Wisconsin Update: Prosser Grabs Narrow Lead, More Votes Added

Guy Benson | April 07, 2011 4:06 PM

Yesterday, liberal challenger JoAnn Kloppenburg led the Wisconsin Supreme Court Election by just over 200 votes. She declared victory. After a day of recanvassing, however, conservative incumbent David Prosser has

seized a slim lead of his own: 21 votes as of this writing:

Start of day: Prosser -204.
Winnebago +244 Prosser.
Dane: +20 Klopp w/o city Madison,
Madison: Klopp +11 in city Madison with 27% in
Lafayette +18 Prosser.
Pepin County: -6 for Prosser,
End of day: Prosser +21

This is an encouraging development for conservatives, of course, but the final (pre-recount) outcome is still very much undetermined. Today's bottom line remains the same as yesterday's: There's a long road ahead. So long, in fact, that even if Kloppenburg prevails, she likely won't be seated in time to rule on Governor Walker's budget law.

UPDATE: Ed Morrissey is keeping an eye on accusations of voter fraud in the Badger State.

UPDATE II: Prosser builds his lead, thanks to a clerical error being discovered:

A member of the board of canvassers for Waukesha County says David Prosser picked up 200 votes in New Berlin after a clerical error was discovered.

Question: Is it time for Prosser to declare victory to match Kloppenburg's premature declaration?

Update III: The rollercoaster curves again, as Kloppenburg gains on Prosser, but still trails.

UPDATE IV: Prosser's lead is now down to 12 (!) Follow the minute-by-minute drama HERE.

UPDATE V: Kloppenburg reclaims a tiny lead.

UPDATE VI: Oh my --

Numerous sources tell me Prosser will pick up 7000 votes in Waukesha Cty. 14,000 votes were apparently not entered into computer system.

(That update courtesy of WTMJ in Milwaukee).