On July 1, a lower state court in Wisconsin ruled against Assemblymember John Nygren, in his lawsuit to get on the primary ballot in an upcoming special State Senate election. He needed 400 valid signatures but the judge agreed with elections officials that he only has 398 valid. See this story.
Sigh. So close, and yet so far…
In a Wisconsin recall effort, they just hold a new election, which includes the incumbent, unless he actively declines to run. But if more than one candidate files from a party, the first round is considered to be a party primary, and the second round determines the winner. So conceivably an incumbent could lose to a challenger from his own party in the recall primary.
But if there is no more than one candidate from any party, the first election determines who is elected. In this district, it is a Democratic incumbent that the recall is directed against, and if Nygren does not qualify, there will only be one Republican and one Democratic candidate, so this changes the date of the actual recall election.