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Walker recall election set Recall dates for Kleefisch and four state senators also confirmed By Tyler Nickerson The Daily Cardinal
Recall elections against Gov. Scott Walker, Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch and four state senators will officially be held on May 8 and June 5, after election officials verified enough valid signatures were submitted. The Government Accountability Board declared at its March 30 meeting organizers gathered 900,208 signatures, 360,000 more than
the 540,208 needed to prompt a Walker recall election, and hundreds of thousands more than needed against Kleefisch. Election officials confirmed four other recall efforts against state senators earlier in March. The announcement ends the review process that began Jan. 17, when Democrats angry with Act 10, which eliminated collective bargaining rights for public employees, and other measures passed by Walker and state Republicans, filed recall petitions against six targeted Republican politicians. “This is not a task we asked for or relished,” GAB Director Kevin Kennedy said. “But now that these officials have been
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Barrett enters governor race fter months of speculation, A on March 30 Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett officially entered the crowded recall race to oust Gov. Scott Walker. Barrett will face former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk, long-time Wisconsin Secretary of State Doug La Follette and state Sen. Kathleen Vinehout, D-Alma, in a May 8 primary election. The winner will challenge Walker June 5. The most recent Marquette Law School Poll suggests Barrett would fair slightly better than Falk in a face-off against Walker, but both would lose to the embattled governor by a slim margin. La Follette and Vinehout trail by a significant
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Mitt Romney now has 660 delegates, compared to 281 for Rick Santorum, 135 for Newt Gingrich and 51 for Ron Paul. Candidates needs a total of 1,144 to win the Republican nomination.
Mitt Romney wins Wisconsin Republican presidential primary Picks up 33 of state’s delegates By Adam Wollner The Daily Cardinal
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Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett faced Walker in the 2010 race. amount in the polls. Barrett entered the race for governor less than a week before his April 3 re-election as Milwaukee Mayor, a race he easily won.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney took another step toward securing the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday, notching a key victory in Wisconsin’s primary. The Associated Press called the race for Romney less than an hour after polls closed. With about 56 percent of precincts reporting, Romney
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received 42 percent of the vote to former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum’s 38 percent. U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, earned 12 percent of the vote and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich had 6 percent. In his victory speech in Milwaukee, Romney turned his focus to the general election, criticizing President Barack Obama for creating a “government-centered society” and supporting policies that caused the most job losses in the U.S. since the Great
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UW doctors fined by school for sick notes during protest Doctors disciplined by the UW School of Medicine and Public Health faced fines and suspension from leadership positions for writing sick notes to protestors in last February’s collective bargaining demonstrations, according to records obtained by the Wisconsin State Journal last Thursday. Eleven faculty doctors and nine residents were fined up to $4,000 and temporarily relieved of leadership responsibilities. For his role in organizing the sick note effort, family practitioner Dr. Lou Sanner was fined $4,001 and lost his
leadership position on a temporary basis, according to the State Journal. He claims to have provided 18 sick notes at the Capitol. The other ten faculty members were issued fines between $500 and $3,800—from one and a half to five days of pay—depending on their involvement. The residents received written reprimands from the university. Some of the doctors were also disciplined by the Wisconsin Medical Examining Board in November, and were required
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An enthusiastic crowd of around 5,000 came to see presidential hopeful U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, speak at the Terrace March 29. Paul recieved 11 percent of the vote in Wisconsin’s April 3 primary election, losing to Mitt Romney, who now holds a significant lead in the race. +Photo by Mark Kauzlarich
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”