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Opinion: Wisconsin Election Recall Reality Check
By not in system - AOL NewsWith Wisconsin's new role as ground zero in the national political battlefield, thanks to Gov. Scott Walker's battle with public-sector unions on collective bargaining, both sides are looking to every possibility for an edge, including targeting state senators for recall elections. It might look like a winning strategy. After all, Wisconsin voters recalled state Sen. George Petak in 1996, which flipped the Senate to a Democratic majority. And a Wisconsin recall fight would come at a time when recalls are undergoing a national resurgence, especially in the last two years. The mayors of Omaha ...
GOP Gains in Statehouses Increase Its Clout in 2012 Redistricting
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyWhile much of the post-election attention has focused on the Republican takeover of the House and their increased leverage in the Senate, the GOP's victories at the statehouse level have put the GOP in "their best position for the looming redistricting process since the modern era of redistricting began" in 1962, according to Tim Storey, a senior fellow at the National Conference of State Legislatures. Storey said that a court ruling in New York last week in favor of a Republican candidate for the New York State Senate gave the party a majority and represented the 20th legislative chamber ...
Republicans Score Big in the States and Win Leg Up on Redistricting
By Lou Cannon - Politics DailyRepublicans took a stranglehold of the congressional redistricting map this week by winning at least 19 state legislative bodies and 10 governor's races in states now held by Democrats. Many of the gubernatorial victories had been anticipated, but the legislative outcomes exceeded even the high expectations of GOP strategists. "This was an election of historic proportions in the states," said Tim Storey, political analyst for the National Conference of State Legislators. "It puts the Republicans in the position of being able to dominate redistricting to a greater degree than anytime since ...
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