Wisconsin Primary Results (U.S. Senate, etc.)

Journal Sentinal ^ | 8/14/12 | self

[randita]

Discuss the Wisconsin races, especially the race for the GOP U.S. Senate candidate.

[randita]

[securityman]

I voted for Fitz in Winnebago county. Looking like Hovde might do well here.

[MNlurker]

Too burnt out from election to post more than this.

Voted Fitzgerald.

We’ll see what happens

[randita]

Lead change:

[randita]

[mrsmith]

I hear Wisconsin voters are filing “repetitive motion” lawsuits...

[Clintonfatigued]

It’s way too early. Republicans have candidates who include a successful ex-Governor who’s yesterday’s news, a rich carpetbagger, and a flaky perennial candidate. A fourth candidate (Jeff Fitzgerald), would be a great Senator but has no name I.D. or resources. It’s the race of the night and I fear it won’t be decided until after I have to quit the borrowed computer.

[MissH]

Up to the minute link - Hovde in the lead -

http://wisconsinvote.org/

[randita]

[Dr. Sivana]

Politico has more of the vote counted than wisconsinvote.org :

T. Thompson 31.9% 23,930
E. Hovde 31.6% 23,661
M. Neumann 23.8% 17,843
J. Fitzgerald 12.7% 9,492

[MNJohnnie]

So which is Hovde?

[Clintonfatigued]

Hovde is the rich carpetbagger, a Washington, D.C. hedge fund manager who moved to Wisconsin recently to run after 24 years out of the state.

[Clintonfatigued]

Here’s the latest, with Hovde and Thompson in a virtual tie with 11% reporting:

Tommy G. Thompson 23,930 31.9%
Eric Hovde 23,661 31.6%
Mark W. Neumann 17,843 23.8%
Jeff Fitzgerald 9,492 12.7%

[randita]

[MissH]

Looks like this is going to be tight till the end tonight ~

[MNlurker]

I’m already having nightmares of a recount.

[securityman]

Lot of anti Tommy votes tonight. I didn’t live in the state when he was the Guv. Down in Texas we considered him a liberal.

[MissH]

I was thinking the same thing -

[Skulllspitter]

Carpetbagger is more than a little harsh. This isn’t like Hillary deciding she liked Illinois - no, make that New York. Hovde grew up in Wisconsin and went to school in Wisconsin and yes, made his fortune in D.C. but that doesn’t make D.C. ‘home’.