Who to vote for: a dilemma here in the primary for the WI 95th assembly seat.

There are 4 candidates to fill the seat held by Jennifer Shilling who beat Dan Kapanke in the recall election here in La Crosse. It's an open primary, meaning that you do not have to be a Democrat to vote in the Democratic primary and there is only 1 Republican running. The opportunity for crossover mischief is very real.


http://lacrossetribune.com/news/local/article_e264e5fe-f231-11e0-b9ea-001cc4c03286.html

Here are the 2 experienced Democratic candidates:




Here is the inexperienced candidate, whose progressive and environmental stances would make him a darling here at DU but who would not have a snowball's chance in hell of ever being elected (actually getting elected is the point of having a candidate ater all):



Now the fly in the ointment, a Republican running in the Democratic primary just as what happened in the recall elections here in Wisconsin:



So if enough Democrats split the vote between the 2 most experienced candidates and progressive Democrats indulge themselves by voting for the candidate who would be their wet dream to actually win the seat but has no chance, that certainly leaves open the opportunity for Charles to steal the primary election if enough Republicans vote for him.

This could be very interesting.

The winner will move into the November 8 election, there is no runoff in nobody gets 50%, so if too much of the Democratic vote is split that would allow a concerted Republican crossover vote for Charles to win a plurality of the vote.