Wisconsin has always been known as a Blue State, but that appears to be continuing to change. Even with all the National Union Money and National Democratic Party help, the GOP continues to win.
The Governors race went pretty much as I expected. Actually finishing right where I thought it would at 52%-47%. It took the National Networks a lot longer to call it than I thought, however the result was dead on. Walker has the ability to get his voters out. Walker won 56 Counties and lost only 16. Seven (7) of the Counties Walker lost, he lost by less than 1,000 votes.
The Attorney General's race was a negative race. Although still not as close as some expected. I had expected that Schimel would win, but was surprised at how close it was. Schimel won all but 14 counties, but the margins were tighter than in the Governors race. Happ wasn't even able to carry her own county.
The big surprise of the night was how tight the race for Secretary of State was. LaFollette is a main stay of the Democrats and the Left and never considered to be in trouble. However the race was a much tighter race than expected across the state. He was able to hold on and win, but not before some nail biting on the Democratic side.
Republican were also able to hold the numbers in the U.S. House of Representatives by holding 4 of the 7 seats. None of those races were considered close.
In the Wisconsin Senate, the Republicans won 11 of the 15 races across the state. They also increased their majority here by 1.
In the Wisconsin Assembly the Republicans won 33 of the 51 seats and two are still not decided because the vote count is too close. In both of those the Republican is winning, but by less than 100 votes. If the Republicans win those then they will go 35-16 in the Assembly. The Assembly Republicans now have a majority not seen in 50 years.
Overall the election in Wisconsin was a blockbuster for Walker. If the Democrats and the Unions wanted to make this election as a rebuke of the Walker Agenda, they failed miserably.
Mike Tate and Chris Larson have to be wondering what went so wrong.
Mike Tate the State Democratic Party Chairman will likely be out. He has failed to put together a winning game against the Governor in 3 straight elections and saw his party lose more seats in the state legislature.
Chris Larson as Minority Leader has seen his plans go up in smoke. He became even more of a Minority Leader and has become inconsequential in Wisconsin Politics. This very well could spell the end for him as the Minority Leader. We will all be better off for that.
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