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Last Updated on Friday, 8 April 2011 12:15 Written by rslcpol Friday, 8 April 2011 12:15
From LaCrosseTribune.com:
With better than 40 percent voter turnout in La Crosse County – and upwards of 70 percent in some towns and precincts – Tuesday’s election showed that area voters are engaged in a way rarely seen in spring elections, usually reserved for sleepy nonpartisan races.
And with a special Assembly race and possible Senate recall election looming, the Coulee Region will likely remain in the crosshairs of both parties for months to come.
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse political scientist Joe Heim attributes the turnout in part to happenings in Madison – where tens of thousands of people spent February and March protesting a Republican move to curtail collective bargaining rights for public employees.