over the night. but we re doing extremely well. we shouldn t even be in this position given that these are republican districts. how strong a republican districts are they? how would you characterize them? one of them s been a republican district for 100 years. one of them has been a republican district for 36 years. remember that 180,000 citizens of all walks of life, of all parties, signed petitions saying that they had had enough of the radical agenda, they wanted their wisconsin back. if you hear one thing, you hear it 100 times around wisconsin in an hour, and that is they can t recognize wisconsin under governor walker, the republicans. and this election is about taking wisconsin back. great to have you with us, senator. senator tim carpenter. senator, your thoughts on what is in so far. well, what i d like to say, we re experiencing the miracle in madison. we re having the opportunity to take back our own government that in february when walker was talking to the koch br
republican state senator dan kapanke in at 49%. this is the ed show, live from madison, wisconsin. let s get to work. good evening, americans, and welcome to the ed show, tonight from madison, wisconsin. if i was in an arena, i would say it s in front of a packed house. we are just across the street from the state capitol, where all the activity has taken place here for the last six months. it has been a long run to tonight s activity and election. it is way too early to call anything. a lot of the votes that are being counted are in the rural areas of the district.
luther olsen-fred clark race in the 14th district. in portage, you know, we heard reports earlier today of long lin lines, traffic jams, a turnout that was on the levels of presidential. how important is this race? how feasible is it that a democrat would win here? because olsen has been there for 16 years and sometimes unopposed. can i just tell you something? in that district the last time a democrat won that district grover cleveland was president. that would be 115 years. that s a long time. that is a long time. all right. now, just calling it like it is before, i mean, if you were in vegas, you would say that there are two republicans out there tonight that are truly expected to win. in the 2nd district, covering the green bay area, robert cowles, who is leading nancy nusbaum. gilbert brown, former defensive tackle for the green bay packers, got into the fray on