Retiring Guy's Digest: 2020

Thursday, December 31, 2020

Wisconsin State Assembly 2020 elections: Robyn Vining's re-election provides additional evidence that eastern Waukesha County is trending purple

Rep. Vining achieved a very convincing win -- defeating her GOP challenger by 8.1 percentage points -- a winning margin of 3,184 votes. Practically a landslide for Democrats in this neck of the woods! Congratulations, Robyn!

Source: Ballotpedia

What makes her and wins especially satisfying is that she won in a district that had been gerrymandered to keep it safe for Republicans.

A triple-stack of gerrymandering. a.k.a the 5th State Senate Distrct, with three snouts burrowing into western Milwaukee County. The top 2 of the stack, Assembly districts 13 and 14, are now represented by Democrats. (Sara Rodriguez defeated 4-term incumbent Rob Hutton in the 13th distrct.)

Related posts:

Wisconsin State Assembly 2020 elections: Rob Hutton's loss provides evidence that eastern Waukesha County is trending purple. (12/30/2020)

Wisconsin State Assembly 2020 elections: Deb Andraca's win demonstrates that Ozaukee County is trending purple. (12/30/2020)

Original 7/15/2020 post, "Wisconsin 2020 elections: Who's running in the 14th Assembly District", starts here.

In a 2018 race for an open seat, Robyn Vining (D-Wauwatosa) defeated former Wisconsin State Treasurer Matt Adamczyk by 138 votes in a deep-red district. Many Republicans found Adamczyk, who received a plurality of the vote in a 4-way GOP primary in August 2018, to be an unacceptable candidate.

Three GOP challengers will face off in an August 11 primary.

The art of the Wisconsin gerrymander

Source: Ballotpedia

Wisconsin Covid cases mapped and graphed (12/31/2020)

New York Times

Thursday, December 31. Total tests (positive and negative): 2,831,771. One-day increase of 9,708 (3,810 positive; 39%)

Total positive Covid-19 cases: 481,102

Counties with largest numerical gains = 64 of 72

9 with 100 or more new cases
11 with 50-99
22 with 20 to 49
15 with 10 to 19
7 with 5 to 9

The 64

Milwaukee (498)
Dane (357)
Waukesha (315)
Brown (182)
Outagamie (175)
Racine (170)
La Crosse (131)
Washington (116)
Rock (106)

Fond du Lac (99)
Kenosha (98)
Marathon (87)
Eau Claire, Winnebago (77 each)
Manitowoc (70)
Sauk (65)
Ozaukee (64)
Chippewa (63)
Marathon (60)
Wood (55)
Jefferson (51)

Walworth (49)
Sheboygan (46)
Barron (37)
Calumet (36)
Door (34)
Columbia, Portage, Shawano (32 each)
Dodge (31)
Monroe (30)
St. Croix (29)
Pierce, Vernon (28 each)
Clark, Polk (27 each)
Dunn, Lincoln, Trempealeau (26 each)
Oconto (24)
Douglas (23)
Kewaunee (21)
Oneida (20)

Green (19)
Juneau (18)
Waupaca (17)
Ashland, Washburn (16 each)
Marinette, Sawyer, Vilas (15 each)
Grant, Price (14 each)
Forest (13)
Bayfield (12)
Adams (11 each)
Richland, Waushara (10 each)

Marquette, Rusk (8 each)
Buffalo (7)
Burnett, Menominee (6 each)
Iowa, Lafayette (5 each)

WI Department of Health Services

New York Times

Link to other WI COVID posts:

Related posts:

Alabama. (12/14/2020)

Arizona. (12/14/2020)

Arkansas. (12/31/2020)

California. (12/13/2020)

Connecticut. (8/21/2020)

Florida. (12/142020)

Georgia. (12/14/2020)

Idaho. (12/13/2020)

Illinois. (12/15/2020)

Indiana. (12/19/2020)

Iowa. (12/19/2020)

Kansas. (12/31/2020)

Kentucky. (12/31/2020)

Louisiana. (12/19/2020)

Maryland. (12/30/2020)

Massachusetts. (12/15/2020)

Michigan. (12/15/2020)

Minnesota. (12/31/2020)

Mississippi. (12/14/2020)

Montana. (12/18/2020)

Nebraska. (12/31/2020)

Nevada. (12/30/2020)

New Jersey, (12/15/2020)

New York. (12/15/2020)

North Carolina. (12/13/2020)

North Dakota. (12/132020)

Ohio. (12/19/2020)

Pennsylvania. (12/15/2020)

South Carolina. (12/30/2020)

South Dakota. (12/31/2020)

Tennessee. (12/18/2020)

Texas (12/19/2020)

Utah. (12/30/2020)

Virginia. (12/18/2020)

Washington State. (6/12/2020)

West Virginia. (12/30/2020)

Which TV station goofed on its selection of an accompanying photo?

Before reading the article, Retiring Guy wondered if USPS had initiated an adopt-a-mailbox program.

GET ME REWRITE: Some states hope to make the virus disappear by lightening up on the testing

Or so it seems.

New York Times

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Source: COVID Tracking Project

Related reading:

Sharp drop in COVID-19 testing has Wisconsin official baffled. (The Cap Times, 12/9/2020)

We have the capacity to do these tests,” said Department of Health Services Secretary-designee Andrea Palm. “So if you need a test, get a test and do the appropriate quarantining and isolation depending on the result you receive.”

Related posts:

Alabama. (12/14/2020)

Arizona. (12/14/2020)

Arkansas. (12/31/2020)

California. (12/13/2020)

Connecticut. (8/21/2020)

Florida. (12/142020)

Georgia. (12/14/2020)

Idaho. (12/13/2020)

Illinois. (12/15/2020)

Indiana. (12/19/2020)

Iowa. (12/19/2020)

Kansas. (12/31/2020)

Kentucky. (12/31/2020)

Louisiana. (12/19/2020)

Maryland. (12/30/2020)

Massachusetts. (12/15/2020)

Michigan. (12/15/2020)

Minnesota. (12/31/2020)

Mississippi. (12/14/2020)

Montana. (12/18/2020)

Nebraska. (12/31/2020)

Nevada. (12/30/2020)

New Jersey, (12/15/2020)

New York. (12/15/2020)

North Carolina. (12/13/2020)

North Dakota. (12/132020)

Ohio. (12/19/2020)

Pennsylvania. (12/15/2020)

South Carolina. (12/30/2020)

South Dakota. (12/31/2020)

Tennessee. (12/18/2020)

Texas (12/19/2020)

Utah. (12/30/2020)

Virginia. (12/18/2020)

Washington State. (6/12/2020)

West Virginia. (12/30/2020)

Wednesday, December 30, 2020

Wisconsin Covid cases mapped and graphed (12/30/2020)

New York Times

Wednesday, December 30. Total tests (positive and negative): 2,822,063. One-day increase of 7,367 (2,755 positive; 37%)

Total positive Covid-19 cases: 477,292

Counties with largest numerical gains = 60 of 72

5 with 100 or more new cases
10 with 50-99
21 with 20 to 49
17 with 10 to 19
7 with 5 to 9

The 60

Milwaukee (547)
Dane (166)
Racine (155)
Brown (143)
Waukesha (111)

Kenosha (90)
Rock (89)
La Crosse (85)
Washington (81)
Sheboygan (73)
Outagamie (67)
Eau Claire (64)
Dodge (61)
Marathon (60)
Winnebago (57)

Portage (45)
Dunn (42)
Fond du Lac (39)
Jefferson (38)
Manitowoc, Wood (35 each)
Ozaukee, Walworth (32 each)
Baraboo, Green (31 each)
Door (29)
Calumet, Chippewa, Polk (25 each)
Juneau (24)
Marinette, Waupaca (23 each)
Oconto (22)
Grant (21)
Douglas, Monroe (20 each)

Langlade, St. Croix (18 each)
Trempealeau (17)
Columbia (16)
Iowa (15)
Pepin, Vilas (14 each)
Kewaunee (13)
Sauk (12)
Clark, Jackson, Oneida, Pierce, Vernon (11 each)
Lincoln, Sawyer, Taylor (10 each)

Adams, Lafayette, Shawano (9 each)
Buffalo, Crawford, Forest (8 each)
Richland (7)

WI Department of Health Services

New York Times

Link to other WI COVID posts:

Related posts:

Alabama. (12/14/2020)

Arizona. (12/14/2020)

Arkansas. (12/17/2020)

California. (12/13/2020)

Connecticut. (8/21/2020)

Florida. (12/142020)

Georgia. (12/14/2020)

Idaho. (12/13/2020)

Illinois. (12/15/2020)

Indiana. (12/19/2020)

Iowa. (12/19/2020)

Kansas. (12/3/2020)

Kentucky. (12/17/2020)

Louisiana. (12/19/2020)

Maryland. (12/16/2020)

Massachusetts. (12/15/2020)

Michigan. (12/15/2020)

Minnesota. (12/17/2020)

Mississippi. (12/14/2020)

Montana. (12/18/2020)

Nebraska. (12/17/2020)

Nevada. (12/16/2020)

New Jersey, (12/15/2020)

New York. (12/15/2020)

North Carolina. (12/13/2020)

North Dakota. (12/132020)

Ohio. (12/19/2020)

Pennsylvania. (12/15/2020)

South Carolina. (12/16/2020)

South Dakota. (12/3/2020)

Tennessee. (12/18/2020)

Texas (12/19/2020)

Utah. (12/16/2020)

Virginia. (12/18/2020)

Washington State. (6/12/2020)

West Virginia. (12/16/2020)

Wisconsin State Assembly 2020 elections: Deb Andraca's win demonstrates that Ozaukee County is trending purple

Source: Ballotpedia

TMJ$, 11/4/2020

Deb Andraca ~~can flip~~ flipped this seat to blue.

Deb Andraca for State Assembly

7/24/2020 update, Who's running in the 23rd Assembly District", starts here

In November 2018, 73-year-old Jim Ott (R-Mequon) won a 7th term to the Assembly by a slim margin of 2.8 percentage points. And he ran unopposed in 2016.

Source: Ballotpedia

The Art of the WIGOP Gerrymander

Source: Ballotpedia