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La Crosse-area activists submitted signatures today to the Government Accountability Board for the recall of Sen. Dan Kapanke, R-La Crosse, the first of eight ongoing recall efforts against eligible GOP senators to be turned in. The volunteers submitted some 21,700 signatures, well over the 15,588 minimum, with 33 days left before the official deadline. State Dem Party officials called the submission "the most expeditious triggering of a recall in Wisconsin state history." "When we realized how well we were doing, we were feeling pretty confident and we needed to move forward and move on to our next chapter, which is...

Democrats in Wisconsin are saying they now have enough signatures to trigger a recall election of state Sen. Dan Kapanke (R) and will file petitions Friday, the La Crosse Tribune reports. The recall petition against Kapanke -- who has been targeted because of his vote to pare down collective bargaining rights for public employees - would be the first filed against a Wisconsin legislator following the much-publicized collective bargaining dispute in the state. Recall organizer Pat Scheller said volunteers have gathered more than the 15,588 signatures needed and that they plan to take them to Madison after a noon rally...

The office of Sen. Dan Kapanke (R-La Crosse) said the senator has been subjected to damage of personal property and has received threatening statements in the wake of mass protests in recent weeks over Gov. Scott Walker’s budget-repair bill. Kapanke have been unavailable, but an aide to Kapanke says that windows on Kapanke's car were broken in Madison and the senator's wife found nails strewn on the driveway of their home. According to Rose Smyrski of Kapanke’s staff: Nails were scattered on his driveway twice last week. The incidents were reported to the La Crosse Police Department. Also, Kapanke's’s windshield...