Recall candidates filing signatures

Associated Press

Updated: Apr 10, 2012 10:59 AM

MADISON (AP) — Candidates planning to run against Gov. Scott Walker and five other Republicans are filing the required signatures to get on the ballot in recall elections.

Democratic state Sen. Kathleen Vinehout and former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk filed their signatures Tuesday with the state Government Accountability Board. They are among four Democrats seeking the party's nomination to take on Walker.

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett's wife and former Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton were to turn in Barrett's signatures late Tuesday morning. Secretary of State Doug La Follette was expected to file his papers later.

Numerous other Democratic candidates were planning to file before the 5 p.m. deadline to challenge Republican Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch and four Republican state senators.

The primary is May 8 and the general election is June 5.

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