Meet Paul Farrow, Freshman Republican Legislator from Wisconsin's 98th Assembly District

30th in a series.  (And the final one in the Assembly group of freshman legislators.)

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Biography

Curiously, Paul Farrow makes no reference to his mother, Margaret Farrow, former Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor and State Senator.

Issues

Public libraries in the 98th Assembly District, all of which is located in the Waukesha County Library System.

Waukesha County:  Brookfield, Pewaukee.

Meet Warren Petryk, Freshman Republican Legislator from Wisconsin's 93rd Assembly District

29th in a series.

Petryk defeated the Democratic incumbent Jeff Smith by 71 votes, out of a total of 22,067 cast.

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Public libraries in the 93rd Assembly District, all of which is located in the Indianhead Federated Library System.

Eau Claire County:  Altoona, Eau Claire (L. E. Phillips)

Pew Research on "The Growing Gap between Landline and Dual Frame Election Polls"

Link to November 22, 2010, report.

Excerpt: The number of Americans who rely solely or mostly on a cell phone has been growing for several years, posing an increasing likelihood that public opinion polls conducted only by landline telephone will be biased. A new analysis of Pew Research Center pre-election surveys conducted this year finds that support for Republican candidates was significantly higher in samples based only on landlines than in dual frame samples that combined landline and cell phone interviews. The difference in the margin among likely voters this year is about twice as large as in 2008.

Related articles:
Taking polls with a grain (or more) of salt. (10/13/2010)
Will most pollsters continue to ignore the elephant in the room?  (5/24/2010)
"Please stay on the line for an important call".  (3/9/2009)
Survey says...omission of cell phone users does make a difference in polling.  (9/24/2008)