August 14th Primaries. !!IRON STACHE!!

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SKULL.GIF: Jan 20, 2017

BIG DETAILED BREAKDOWN HERE: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/8/13/17671928/primary-elections-2018-wisconsin-minnesota-connecticut-vermont

Listing off the major races of note here:

Wisconsin

Governor Scott Walker is our target, and we're voting on who will oppose him in November:
- Tony Evers, the state school superintendent. Evers has a big lead in the very limited polling we have so far. This primary is still completely up in the air.
- Mahlon Mitchell, a former Madison firefighter, union president of the PFFA, and all-around swell guy
- Kelda Roys, former state legislature and minority chair, and all-around swell lady
- Madison mayor Paul Soglin, state senator Kathleen Vinehout, political activist Mike McCabe
The Republicans are attempting to oust Senator Tammy Baldwin, and their candidates Leah Vukmir and Kevin Nicholson are attacking each other over not loving Trump enough. Vukmir wasn't an early Trump supporter, while Nicholson is a former Democrat. Tammy is probably safe in November.
IRON STACHE and his primary opponent Cathy Myers, running to try to take WI-01, Paul Ryan's seat, from the Republicans.

https://twitter.com/IronStache/status/889604618224893952

Minnesota

For State Attorney General, the candidates Keith Ellison, Debra Hilstrom, and Tom Foley, Matt Pelikan, and Mike Rothman.
- Ellison has been accused of domestic violence by an ex-girlfriend.
Senator Tina Smith, the appointed replacement for Al Franken, is being primaried by Richard Painter, a former Bush administration official and #resistance darling. State senator Karin Housley and dental technician Bob Anderson are running in the Republican primary to oppose Smith in November.
Governor Mark Dayton is retiring, and the Democratic candidates to replace him are Representative Tim Walz, state rep. Erin Murphy, and state AG Lori Swanson. Republican candidates are failed presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty and former Dayton opponent Jeff Johnson.

Vermont

The Democrats are running to nominate someone to unseat the incumbent governor Phil Scott:
- Christine Hallquist, a former electric co-op executive. If she wins she will be the first transgender nominee for governor.
- Ethan Sonneborn, a 14-year-old, Brenda Siegel, director of the Southern Vermont Dance Festival, James Ehlers, environmental activist, and as a write-in candidate state senator John Rodgers

Connecticut

The incumbent governor Daniel Malloy isn't seeking re-election, and the Republicans are trying to flip this seat.
- Republican candidates: Business executives Bob Stefanowski and David Stemerman and mayor Mark Boughton
- Democratic candidates: Bridgeport mayor Joe Ganim and "business leader" Neil Lamont who has received the endorsement of the state party. Lamont successfully primaried Lieberman in 2006 but lost the general against Lieberman when he ran as an independent.

There are more races than just these, refer to the above Vox article for the other state legislative seats and congressional seats.

Upcoming primaries:

Xelkelvos posted:

Here's a better list of forthcoming primaries that I ripped from WaPo

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Alaska			August 21
Wyoming			August 21

Arizona			August 28
Florida			August 28

Massachusetts		September 4
Delaware		September 6
New Hampshire		September 11
Rhode Island		September 12

Big Beef City posted:

Is there a live results/updating site?

I know there was for the OK race and have been for others and I hate to be that guy. Could it get posted and added to the OP maybe? Then there won't be more of me.

SKULL.GIF posted:

ther'es like 8 different sites that do it

https://www.politico.com/election-results/2018/wisconsin/

https://0ptimus.decisiondeskhq.com/results

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/14/us/elections/results-wisconsin-primary-elections.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/election-results/wisconsin/

https://fivethirtyeight.com/live-blog/august-14-elections-results/

SKULL.GIF has issued a correction as of 02:35 on Aug 15, 2018

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# ¿ May 1, 2024 00:56

SKULL.GIF: Jan 20, 2017

For any other Wisconsinites, this will be my ballot when I leave to go vote in a little bit:

Gov: Mahlon Mitchell
Lt Gov: Mandela Barnes
Sec State: Arvina Martin

The other races are uncontested for my district so who cares. The candidates for both Lt Gov and SecState are all pretty OK so I'm not too concerned who ends up winning these nominations, but for governor I think Mitchell has the best shot at stirring up enough excitement to beat Walker in November. Plus I've met Mahlon before and he's really a great person. Evers is decent but I'm reminded way too much of Barrett and Burke and how "safe" and unthrilling of candidates they were, and I'm not sure the blue wave will be strong enough to push Evers past Walker. We'll see what happens tonight after the polls close, though.

# ¿ Aug 14, 2018 15:22

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Oh lol my polling place turned out to be the church I attended as a kid. The old ladies stared at my piss tape hat but didn't say anything. I was 40th to vote in my ward.

# ¿ Aug 14, 2018 15:56

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UrbicaMortis posted:

From what I understand, this only helps your chances of getting elected in Wisconsin?

DUIs were only very recently made a felony in Wisconsin -- and that's only after your third offense.

# ¿ Aug 14, 2018 18:16

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Wynona Dryder posted:

just texted forgetful CT friend & they already voted for the convicted felon

lmao that state is hopeless

Patheticut

here's an article about joe ganim's many crimes

https://splinternews.com/will-connecticut-democrats-really-vote-for-this-extreme-1828330959

# ¿ Aug 14, 2018 21:54

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https://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/1029473512782749698

# ¿ Aug 14, 2018 22:03

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docbeard posted:

I don't know about other places, but Minneapolis primary turnout is something like twice what it was in 2010, last time most everyone was up for election, as of a couple hours ago.

https://twitter.com/PollsAndVotes/status/1029496642871783424

# ¿ Aug 15, 2018 00:41

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Connecticut polls have closed.

1 hour for WI/MN polls closing.

# ¿ Aug 15, 2018 01:01

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https://twitter.com/GideonResnick/status/1029522804872568832

# ¿ Aug 15, 2018 01:20

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docbeard posted:

But yes, congratulations to Democrat Bernie (D-VT) Sanders for his official nomination by the Democratic Party to continue as the Democratic Senator from Vermont.

Because he's a Democrat.

He is?!

# ¿ Aug 15, 2018 02:10

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https://twitter.com/ryangrim/status/1029536168633880578

# ¿ Aug 15, 2018 02:14

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I have to admit I'm kind of on the edge of my seat to see who the gently caress wins this primary for WI Gov, it's an eight-way race with five candidates with name recognition

# ¿ Aug 15, 2018 02:17

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https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1029537389755158528

# ¿ Aug 15, 2018 02:18

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Race officially called

https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1029538167454613504

# ¿ Aug 15, 2018 02:20

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https://twitter.com/AsteadWesley/status/1029538054959190016

what the gently caress Connecticut? 2018 and the first black Democrat???

# ¿ Aug 15, 2018 02:21

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Shear Modulus posted:

what happened to al digiorno's primary challenge to bernie

https://twitter.com/ryanlcooper/status/1029539106366398465

# ¿ Aug 15, 2018 02:24

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https://twitter.com/msommerhauser/status/1029538432563994625

# ¿ Aug 15, 2018 02:28

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Mahlon take my energy!

# ¿ Aug 15, 2018 02:31

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Big Beef City posted:

Is there a live results/updating site?

I know there was for the OK race and have been for others and I hate to be that guy. Could it get posted and added to the OP maybe? Then there won't be more of me.

ther'es like 8 different sites that do it

https://www.politico.com/election-results/2018/wisconsin/

https://0ptimus.decisiondeskhq.com/results

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/14/us/elections/results-wisconsin-primary-elections.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/election-results/wisconsin/

https://fivethirtyeight.com/live-blog/august-14-elections-results/

# ¿ Aug 15, 2018 02:34

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added links to live trackers to OP

# ¿ Aug 15, 2018 02:35

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gently caress You And Diebold posted:

just lol if tpaw loses to jeff johnson

https://twitter.com/ddayen/status/1029541756214202368

# ¿ Aug 15, 2018 02:36

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Mahlon

Shear Modulus posted:

ilhan omar is the good one right

She's the socialist pick yes but that's not to say her opponents are bad

# ¿ Aug 15, 2018 02:38

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IRON STACHE!! :pcgaming:

# ¿ Aug 15, 2018 02:40

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It's slightly concerning me that the Republican primary has more votes so far than the Democatic primary -- especially since Walker ran essentially unopposed and the Democratic governor primary is a loving eight-way race.

I know primary turnout doesn't correlate to election turnout but ugh.

# ¿ Aug 15, 2018 02:42

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Turdfuzz posted:

looks like wisconsin dems want the old white guy instead of the black fireman

Evers is a good superintendent and I'm sure he'll be fine as governor, but I thought Mahlon Mitchell would have injected a lot of energy into this loving state and I'm disappointed that he's lining up for a likely loss. I'm worried that Evers will go the way of Barrett/Burke.

# ¿ Aug 15, 2018 02:43

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Calibanibal posted:

Is ironstach gonna win

Probably

# ¿ Aug 15, 2018 02:44

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One thing playing into Evers' pending victory is that schoolteachers are still absolutely loving furious about Walker's union busting and electing the school superintendent to go up against him is going to stir up a lot of 2011 memories. It's why my mom voted for Evers even though I tried to sell Mahlon to her

# ¿ Aug 15, 2018 02:45

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Big Beef City posted:

Wisconsin isn't swinging blue...by a long shot.

I don't think it's "by a long shot" but it is weird that a state that elected the first lesbian Senator has this much trouble booting out Scott Walker.

# ¿ Aug 15, 2018 02:48

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Yeah, looking at the MN results where their Democratic votes heavily outweight their Republican turnout, I'm going to say that Wisconsin's turnout is really concerning me. This loving state, come on.

# ¿ Aug 15, 2018 02:55

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Over 50% reporting for WI-01, and Iron Stache leads with 57% of the vote. It's probably safe to assume he's winning, but obviously stay tuned because Waukesha County is loving garbage.

# ¿ Aug 15, 2018 02:56

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Schnorkles posted:

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I know

I live here man! I had to deal with the past 8 years of Walker and Democratic failure!

I can't help but worry

# ¿ Aug 15, 2018 02:56

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Schnorkles posted:

that's not what I'm saying you idiot

Primary turnout doesn't mean jack poo poo for election turnout.

That actually was exactly what I was responding to, thanks

# ¿ Aug 15, 2018 02:58

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SKULL.GIF posted:

It's slightly concerning me that the Republican primary has more votes so far than the Democatic primary -- especially since Walker ran essentially unopposed and the Democratic governor primary is a loving eight-way race.

I know primary turnout doesn't correlate to election turnout but ugh.

# ¿ Aug 15, 2018 02:58

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Mahlon is gaining on Evers (40-22 down to 38-24) but it's not gonna be enough.

At least Dem votes are finally outpacing Rep votes. Please see previous posts for what I actually think on that topic instead of screaming at the monitor

# ¿ Aug 15, 2018 03:01

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WI Gov called for Evers

I hope this blue wave loving holds up because I don't have faith in Evers to not be another Barrett or Burke

# ¿ Aug 15, 2018 03:02

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Schnorkles posted:

never

I want a mea culpa that you misread what I was saying really badly

# ¿ Aug 15, 2018 03:05

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https://twitter.com/NomikiKonst/status/1029549049425342465

# ¿ Aug 15, 2018 03:06

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Schnorkles posted:

if you're getting feels over bad takes on numbers, I offer no apologies, even if you know the correct answer

You screamed at me, I told you "I know (agreeing with you), here's why I'm worried anyway", you called me an idiot for apparently not recognizing that primary turnout doesn't correlate to election turnout despite having said so a couple times earlier

# ¿ Aug 15, 2018 03:09

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And speaking as someone who spent time protesting Walker's garbage in Madison I'm not convinced that enthusiasm or turnout or whatever will be enough to get this fucker out of office. We swarmed the gently caress out of the capitol and it ended up not mattering in the elections

https://twitter.com/People4Bernie/status/1029550698269011968

https://twitter.com/justicedems/status/1029551048527101952

# ¿ Aug 15, 2018 03:11

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# ¿ May 1, 2024 00:56

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Lastgirl posted:

Ironstache do yer thing

He will. Iron never lies.

# ¿ Aug 15, 2018 03:14

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