Associated Press Announces Unofficial Winner in Supreme Court Race

      The Associated Press is reporting that it has tallied the voted from all 3,630 precincts in Wisconsin and that by its count Assistant Attorney General Joanne Kloppenburg has unofficially won the Wisconsin Supreme Court election by 204 votes out of over 1.5 million cast.  The official results will be announced in the coming days.  If a candidate asks for a recount - which will most certainly happen - the state will do the recount at no cost because the margin of difference was less than 0.5%.  The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has laid out how the process will work in the coming days in this article.  The last time there was a statewide recount was in 1989 when a recount was done on a referedum issue.
     Thank you to everyone who voted in the election and helped create an unprecedented turnout for a spring election, with some precincts reporting over 50% voter turnout.  The slim margin by which this election is likely to be decided goes to show just how important voting is in our system of government.  We will bring you more news as we have it.