Election Night Quotes

Voters are "fed up with the extreme right-wing stuff the Republicans have given us."'
--Jim Doyle, noting that while stem cells were an important issue in the race, "with a margin like this, there were a lot of issues."

"As we all know, we face great challenges in Wisconsin, and we should be pulling together -- Republicans and Democrats -- alike to meet those challenges."'
--Mark Green.

"Despite some of the things that were said about me and the way I conduct myself, my family and I have served northern Wisconsin with honor, with distinction and with integrity."
--Assembly Speaker John Gard, who lost his congressional bid.

"It's generic. It's nothing to do with any of our candidates. It's all about the national tide that swept through Wisconsin that we didn't think was going to."
--Keith Gilkes, chief operative of the Committee to Elect a Republican Senate, calling Tuesday night "a Republican bloodbath."

"The mistake I probably made in this campaign was not begging for more money."
--Freshman state Sen. Tom Reynolds, R-West Allis, who lost to Dem Jim Sullivan.

"(Voters) didn't let the confusing ads by the opponents sway them."
--Vote Yes for Marriage leader Julaine Appling on the approval of the gay marriage ban.

"We did not lose because Wisconsin does not like gay people. We lost because Wisconsin does not know gay people."
--Fair Wisconsin strategist Michael Tate.

"There is still a great chunk of the state out, and we'd like to thank the media outlets who have not prematurely called this race."
--J.B. Van Hollen consultant Brian Fraley, alluding to an early WTMJ-TV call of the AG's race for Kathleen Falk based on exit polling.

"There's reason to believe the approach and leadership I've taken on Iraq has resonated well."'
--U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold, still weighing a decision to run for prez.

"Not with Jim Doyle being re-elected. So, I'm not really going to spend a lot of political capital on this."
--State Sen. Alan Lasee, R-Rockland, saying chances of death penalty legislation passing was remote.

"Now I'm sorry I didn't run a campaign."'
--Ed Thompson, Libertarian brother of Tommy Thompson, who officially entered the race for guv Monday as a write-in candidate.

-- By WisPolitics Staff