Split Decision on Recall Races

Joshua Spivak reports there were 22 Election Day recall races and 12 officials were removed from office while 10 survived.

“The most prominent recalls — the Troy, Michigan Mayor and the San Fernando, California Mayor and Two Council members — saw the officials kicked out. Two of the multi-official recalls saw a split decision, which is generally unusual. Most multi-official recalls are clean sweeps, one way or the other.”

“And in other recall-related news, one of the Wisconsin Senators who gained office in the 2011 recalls lost and the state Senate flipped from Democratic to Republican. In Arizona, the state Senator who ousted Senate Majority Leader Russell Pearce in the 2011 recall lost his seat.”