Senator-elect Lehman Will be Sworn in Monday
John Lehman will officially be sworn into his seat in the 21st Senate District Monday at noon.
John Lehman will once again become Senator John Lehman when he takes his oath of office Monday at noon.
Lehman confirmed to Patch Wednesday that Judge George Petak will conduct the ceremony at noon Monday in Branch 1 at the Racine County Law Enforcement Center, 717 Wisconsin Avenue.
While residents are more than welcome, they are encouraged to arrive early and be prepared to wait in line as everyone has their bags and purses put through a scanner and they pass through a metal detector.
Lehman was declared the winner June 5 election with a lead of 834 votes. Wanggaard requested a recount on June 20, and it completed on July 2 with the same result. Lehman's election night win was confirmed, but with a slightly smaller margin of 819 votes.
Despite some irregularities at polling locations in the City of Racine, Wanggaard did not file an appeal with the Racine County Circuit Court, leaving Lehman the senator for the 21st Senate District which now includes most of Racine and Kenosha counties after the 2011 redistricting. Lehman's win gives Democrats the majority in the state Senate, 17 to 16, at least until November when 16 senate seats and all 99 seats in the Assembly are up for grabs.
SkinnyDude
3:55 pm on Wednesday, July 11, 2012
This Double dipper back for more at the public drinking tub. This draft dodger is a good representation of the failure Racine has become . It's a nice fit . The state senate is idle so he cant do anything of substance . Than again he never did anything of substance , but raise taxes and fees. I've disowned this clown as my rep and wait for my new district to represent me .
James R Hoffa
4:10 pm on Wednesday, July 11, 2012
@skinny -
That's just it - Lehman won't ever represent the City of Racine during the remainder of this term - Wirch has represented the City as a part of the new SD-22 since August of 2011.
Avenging Angel
4:34 pm on Wednesday, July 11, 2012
A sad day for Racine and Wisconsin.
James R Hoffa
5:06 pm on Wednesday, July 11, 2012
@Heather A -
"leaving Lehman the senator for the 21st Senate District which now includes most of Racine and Kenosha counties after the 2011 redistricting."
Shouldn't that state "... includes most of Racine and Kenosha counties, except for a majority of the Cities of Racine and Kenosha themselves, which now compromise the new SD-22, after the 2011 redistricting."
Tansandy
7:04 am on Thursday, July 12, 2012
Will they play Oh Canada at the ceremony??
James R Hoffa
10:52 am on Thursday, July 12, 2012
Tansandy -
That was AWESOME!!!
Thanks for the laugh ;-)
C. Sanders
6:24 am on Friday, July 13, 2012
No one better to lead in office at a time of great economic calamity than a coward who is convicted felon ... John Lehman. Even sends a shiver up Chris Matthew's leg.
Richard Head
6:35 am on Friday, July 13, 2012
Lehman doesn't represent me. I am, once again, FORCED, under law, to obey what I consider unlawful authority. I am FORCED, under threat of confiscation, to pay taxes that are unjust and used to fund my destruction.
The Words of Lysander Spooner ring true once again today! Please take some time, and enjoy his thoughts and truths! The winds of change are a- blowing! John Lehman is another petty Tyrant!
The Constitution has no inherent authority or obligation. It has no authority or obligation at all, unless as a contract between man and man. And it does not so much as even purport to be a contract between persons now existing. It purports, at most, to be only a contract between persons living eighty years ago. And it can be supposed to have been a contract then only between persons who had already come to years of discretion, so as to be competent to make reasonable and obligatory contracts. ie
http://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/www/NoTreason/NoTreason_chap1.html
Lyle Ruble
7:01 am on Friday, July 13, 2012
@Richard Head....Wow, such a drama queen; and I thought the "lefty's" were bad!
celador2
2:23 am on Tuesday, August 28, 2012
The Senate is not in session and will not be until the new one is sworn Janauary 2013.