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To: ChinuSFO who wrote (114798)	6/5/2012 1:09:41 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

I didn't know about the senate race. Thanks.

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (114798)	6/5/2012 1:19:09 PM
From: mel221	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

Thanks for pointing this out. It looks like only 1 seat is closely contested. But, many seats are up for grab in November. Still, even if Democrats were to seize a Senate majority through these recalls, they acknowledge that victory might be temporary: In November, half of the State Senate seats and all of the State Assembly seats are up for election, and candidates will be competing for districts with boundaries newly drawn by the Republican-dominated Legislature. nytimes.com

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (114798)	6/5/2012 1:32:22 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

All the polls are against Barrett so the info below is probably meaningless.....btw Dane County is Madison: Milwaukee calls in extra poll workers amid heavy turnout jsonline.com!page=1&pageSize=10&sort=newestfirst and this: Voters and public officials are reporting long lines at many Wisconsin polling places Tuesday — with Dane County Clerk Karen Peters calling the turnout "just wild" so far. ... In Madison, City Clerk Maribeth Witzel-Behl said turnout was at 26 percent by 11 a.m., which was an orphan number because, she said, "we really have nothing to compare it to." That percentage is the 42,961 votes case of 165,312 registered. However, she said, "typically the numbers will double from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and then double again from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m." At 11 a.m., the highest turnout was at Blessed Sacrament in Ward 62, where turnout was already at 51 percent.