The state Senate is dropping plans to come in next week to vote on a bill that would undercut a judge’s order to hold special elections in the vacant first SD and 42nd AD, the office of Scott Fitzgerald said. Assembly Majority Leader Jim Steineke, R-Kaukauna, said without Senate passage the Assembly would also not come in on the bill. “I think we’re all frustrated by the idea of elections running concurrently,” Steineke said. “But the idea of stopping elections once they’ve been ordered is probably a bridge too far.” Last night, state DOJ dropped efforts to make a last

Gov. Scott Walker this morning ordered special elections June 12 to fill vacancies in the 1st SD and 42nd AD. If necessary, the primary would be May 15. Nomination papers can begin circulating today with an April 17 deadline to turn them in. Walker’s order comes after several legal attempts to put off calling the special elections fell short. A Dane County judge last week set a deadline of today for Walker to issue the order. The state Department of Justice then filed an emergency motion late Monday night asking a Dane County judge to postpone the deadline. After Judge