votes. king leading by 1,200 votes. 51-49. scot ross, what can you tell us? one wisconsin now. what can you tell us about district 18? well, it sounds like things have definitely trended in the right direction. and the voters have spoken. and we have just a handful of things going. what kind of ground game did you have in district 18 against randy hopper? there was an amazing ground game that was put out there. people knocking on doors. pounding the phones. talking to their neighbors. doing whatever was necessary in order to convince them that they needed to make a change. but was there a strategy to this or were you just winging it, sending people out, ten people a day, 20 people tomorrow? i mean, was there a real concerted effort and strategy to all of this ground game? absolutely. and the organization we are wisconsin did an amazing job in making sure those people got out to the polls today. and we re seeing the fruits of that in this what you say 1,200-vote margin with ju
bottom line is this is going to be a close, close result here. do you think it will be called tonight? i m not sure. 23,451 for pasch. and you see the number up there for alberta darling. and it is very close. 21,713 for darling. 52% to 48% with 67% of the vote being counted so far. what we have, folks, as i said, i can t underscore this enough, this is national political history unfolding before our eyes. a recall effort unprecedented here in the state of wisconsin and in this country and tonight we are seeing three republicans who have fought back the recall. two democrats who have been successful in their recall efforts. and that graphic we just showed you up right there in the 8th district is the result that we are waiting for tonight. alberta darling, who had over $8 million pumped into her campaign, much of it outside money, outspending sandy pasch.
darling by 58% to 42%. 18,000 votes for pasch. 13,000-plus for darling. john nichols of the nation magazine, that gap is widening. what does it mean? well, what it means is that the milwaukee and suburb votes are in. and i ve got to be honest with you. i m not going to lie to folks. as the night goes on you re going to see some of those out county suburban votes come in. that race will get closer. but i am quite amazed by the level of the lead that sandy pasch has opened up. this is going to be the race we watch for a while longer tonight. and of course in the 18th district, where there is another democratic hopeful, you have randy hopper, the state senator, the republican being challenged by jessica king. that too is just too close to call. and that one is going down to the wire. i think so. but i think jess king, if i m looking at the different counties that are in and out on that one, i ve got a pretty
but she ought to win that race by a substantial margin. if she doesn t, then you re right, this night could be a disappointing one. now, we have to label two hopefuls in this race. it would be the 8th district in suburban milwaukee, alberta darling, who was a close associate of the governor, and sandy pasch. i mean a boatload of money has been spent on this race right here. over $8 million in favor of the incumbent. this is a hopeful tonight. what i m going to tell you is this race could turn out, when all the numbers are added up, as the most expensive legislative race in american history. not wisconsin but the country. and so huge money s gone in there. and that is the most complicated district because it s actually a district where you have billionaires and people who live in public housing. so precinct by precinct we re going to watch that one through the night. the other hopeful victory for the democrats to be the swing, the third one, the seat to get that they re counting o
the other piece of information we have in the 8th district, which includes suburban milwaukee, sandy pasch is leading the incumbent with only 18% of the vote. pasch at 57-43 over alberta darling. but i must say, it is still very early. and we also have in the 32nd district, which includes the city of lacrosse, wisconsin jennifer shilling s lead is now at 53% to 47% over senator dan kapanke. joining me now is senator bob chuck. what s your feeling about what you re seeing right now? first of all, democracy is alive and well in wisconsin. on august 9th on august 9th the citizens of wisconsin have declared democracy as their territory, and they re holding republicans accountable. i think you re finding that you re going to see some ships