Effective at midnight tonight, Republican Wisconsin State Senator Pam Galloway is resigning. This means that there is an open seat for the scheduled recall election. Ms. Galloway is one of four Republican Senators, in addition to the Governor and Lt. Governor, who are facing recall elections on 8 May if there are no primary contenders and on 5 June if there are primaries on 8 May for those seats.
This leaves the Wisconsin Senate split at 16 - 16 until the recall elections occur. It is likely that the Senate will then have a Democratic majority, ending the Republican monopoly of the legislative and executive branches of Wisconsin government.
To be fair, Ms. Galloway claims that the reason for her resignation is that there are several illnesses in her family. Assuming that her words are accurate, and I have no reason to believe otherwise, this is not a case of any dirty tricks by any politicians.
I do wish Ms. Galloway the best of luck in the speedy recovery of her family members. The next three months will be very interesting in Wisconsin government.
16 November 2011, Original Pedantic Political Ponderings post.
30 November 2011, FollowUp 1.
4 December 2011, FollowUp 2.
11 December 2011, FollowUp 3.
14 December 2011, FollowUp 4.
15 December 2011, FollowUp 5.
30 December 2011, FollowUp 6.
13 January 2012, FollowUp 7.
17 January 2012, FollowUp 8.
25 January 2012, FollowUp 9.
2 February 2012, FollowUp 10.
9 February 2012, FollowUp 11.
12 February 2012, FollowUp 12.
18 February 2012, FollowUp 13.
22 February 2012, FollowUp 14.
6 March 2012, FollowUp 15.
12 March 2012, FollowUp 16.
30 March 2012, FollowUp 18.
31 March 2012, FollowUp 19.
3 April 2012, FollowUp 20.
4 April 2012, FollowUp 21.
11 April 2012, FollowUp 22.
14 April 2012, FollowUp 23.
17 April 2012, FollowUp 24.
21 April 2012, FollowUp 25.
29 April 2012, FollowUp 26.
2 May 2012, FollowUp 27.
6 May 2012, FollowUp 28.
10 May 2012, FollowUp 29.
13 May 2012, FollowUp 30.
23 May 2012, FollowUp 31.
24 May 2012, FollowUp 32.
30 May 2012, FollowUp 33.
2 June 2012, FollowUp 34.
4 June 2012, FollowUp 35.
5 June 2012, FollowUp 36.
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