I have a new post up at A2Politico that talks about the recalls going on around the state of Michigan. I won’t spoil the fun by reprinting it here. Go have a look. It talks about the recalls against Republicans, Democrats and Governor Snyder as well.
Here’s a list of the 26 recalls against Republicans and their current status so far as I have been able to tell.
- Brad Jacobsen (46th House District) – ongoing
- Nancy Jenkins (57th House District) – unsuccessful
- House Speaker Jase Bolger (63rd House District) – ongoing
- Mike Shirkey (65th House District) – ongoing
- Al Pscholka (79th House District) – unsuccessful
- Kurt Damrow (84th House District) – unsuccessful
- Joel Johnson (97th House District) – unsuccessful
- Kevin Cotter (99th House District) – ongoing
- Phil Potvin (101st House District) – ongoing
- Patrick Colbeck (7th Senate District) – ongoing
- John Pappageorge (13th Senate District) – ongoing
- Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville (17th Senate District) – unsuccessful
- Mike Nofs (19th Senate District) – unsuccessful
- John Proos (21st Senate District) – unsuccessful
- Mike Green (31st Senate District) – ongoing
- Judy Emmons (33rd Senate District) – ongoing
- Darwin Booher (35th Senate District) – unsuccessful
- John Moolenaar (36th Senate District) – ongoing
- Howard Walker (37th Senate District) – ongoing
- Tom Casperson (38th Senate District) – ongoing
A 27th recall attempt, against Representative Paul Scott, was dealt a major blow last week when his appeal of approved petition language was successful. This was the only petition drive to gather enough signatures to get on the November ballot. The ruling this week means that all signatures are invalidated. This was a particularly high-profile recall because Scott’s anti-teachers union stance made him the highest priority target for the Michigan Education Association who contributed $25,000 to recall efforts around the state.
Click through for more including a sound nose-tweaking of the Michigan Democratic Party.
