Recall Elections

A Wisconsin judge on Friday struck down key provisions of a law that conservatives have hailed as necessary to trim runaway spending but liberals slammed as a "union-busting" measure.

Troy Mayor Janice Daniels has said that being gay is dangerous. Troy Mayor Janice Daniels has said that being gay is dangerous. The embattled Daniels is facing a recall effort for criticizing New York's decision to legalize gay marriage. The Tea Party favorite wrote in a June 25, 2011 Facebook status update: ?I think I am going to throw away my I Love New York carrying bag now that queers can get married there.? Daniels refused to apologize, saying at the time: ?I firmly support marriage as being defined as between one man and one woman and I am not going to change my position.? Daniels appeared on Charlie Langton's morning show Wednesday on Talk Radio 1270 to explain her side of the story. ?I made that comment before I even considered running for mayor,? she said of the Facebook post. ?What I said while I was mayor .. I was in a business meeting, I come from a business perspective ? I said that I would bring a doctor into a meeting that would say that the homosexual lifestyle is dange

The White House on Wednesday shrugged off the victory of Wisconsin's Republican governor in a closely watched election, and denied it is a bad omen for President Barack Obama's reelection prospects.

The union-busting Republican governor in the US presidential battleground state of Wisconsin on Tuesday survived a recall election aimed at ousting him mid-term, US media projected.

MADISON, Wisconsin (Reuters) - Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker will not challenge any of the more than one million signatures gathered by opponents to force a vote to recall the Republican, saying that his campaign did not have enough time to review them.

MADISON, Wis (Reuters) - Wisconsin Democrats on Wednesday got a candidate with a famous name to challenge controversial Republican Governor Scott Walker in a recall election when Doug La Follette, a relative of well-known Wisconsin progressive "Fighting Bob" La Follette, said he would run for governor.

SHEBOYGAN, Wis (Reuters) - The mayor of a Wisconsin town whose heavy drinking last summer sparked pressure to step down lost a special election on Tuesday to a former Democratic state representative.

SHEBOYGAN, Wisconsin (Reuters) - The mayor of a Wisconsin town whose heavy drinking last summer sparked pressure to step down faces a special election on Tuesday against a Democratic former state representative.

MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - A Wisconsin judge Friday denied Governor Scott Walker extra time to review the estimated one million signatures submitted last month to the state in an effort to recall him.

A federal appeals court has blocked a recall election to remove three El Paso, Texas elected officials who backed gay rights. A federal appeals court has blocked a recall election to remove three El Paso, Texas elected officials who backed gay rights, the El Paso Times reported. Pastor Tom Brown of the Word of Life Church led an effort to oust El Paso Mayor John Cook and two City Council members, Steve Ortega and Susie Byrd, because they supported giving health insurance benefits to the unmarried domestic partners of city workers. The battle began in 2009, when the Council approved giving benefits to the unmarried domestic partners of city employees, regardless of sexual orientation. Opponents, led by Brown, forced a voter referendum, which was approved with 55 percent of the vote in 2010. In June, the Council restored the insurance benefit. An outraged Brown countered with an effort to recall the mayor and the two council members. (The terms of two other members who voted for the ordi

MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - A Wisconsin judge Friday denied Governor Scott Walker extra time to review the estimated one million signatures submitted last month to the state in an effort to recall him.

MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Political money has poured into Wisconsin in recent months - not for the presidential or Senate races but for a state vote getting national billing as a battle for the interests of the middle class.

INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Republicans lawmakers were expected to give a final push this week to legislation that would make Indiana the first right-to-work state in the nation's manufacturing belt, dealing a setback to organized labor in a presidential election year.

INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Republicans lawmakers began a final push on Monday to approve legislation that would make Indiana the first right-to-work state in the nation's manufacturing belt, dealing a setback to organized labor in a presidential election year.

MADISON (Reuters) - Wisconsin's Republican Governor Scott Walker, whose tumultuous first year in office saw partisan budget battles, massive street protests and a statewide recall effort against him, focused on job creation and ridding government of wasteful spending in a 'state of the state' speech on Wednesday disrupted by heckling.

MADISON, Wis (Reuters) - Wisconsin's Republican Governor Scott Walker, who is the target of an election recall effort, leads all of his possible Democratic opponents in a special election expected later this year, according to a new opinion poll.

(Reuters) - Reality TV just got a bit more boring with the Wisconsin election board's webcam, allowing voters to watch the monotonous process that could trigger a recall of Republican Governor Scott Walker.

MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Critics of Wisconsin's Governor Scott Walker showed on Tuesday how unpopular he is with many voters, filing more than 1 million signed petitions -- nearly twice the number needed -- to force the first-term Republican to defend himself in a special election.

MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Critics of Wisconsin's Governor Scott Walker showed on Tuesday how unpopular he is with many voters, filing more than 1 million signed petitions -- nearly twice the number needed -- to force the first-term Republican to defend himself in a special election.

Wisconsin's Republican governor is set to face a recall election after foes of his law restricting union rights in the US swing state submitted a million signatures to election officials Tuesday.