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3/2/2018
TALKING POINTS MEMO - Scott Walker Refusing To Hold Elections GOP Might Lose

In a remarkable break from precedent, Walker announced at the time that he would not hold special elections in those districts, leaving 229,904 Wisconsinites without representation for almost a year.

Walkers office has said its not worth the cost or effort to hold the votes, since regular congressional races will take place in November. But Democrats and their allies say Walker is just scared to lose.

This is about them not wanting to be embarrassed by losing races in districts they have traditionally won, Wisconsin Democratic strategist Sachin Chheda told TPM. Everybody knows it, and I think its embarrassing that theyd make a decision on that basis rather than the small d democratic tenets of giving people the right to choose their own representative.

Walker isnt alone. Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder is likewise waiting until the November election to replace departed congressman John Conyers, forcing the Detroit districts mostly minority residents to go 11 months without representation in Congress. In Florida, Gov. Rick Scott wont hold any special elections for two open Florida seats. And after Democrat Doug Jones stunning Senate victory in December, the GOP-controlled Alabama House approved a bill that would scrap special elections for the states U.S. Senate seats, allowing the governor to appoint an interim replacement instead. That bill is currently before a Senate committee.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/walker-republican-lawmakers-no-special-elections-streak-democratic-wins

I was ready to relax on Alabama's new ruling on special elections, but in light of this broader trend the whole thing stinks again. Pretty convenient Alabama's had three Republican governors for the past fifteen years.
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