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Republican ousted in 2011 Wisconsin Senate recall aims to restart career by winning special election [1]
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Date: 2022-12-15
The contest began poorly for the incumbent when his estranged wife both said she’d signed a recall petition against him and declared Hopper had filed for divorce several prior after she learned he was having an affair. The media also reported that Walker’s administration had hired the woman identified as Hopper’s girlfriend for a well-paying state job, a decision Hopper denied playing any role in.
Democrats weren’t able to recall enough Republicans that August to take back the state Senate after Darling and three others prevailed, but they at least got the satisfaction of watching as Democrat Jessica King, who lost to Hopper by 163 votes in 2008, beat him 51-49. (Fellow Democrat Jennifer Shilling that night also ousted Dan Kapanke; Democrats briefly took the majority the next year when voters recalled another Republican state senator, Van Wanggaard.)
Hopper was back in the news a few months later when he was arrested for drunk driving, charges he claimed were politically motivated. He prevailed in court, though, and the former state senator, who now lives in the Milwaukee suburbs, has largely kept a low profile in the ensuing decade until now.
Hopper joins a primary that includes Thiensville Village President Van Mobley and two state representatives: Janel Brandtjen, an election conspiracy theorist who was recently banned from attending the GOP caucus' private meetings, and Dan Knodl, who is closer to the party leadership. Environmental attorney Jodi Habush Sinykin, meanwhile, currently has the Democratic primary to herself.
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