Before this week, petitions were already filed to hold a recall election for two of the eight Republican senators. Senator Dan Kapanke was the first senator whose district gathered enough signatures to trigger a recall, and Senator Randy Hopper was the second. With the announcements from yesterday and the filings today, half of the Republican 8 senators will face a recall election.
The Republican 8 are being recalled for outright lying to Wisconsin and voting to strip collective bargaining rights from Wisconsin workers. Two senators facing a recall election with just over half the allotted time to get signatures was quite amazing. Now, with just over a week since filing a petition for Randy Hopper's recall, it's unbelievable that two more senators have been added to the list. It shows just how strongly Wisconsin feels about workers' rights.
In the same time, the Koch brothers and Republicans have been trying to recall eight Democrats. However, they haven't been able to gather enough signatures to recall even one.
The effort to collect enough signatures for Senators Darling and Cowles are thought to be not far behind, though it's difficult to tell.
The magnitude of Wisconsinites who support democracy and workers' rights is becoming more clear. Keep up the good fight!
The remaining efforts to get signatures for the Republican 8 are for:
- Senator Robert Cowles
- Senator Alberta Darling
- Senator Glenn Grothman
- Senator Mary Lazich
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