This morning Lisa Neubauer called Brian Hagedorn and conceded the Supreme Court race. The vote in this race was very close, falling within .5%. Many of Neubauer's supporters had hoped that a recount would be held, but in an email to supporters this morning Neubauer thanked those who worked on the campaign, and stated
Our courts are strongest when politics are set aside and we follow the law regardless of personal views.
As a practical matter it was extremely unlikely that a recount could overcome a deficit of nearly 6000 votes in this election.
As we entered election season Neubauer was seen as almost certain to win the election, but a very late influx of conservative money appears to have brought out a large number of voters in conservative and purple areas of the state, most notably from the Fox River Valley and the Green Bay area. Democrats were particularly optimistic after the last Supreme Court election in which the vote, while close, tipped toward the more liberal candidate. The Hagedorn win means that the court will have five members who are seen as having conservative views vs. the two candidates who are seen as liberal. Hagedorn starts his 10-year term in August, and the now-more-conservative court will remain conservative until at least 2023, assuming no justices step down in the interim.
Memberships
Remember when....?
... they used to teach fact-checking in journalism school?
UWM "Faculty member" Jessica McBride writes on her so-called election blog:
Why in the heck should conservatives vote for Lisa Neubauer? Answer: There's not a single reason to do so. *and that's without counting the fact that Jim Doyle engineered her last-minute appointment after raking in the campaign cash from her over the years...
The Greater Wisconsin Committee, AKA the Bill Christofferson, liberal hatchet committee front group, is part of a new huge TV buy to benefit Neubauer. Chris Micklos, former PR guy for convicted Democrat Chuck Chvala, is part of it too.
Score another one for [Bill] Gleisner. Now, there are three reasons to vote Gleisner. Abortion, guns, and GWC. Plus, I'm told he'd be tougher on crime than she is.
"I'm told"? Pillow talk from Paul the Bucher? There is certainly no evidence that Gleisner would be "tougher on crime." He's a plaintiff's trial lawyer, for Pete's sake.
Only trouble with her well-presented, carefully-reasoned argument is that the bogeyman, the Greater Wisconsin Committee, isn't doing anything for Lisa Neubauer.
So I guess that leaves two reasons. Why should conservatives support Neubauer? McBride should take it up with one of the state's top Republicans, Michael Grebe, who had more than two.
UPDATE: Even more factual errors in the same post. McBride flunks.
Steve is a member of LION Publishers , the Wisconsin Newspaper Association, the Menomonie Area Chamber of Commerce, the Online News Association, and the Local Media Consortium, and is active in Health Dunn Right.
He has been a computer guy most of his life but has published a political blog, a discussion website, and now Eye On Dunn County.
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