majority Republican district for the November election (the recall took place under the old boundaries). So essentially the dems spent money to elect a Senator that will never be seated because the Senate is not in session until next year and will be redistricted out of office in five months. If they want to call that a victory, more power to them, but the liberal media doesn't even seem to be pushing that line.

[4Speed]

Thanks for the “insight”, and the facts about what it means......temporarily. Cool.

[chickadee]

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So essentially the dems spent money to elect a Senator that will never be seated because the Senate is not in session until next year and will be redistricted out of office in five months.

Unfortunately, that's not true. The new district will be stuck with Lehman until Van Wangaard's term expires.