Wisconsin Polls Closed: Count is on in Recall Fight- Live Up-Dates

August 9, 2011 at 11:15pm

Wisconsin Polls Closed… The Count is On! (LIVE UPDATES)
On August 10, 2011, in 2012 Roadmap, Tea Party Candidates, by Eric Odom

The polls closed at 8:00 PM central and we’re now watching for results as they become available. We’ll be posting updates here as they come in.
BREAKING: GOP – 3 to DEM – 0 (3 of 6 called)

-Cowles (R) WINS
-Darling (R) WAITING
-Harsdorf (R) WINS
-Olsen (R) WINS
-Hopper (R) WAITING
-Kapanke (R) WAITING

LATEST RESULTS (10:05 PM Central):

District 2: Robert Cowles (Republican) – DECLARED WINNER!!!
District 8: Darling (R) – 44% vs. Pasch (D) – 56% [39% REPORTING]
District 10: Sheila Harsdorf (Republican) – DECLARED WINNER!!!
District 14: Luther Olsen (Republican) – DECLARED WINNER!!!
District 18: Hopper (R) – 50% – King (D) – 50% [87% REPORTING]
District 32: Kapanke (R) 46% – Schilling (D) – 54% [82% REPORTING]

LIVE updates via Twitter: Follow the search results for #wigop here and results for #wirecall here. Campaign to Defeat Barack Obama has guys on the ground… you can follow them via @DeafeatBarack and @RyanJGill. Another good one is @mikeroman. Follow the leftists leading the charge for the unions via @werwisconsin.

BALLOTPEDIA LIVE: Watch Ballotpedia via Twitter here. Watch LIVE results via Ballotpedia.org here.

CAMPAIGN TO DEFEAT BARACK OBAMA is reporting GOP looks good in 5 of 6 races! Watch LIVE updates via their Facebook Page here.

LIVE Chat: Patriot Action Network members can participate in live chat here.

NEWS REPORTS:

Associated Press Results Streaming in here!

LIVE Results Streaming in here!

Strong Voter Turnout for Wisconsin Recall

Washington Post Live Blog of Election Results

RANDOM THOUGHTS/COMMENTS:

9:39 PM – Luther Olsen is a WIN! GOP-3, DEM-0 so far…

9:22 PM – Harsdorf is a WIN! GOP-2, DEM-0 so far…

9:19 PM - Robert Cowles is a WIN! GOP-1, DEM-0 so far…

9:11 PM – Campaign to Defeat Barack Obama is reporting Senator Robert Cowles looks to be a likely win for the GOP with 57% of precincts reporting with 59% of vote.

8:53 PM – Campaign to Defeat Barack Obama has a team up in Green Bay. Sources in the group say current results trickling in look good for GOP in 5 of 6 races.

8:35 PM – As a reminder, the GOP can afford to lose two seats to recall today. Three would be very problematic. State Senator Dan Kapanke is probably the most likely GOP Senator to be recalled by the unions. One more is vulnerable and the rest of toss-ups.

8:21 PM – Some of my contacts on the ground are frustrated that Scott Walker appears to be MIA today and over the past few days. Also notable is the lack of support from 2012 GOP hopefuls. Some say it would be toxic but this election is about the battle of bases. “Independentâ€