to the far, far right. but in the end, ed, if you do take these issues statewide, and we re playing in the back yard of the republicans right now and we re doing as well as we re doing, it says a lot about what people in wisconsin as a whole feel. so how big would it be if you did get three seats tonight? in if jessica king wins, if sandy pasch comes through, how big is that going to be to get these three seats? it would be huge, not only here in the state of wisconsin, but it would send a message to all the republican governors all throughout the country and the republican houses throughout the country that you d better not mess with the middle class anymore because they will stand up and fight. do you agree with that, that this would be absolutely if you won three that would be a political earthquake in wisconsin? even winning two would be absolutely enormous because ed, as you ve said, these are all republican districts and it is remarkable how well we have done in so many
pasch is up by 1,200 votes. i ll tell you what, folks. what you are witnessing tonight here on msnbc is national political history. it is a recall effort that is well funded, very intense, and down to the wire. lena taylor? it s unprecedented. as a matter of fact, this will be the largest number of recalls that we ve won in the state s history. and more importantly, i think what you re seeing is people are fed up. and at the very least people have said we re not happy we are now excuse me. we are now hearing that district 18 the projected winner is
it s the last word with lawrence o donnell. i m ed schultz reporting live tonight here on msnbc from madison, wisconsin as the results continue to come in. the race we are now waiting for is in the 8th district, suburban milwaukee. and at this hour 67% of the votes having been counted, sandy pasch is leading alberta darling 52% to 48%. she is up by roughly 1,200 votes. we are told that some of the votes are not coming in. coming in a little bit slow, in fact. john nichols, nation magazine, what are you hearing on the ground in this district? well, here s what we know. this district is going to end up with a close result. perhaps even in the recount zone. because waukesha county, which was such a problematic county in
back live in madison, wisconsin on the last word with lawrence o donnell. i m ed schultz reporting live tonight from the state of wisconsin. three republicans have been declared the winners tonight in the recall elections. one democrat has won and two races are very close. in the 18th district randy hopper, the incumbent, being challenged by jessica king. john nichols, what can you tell us the latest? jessica king is a little tiny bit ahead but i just spoke to the former attorney general who lives in that district, that s her turf, she s from fond du lac. she says she s been through the numbers of the counties, she is certain jess king is going to win that race. and another race that has tightened up is the 8th district. sandy pasch is barely leading alberta darling. this one is going down to the wine. 51% to 49%. sandy pasch leading alberta
well, what i know for sure about that race is that the milwaukee numbers, i ve not received a call in on those, and there are absentee ballots that are still out. so no matter what the numbers show, until those absentee ballots are counted, we ve not we re not going to concede. so you re saying we may not have a decision tonight in that race? i won t say that. i ll say that it will take a little longer because those absentee ballots need to come in and once they come in i think they re going to favor the woman who s passionate about the people. are you surprised at the showing by sandy pasch? you know, it is very surprising. i mean, let s remember, we re playing on the republicans territory here. these are republican districts. these are districts, as you stated, that walker won. taking out alberta darling is a huge task. so i m surprised that sandy was able to do so strongly in the district. but she s such a great candidate. and the people were very disgusted by what albe