election news & views Kloppenburg will not seek judicial review of Wisconsin Supreme Court electionJessica Opoien on Tuesday 05/31/2011 12:43 pmAssistant Attorney General JoAnne Kloppenburg announced Tuesday that she will not seek judicial review of the Wisconsin Supreme Court election results, congratulating Justice David Prosser on the win. >More  Emily's Post: Walker's contribution problem, Kitzinger speaks upEmily Mills on Tuesday 04/12/2011 11:48 am, (1) CommentJust how much did candidate Walker and/or his campaign officials know about William Gardner's illegal contributions, and when did they know it? >More Emily's Post: Madison didn't elect Kloppenburg -- Wisconsin didEmily Mills on Thursday 04/07/2011 9:25 am, (17) Comments204 votes. That's the winning number for JoAnne Kloppenburg, a virtually unknown candidate for State Supreme Court who came catapulting from a 30 point deficit in the primaries against incumbent Justice David Prosser to win by a nose this week. >More Blaska's Blog: Resolving Supreme Court tussle will require a Franken recountDavid Blaska on Wednesday 04/06/2011 2:27 pm, (11) CommentsIt's wingtips on the tarmac as the Battle for Wisconsin enters its fourth phase -- the recount of Tuesday's state supreme court election. (The first three being the November 2 election, the February-March Siege of the Capitol, and Tuesday's Supreme Court balloting.) >More Maniaci withstands challenge in downtown Madison council districtLin Weeks on Wednesday 04/06/2011 10:10 amManiaci's first term was rocky to say the least, and she acknowledged that fact in a short speech to the assembled supporters. "I have not had an easy two years," said Maniaci. "I don't know of any alder that's had two years like this, let alone a 25-year old freshman alder." >MoreJoe Parisi wins big over Eileen Bruskewitz in Dane County Executive raceAlison Bauter on Wednesday 04/06/2011 3:02 amJust ten minutes after polls closed Tuesday, a cheer went up around the Talula bar on Madison's east side: "61-39! Joe's ahead!" An hour-and a-half later, Wisconsin Assembly Rep. Joe Parisi mounted the stage at the east-side restaurant Talula to thank his supporters and announce his victory in the race for Dane County Executive. "It looks like I've got a new job," he joked. >More Wisconsin Supreme Court race too close to callThe view from the Kloppenburg party at the EdgewaterBill Lueders on Wednesday 04/06/2011 3:05 am, (5) CommentsThere's no doubt the outcome of JoAnne Kloppenburg's race against incumbent Supreme Court Justice David Prosser will be interpreted as having enormous import. If Prosser wins it will be hailed as a victory for Gov. Scott Walker and the Republicans; if Kloppenburg manages to close the narrow gap on uncounted votes to victory, it will be seen as a major rebuke to the GOP's agenda. This even though both candidates have disclaimed any allegiance to these positions. >MoreMadison mayor race a nail biter as Soglin defeats Cieslewicz in rematchJoe Tarr on Wednesday 04/06/2011 12:46 amIn a race that nobody could predict, nobody had any explanations for the outcome. In his quest for a third straight term, Mayor Dave Cieslewicz was unseated by former mayor Paul Soglin by a slight margin. Early unofficial results showed Soglin eking out a victory with 44,542 to 43,829 votes. >More Paul Soglin takes historic victory in stride as he is once again elected mayor of MadisonDean Robbins on Wednesday 04/06/2011 12:49 amI expected Paul Soglin to be really happy when he made his victory speech just after 11 p.m. on Tuesday at the Nitty Gritty. After all, he'd just won a historic seventh term as mayor of Madison, edging out the incumbent who'd beaten him in 2003. But Soglin took his victory in stride. >More Emily's Post: Come alive on April 5!Emily Mills on Tuesday 04/05/2011 11:47 am, (2) CommentsWhat we witnessed at the Capitol Monday evening was both awesome and a little baffling -- much like how I suspect many non-Wisconsinites feel about the protests here in general. Honestly, it became difficult to properly explain what was happening here -- this historic, somewhat unprecedented explosion of solidarity -- as soon as people moved into the Capitol and set up an occupation in February. >More Live-blogging the 2011 spring general election in MadisonIsthmus Staff on Wednesday 04/06/2011 4:33 amThanks to recent events, including most notably Gov. Scott Walker's budget bills and move to take away collective bargaining rights from public employees, many are predicting this will be one of the most active spring elections in a long time. >More Blaska's Blog plays Phair: If you can't stand up to me you can't stand up to Mayor DaveDavid Blaska on Saturday 04/02/2011 4:22 pm, (9) CommentsIf there were no problems hereabouts, why did the city devote so many resources to our side of town? Why did so many citizens (600-700 at each of two neighborhood meetings in the summer of 2007) insist on more policing? Are there that many racists in Madison? >More Your guide to spring 2011 election night parties in MadisonKristian Knutsen on Friday 04/01/2011 6:36 pm, (2) CommentsElection Day is nigh, and while campaigns are preparing their final GOTV pushes, they're also making plans for post-ballot gatherings that promise either celebration or commiseration. Here are the party plans for three high-profile races this election season. >More Emily's Post: The case for Kloppenburg, the case against KratzEmily Mills on Thursday 03/31/2011 12:23 pm, (1) CommentKloppenberg only won 25 percent of the vote in the primaries, against Prosser's 55 percent -- but the climate in Wisconsin has shifted so dramatically in the last couple of months that it has, according to even the ultra-conservative National Review, put the contenders in a dead heat (if not with Kloppenburg enjoying a slight lead). >MoreDane County judge Richard Niess has a predicamentBill Lueders on Thursday 03/31/2011, (1) CommentRichard Niess is in a bind similar to that of 1950s presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson. He has the vote of every aware voter in the county but, to win, he needs a majority. >More Democracy at stake in Wisconsin Supreme Court raceWill business continue to have the best justices it can buy?Ruth Conniff on Thursday 03/31/2011, (2) CommentsAs startling as it was to read about a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice calling one of his colleagues a "bitch" and threatening to "destroy" her, the issue of civility is not really what the April 5 election is about. That the Supreme Court has devolved into a bitter and puerile forum is unfortunate. But the bigger story is the degree to which corporate interests have taken over this branch of our government. >MoreA review of the spring 2011 campaigns in Madison and Dane County on Thursday 03/31/2011 >More Madison votes to recast Common Council in spring 2011 electionRaces give chance for new blood, new approachesJoe Tarr on Thursday 03/31/2011, (2) CommentsWith 20 members, the Madison Common Council is a complicated body that every two years usually sees a quarter to a third of its members replaced. This year, there are six open seats and seven incumbents facing challenges. Most of the council's veterans are safe. Tim Bruer, Mike Verveer, Lauren Cnare, Mark Clear, Satya Rhodes-Conway and Larry Palm are all running unopposed. Ald. Shiva Bidar-Sielaff also gets a pass on her first reelection effort. >More Emily's Post: Are Wisconsin Republicans above the law?Emily Mills on Tuesday 03/29/2011 12:36 pm, (7) CommentsOur system of checks and balances is being torn to shreds, and that's not good regardless of the political party of those currently in charge. But if the Legislature and the Judicial branches won't hold accountable the runaway Executive, then it's high time the People rose up to see it done. >More Supreme Court rivals Prosser, Kloppenburg clash at Wisconsin State Bar debateBill Lueders on Monday 03/28/2011 10:48 pm, (1) CommentThe debate at the State Bar of Wisconsin's Madison headquarters was moderated by Steve Walters of Wisconsin Eye, and will be posted on its website on Tuesday. It was, relative to the ads that now dominate the race, enlightening. That's not much of a boast -- compared to these ads, watching the two candidates shoot a game of pool would be relatively enlightening. But the debate, like the campaign as a whole, was mired in the muck of the contemporary issues that surround it. >More 'Edgewatered' Madison voters can fight back on April 5David Mollenhoff on Monday 03/28/2011 2:09 pm, (4) CommentsThere are those who would have you believe the proposed expansion of the Edgewater Hotel is a wonderful thing. They say it's great that developer Robert Dunn and his supporters were able to overcome opposition to building a $93 million job-creating, economy-boosting, neighborhood-upgrading, subsidy-deserving project. But what actually happened ought to make people cringe. >MoreWisconsin judges should not have re-electionsJack Craver on Thursday 03/24/2011 3:36 pm, (3) CommentsIt doesn't really matter whether we elect judges or appoint them. As long as we never re-elect them. >MoreHizzoner vs. Mayor Dave: What they regretMarc Eisen on Thursday 03/24/2011Credit the Downtown Madison Rotary for asking the candidates for mayor a revealing question at a recent forum: What was your biggest failure? >MoreHizzoner vs. Mayor Dave: Who led on Overture?Marc Eisen on Thursday 03/24/2011The city's salvage job of the financially collapsing Overture Center for the Arts poses another leadership contrast between Madison's two mayoral candidates. >MoreMORE ELECTION COVERAGE >>
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