Polls have just closed in Wisconsin, where today voters cast ballots in two GOP primaries and one D-vs.-R general election. On the Republican side, in SD-12, Kim Simac squares off against Robert Lussow, while in SD-22, Fred Ekornaas faces Jonathan Steitz. And in SD-30, Democrat Dave Hansen goes head-to-head with Republican David Vanderleest, in a race that Daily Kos's polling showed to be a likely blowout.
Results: AP | Journal Sentinel
6:10 PM PT: If you want to follow county-by-county results, Brown County (in SD-30) has its own site, which is running a bit ahead of the AP. A handful of precincts are in, showing a sizable Hansen lead.
6:19 PM PT: I'll tell you right now: This Hansen-Vanderleest is over before it began, to no one's surprise. Hansen is pulling in better numbers than David Prosser, the Republican Supreme Court justice who ran for e-election this past April. That means Hansen is flipping things by 20, 30, 40 net points from the Prosser race.
6:23 PM PT: On the GOP side, Steitz and Simac have early leads. I'm definitely rooting for Simac, who writes Tea Party children's books, but as to Steitz vs. Ekornaas, it's a harder call.
6:26 PM PT: Alright, so we crunched the numbers for real, instead of on the back of an envelope, and it looks like Hansen is getting around 62% in territory that went 56% for Prosser, or a 18% swing from JoAnn Kloppenburg. In other words, a slaughter for the GOP.
6:39 PM PT: Alright, with 38% of the vote in, Hansen is up 68-32. If something in this real holds as the final result, it'll be another nice call by Tom Jensen at PPP. As for the GOP races, I think you guys are going to have to entertain yourselves keeping track of those... which I'm sure won't be a problem! Just remember: Ganja breaks are okay, but don't smoke rocks.
6:53 PM PT: Finally! The AP calls SD-30 for Democrat Dave Hansen. That's a pretty nice margin (currently 69-31). Looks like PPP under-stated Dem performance here, which is also nice. So that takes one defensive recall off the books for Democrats.
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