WAUKESHA COUNTY, WI (WTAQ) – There will be no recount in Wisconsin’s election for attorney general.
That from current A-G Brad Schimel.
The final vote margin in the state attorney general’s election had Democrat Josh Kaul up 17,190 votes over the Republican incumbent. That’s a margin of .65 percent, and under state law, Schimel’s campaign could request a recount, because the margin is less than 1 percent.
Attorney General Brad Schimel released the following statement this morning.
“Throughout my career in public service, I have tried to keep the focus of my work on the results, and not myself. I care very deeply about the criminal justice system and hope to find a way to continue the pursuit of justice in the future. However, I will not be requesting a recount of the narrow November election results. While we did receive 77,000 more votes than four years ago, my team and I believe the 17,000 vote gap is definitive. We could have raised the funds necessary to pay for the recount, but in the end, we felt the odds of finding enough votes were too narrow to justify putting the county clerks, their staff and the public through such an ordeal at this time. The people of Wisconsin are good, God is great, and I accept the verdict of the electorate. It has been an honor and privilege to serve as Wisconsin’s Attorney General.”
Attorney General-Elect Josh Kaul also made a statement Monday.
I want to thank Attorney General Brad Schimel for his public service. As Attorney General, I’ll work to ensure that Wisconsin is responding to the opioid epidemic like the crisis it is. I’ll make sure that all DNA matches that resulted from the testing of the kits in Wisconsin’s rape-kit backlog are fully investigated, and I’ll work to address the increase in testing times at the state crime labs. I’ll advocate for common-sense gun-safety measures. I’ll ensure that our environmental and consumer-protection laws are being seriously and even-handedly enforced. And I look forward to working with Governor-elect Evers to withdraw the State of Wisconsin from the lawsuit that’s seeking to invalidate the Affordable Care Act and eliminate protections for pre-existing conditions.”
