Tim Burns, who took the unusual approach of running as a Democrat and taking partisan stands on issues, was eliminated.
February 21, 2018
Not feeling the Burns.
"Michael Screnock, Rebecca Dallet advance in SCOWIS primary."
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Just one more datum point proving that the left side of Lake Michigan has common sense and the state to the right is studded with fools.
I'm glad he got bounced. I didn't vote for him.
"roesch/voltaire said...
I think folks in Wisconsin are tiring of the huge amounts of money pouring into Supreme Court races from the Republican Party and right wing organizations and I suspect the Republican boy will not have an easy time as Althouse and Mead wish for."
Looks like the folks in Wisconsin got a second wind.
These firebrand lefties that now look like what were uniformly conservative older people when I was a kid freak me the fuck out.
From the article:
Gary Geller, an 81-year-old retired salesman from Madison, voted for Dallet because she’s a judge and a woman. Geller said he’s a Democrat but he didn’t consider the candidates’ partisan backgrounds.
“I feel woman judges are more compassionate and have better understanding,” Geller said. “She had the years of experience as a judge and a prosecutor.”
You gotta be kidding me.
Mike - Michigan has a Republican controlled USSC.
This why Democrats lie about what they really want to do and what they really think.
I feel woman judges are more compassionate and have better understanding,” Geller said
She's Pro-Choice. Consider the logic.
Some people have a mother complex, he must have a father complex. It happens.
Republicans and non-partisan independents need to rally behind Screnock. If Burns people pull the lever for Dallet, then it's game over.
I am glad that I was incorrect in my prediction.
Good luck to Judge Screnock.
Good. Burns is Hitler.
Tim Burns, who took the unusual approach of running as a Democrat and taking partisan stands on issues
It's not unusual.
Cue Tom Jones.
“I feel woman judges are more compassionate and have better understanding,” Geller said.
What do you want to bet he doesn't consider himself a sexist?
"Average turnout in spring primaries like this one where the Supreme Court is the only race on the statewide ballot has been 7.3 percent the past two decades, according to the Elections Commission." Representative democracy at its finest
Which one is the Person of Color?
Judicial-activism fans aren't ready to do without deniability quite yet.
In my county, turnout was 22.7% and Screnok at 74.85%.
Pinhead - 18%
Blockhead - 46%
Redhead - 36%
"roesch/voltaire said...
I think folks in Wisconsin are tiring of the huge amounts of money pouring into Supreme Court races from the Republican Party and right wing organizations and I suspect the Republican boy will not have an easy time as Althouse and Mead wish for."
Now that there is one "left wing" candidate versus a "right wing" candidate we will see if the "left wing" candidate receives money from the Democratic Party and left wing organizations, and if so, will the folks in Wisconsin be tired of that money too, or only the money that comes pouring in from the Republican Party and right wing organizations.
Mike Sylwester said...Which one is the Person of Color?
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Maybe Dallet is a wise white Latina a la Fauxcahontas.
"Republicans and non-partisan independents need to rally behind Screnock. If Burns people pull the lever for Dallet, then it's game over."
It was very low turnout, so this set of people doesn't represent the electorate we'll see in the final election. There was a choice to be made between the 2 liberals, and that may have pulled out more liberals. Indeed, some conservatives might have voted for Burns just to give Screnock an easier to defeat opponent. But conservatives do need to pay attention. They might be complacent, especially since the balance on the court will remain conservative even if Dallet wins.
"Big Mike said...
Republicans and non-partisan independents need to rally behind Screnock. If Burns people pull the lever for Dallet, then it's game over."
This:
Ann Althouse said...
"Republicans and non-partisan independents need to rally behind Screnock. If Burns people pull the lever for Dallet, then it's game over."
It was very low turnout, so this set of people doesn't represent the electorate we'll see in the final election. There was a choice to be made between the 2 liberals, and that may have pulled out more liberals. Indeed, some conservatives might have voted for Burns just to give Screnock an easier to defeat opponent. But conservatives do need to pay attention. They might be complacent, especially since the balance on the court will remain conservative even if Dallet wins."
Unlikely Ann. The GOP machine that came about when Walker won and won and won is still in place and well funded. I have received multiple calls for $$$ and this will change to get out the vote calls now. While Dallet is not the crazy that Burns is, she's a weak candidate. She thinks that the John Doe investigation should not have been ended.
"In my county, turnout was 22.7% and Screnok at 74.85%."
Here in Dane County, turnout was 25.5%. Screnock got 17.3% and Burns got 30.6%.
In Ward 61, where we live and vote (and where Russian trolls hold sway over every neighborhood listserv, sowing discord, confusion, and seeds of non-gmo native wild oats), Dallet received 302 votes, Burns 171, and Screnock 30.
Meade, your neighborhood in Madison sounds like mine in Saint Paul, near Macalester College, maybe even more Tarded.
@Althouse, I believe I read that the final election will be in April. Do not look for high turnout there, either. Not like November elections.
Don't count your Republican financed candidates before they hatch-- if you combine the votes of Dallet and Burns that equals 262118 votes on the sane side vs 228,831 for the bought candidate Screnock-- we shall see.
"Just one more datum point proving that the left side of Lake Michigan has common sense and the state to the right is studded with fools."
hey, fuck you, Mike.
-Fool Stud
Per R/V and Lois Lerner, republican donors and dollars are icky and must be stamped out.
Looking at the numbers, does it mean democrats got 54% and therefore likely to win?
Who did Shirley Abrahamson endorse -- or is that not Kosher?
Surely, she woulda endorsed Burns.
Althouse said: "It was very low turnout, so this set of people doesn't represent the electorate we'll see in the final election. There was a choice to be made between the 2 liberals, and that may have pulled out more liberals. Indeed, some conservatives might have voted for Burns just to give Screnock an easier to defeat opponent. But conservatives do need to pay attention. They might be complacent, especially since the balance on the court will remain conservative even if Dallet wins."
The last WISSCT race was similar. Kloppenberg and another liberal together got 55% of the primary vote to Rebecca Bradley's 45%, and that was supposed to be ominous for Bradley in the general when matched up against Kloppenberg, a sitting court of appeals judge. Yet Bradley won fairly handily in the general.
Screnock will have to run a good campaign of course. Wisconsin voters love to elect women judges. 5-2 now, and will be 6-1 if Dallet wins. She's an attractive candidate and among people who actually know (not talk radio), she has a reputation here in Milwaukee County as tough on crime/criminals. It will be interesting to see how she expands that into a state-wide race where the big money backers might not want to emphasize that.
What is the spending breakdown if the three candidates? If I'm warned of dark money I expect significant spending differences. Even then. Trump proved a good candidate can defeat higher spending.
aren't there Three states on the left side of Lake Michigan? And isn't one of them Illinois?
That is too bad. If Burns won it would have been easier for Screnock to pull it out in the general.
“@Althouse, I believe I read that the final election will be in April. Do not look for high turnout there, either. Not like November elections”
I certainly don’t expect high turnout, but I do think it will be more than the very low primary.
“The last WISSCT race was similar. Kloppenberg and another liberal together got 55% of the primary vote to Rebecca Bradley's 45%, and that was supposed to be ominous for Bradley in the general when matched up against Kloppenberg, a sitting court of appeals judge. Yet Bradley won fairly handily in the general.“
Thanks for the refresher.
Here in Texas we have active Democrat donors and lobbyists running as Republicans. It's almost like openly standing up for what Democrats stand for (slavery, secession, segregation, surrender, abortion, mandatory wedding cakes, etc.)isn't a selling point...
BOTS! That was the difference! WISCONSIN CHEESE BOTS!
excellent
Legal realism is more popular in the academy than in the ballot box. And thank goodness for that.
"We all know it's true, so why don't we just admit it?"
Sounds great in theory. Almost never great in practice.
The reason you don't admit it is because you don't want it to be true.
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