Remember the hubbub about the Wisconsin special elections? Here’s what happened in the first State Senate district, courtesy Vox:
Wisconsin Democrats just picked up a Republican-held state legislature seats in a duo of special elections on Tuesday, serving yet another wake-up call to Republicans in the state.
Democrat Caleb Frostman, the former head of the Door County Economic Development Corp, won northeastern Wisconsin’s First Senate District, which voted for Donald Trump by a whopping 17 points in 2016. Frostman’s seat will be up for reelection again in November.
And the other? From Ballotpedia:
There was also a special election in Wisconsin State Assembly District 42 (AD 42) on June 12.[5] Republican Jon Plumer defeated Democrat Ann Groves Lloyd and independent candidate Gene Rubinstein. Plumer received 53 percent of the vote to retain the seat for Republicans.
I wonder why Vox didn’t cover that, perhaps comparing the districts to see why they split. Granted, 53% is a majority of the voters, but not a large one. The Democrat won 40% of the vote, and the balance went to the Independent, who does not appear to have played much of a role in this election. A quick eyeballing of the district’s history indicates winning 53% of the vote is less than average, but not the sort of thing to raise the alarms – the last few elections were won by Republican candidates with less than 60% of the vote.
And that, more or less, satisfies my curiosity.
