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dragonlady

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Fri Feb 15, 2013, 12:02 PM Feb 2013

Are they starting to worry about Roggensack?

The president of the state Senate is trying to gather support for a bill that would require the Wisconsin Supreme Court to take any lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of state statutes directly and decide the matter within 150 days.

Sen. Michael Ellis, a Neenah Republican, sent an email to all legislators on Thursday asking for co-sponsors.

The bill comes after a multiple parties filed lawsuits challenging Republican Gov. Scott Walker's contentious law stripping most public workers of nearly all their union bargaining authority and a GOP-authored law requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls.

http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/senate-leader-wants-supreme-court-to-hear-law-challenges-nd8psp8-191394011.html


Let's do the math. This bill could probably be rushed through the legislature and governor's office controlled by Republicans by the end of February. It's about 150 days from then until the end of July. The term of the justice elected this spring starts on August 1.

Their inventiveness never ceases to amaze.
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Are they starting to worry about Roggensack? (Original Post) dragonlady Feb 2013 OP
They know they can't win in a fair fight. Scuba Feb 2013 #1
Interesting... Here is some info. about Financial Summaries for her-lot's of money midnight Feb 2013 #2
Thank you for finding this! dragonlady Feb 2013 #3
Your welcome.... midnight Feb 2013 #4

midnight

(26,624 posts)
2. Interesting... Here is some info. about Financial Summaries for her-lot's of money
Sat Feb 16, 2013, 09:04 AM
Feb 2013

Campaign 2013
Financial Summaries

Posted: February 1, 2013
Updated: February 12, 2013

Summary financial data for Supreme Court, Superintendent of Public Instruction and Assembly District 98 candidates.

For information on independent expenditures and issue ads see our Hijacking Campaign 2013 feature.

Supreme Court
Summary data from the beginning of each candidate's respective election cycle (July 1, 2011 for the incumbent, July 1, 2012 for the challengers) through the end of the most recent reporting period (February 4, 2013) unless indicated otherwise. All figures are based on reports filed with the Government Accountability Board.

The incumbent (in bold) is listed first. Challengers are listed alphabetically.

Clicking on a candidate's name will show contributor information for the current election cycle. The beginning cash balance for all Supreme Court candidates was $0.

Candidate Raised Spent Ending
Cash
Roggensack, Pat $276,271 $57,117 $219,154
Fallone, Ed $80,302 $16,589 $63,713
Megna, Vince $10,753 $5,413 $5,340
For information on independent expenditures and issue ads see our Hijacking Campaign 2013 feature.

Superintendent of Public Instruction
Summary data from the beginning of each candidate's respective election cycle (July 1, 2009 for the incumbent, October 23, 2012 for the challenger*) through the end of the most recent reporting period (February 4, 2013) unless indicated otherwise. All figures are based on reports filed with the Government Accountability Board.

The incumbent (in bold) is listed first. Challengers are listed alphabetically.

Clicking on a candidate's name will show contributor information for the current election cycle.

Candidate Raised Spent Ending
Cash
Evers, Tony $122,438 $28,814 $100,281
Pridemore, Don $54,162 $25,231 $33,429
*The challenger is a current member of the legislature who was unopposed in the general election. A portion of the sums shown here were raised and spent during the final two weeks before the general election.

For information on independent expenditures and issue ads see our Hijacking Campaign 2013 feature.

Assembly District 98 Special Election
A special election will be held concurrent with the spring elections to fill a vacancy in the 98th Assembly District.

Financial activity for all candidates in the special election from July 1, 2012 through the end of the most recent reporting period (February 4, 2013) unless indicated otherwise.

Clicking on a candidate's name will show contributor information for the current election cycle through the end of the last reporting period.

All candidates are Republican. There is no incumbent.

Candidate Raised Spent Ending
Cash
Baumann, Ed $16,512 $6,845 $9,667
Greenwald, Todd A $1,368 $881 $487
Morzy, Matt $5,420 $3,290 $2,130
Neylon, Adam $14,540 $4,590 $9,950
Tarantino, Jeanne $21,400 $16,612 $4,787


http://www.wisdc.org/pro13special.php#a98

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