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
recall challenges. the host of the ed show, msnbc s ed schultz, is our man in madison, live with the latest. thank you, lawrence. we have just been told that district 14 has been called for luther olsen. and this is one of the democratic hopefuls. let me recap for you, lawrence, right off the top here. three republicans have been declared the winners tonight. this of course is very tough news for the democrats. but let me recap it. in the 2nd district in green bay senator bob cowles has defeated nancy nusbaum. that was a race that was expected to be won by the republicans. also, in the 10th district, including hudson, wisconsin, sheila harsdorf, the republican, has also been declared the winner over challenger shelly moore. so that was the second republican victory which was