The big news is Wisconsin, with Gov. Scott Walker handily beating back a recall challenge and GOP senators/recall targets were headed toward victory, but the California news was good, also. In San Jose, the most far-reaching pension-reform measure in the state was winning with 71 percent of the vote. A pro-reform council member, Rose Herrera, was in the lead to keep her seat.
In San Diego, the pension-reforming councilman Carl DeMaio was leading, a pension reform measure was winning big and so was a ban on project labor agreements. OC Assemblyman Allan Mansoor was beating back a challenge from a pro-union Republican, and three council members were recalled because of their mishandling of a police abuse case.
These are good signs, especially in a Democratic state.
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