Editing Waukesha County, Wisconsin (section)

=== 2011 Supreme Court election ===
The initial unofficial statewide tally in the [[2011 Wisconsin Supreme Court election]] had [[Democratic Party (U.S.)|Democratic]] challenger [[JoAnne Kloppenburg]] defeating incumbent justice [[David Prosser Jr.|David Prosser]] by a 204-vote margin. On the Thursday after the election, Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus reported, among other smaller errors, a failure to report votes in the Waukesha city of [[Brookfield, Wisconsin|Brookfield]]. The newly reported votes gave Prosser the lead, and he retained his seat.<ref name="2011Elec">{{cite news |last1=Stein |first1=Jason |last2=Walker |first2=Laurel |last3=Glauber |first3=Bill |date=April 7, 2011 |title=Corrected Brookfield tally puts Prosser ahead after 7,500-vote gain |work=Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel |url=http://archive.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/119410124.html |access-date=July 14, 2017}}</ref> Media reports stemming from this incident referred to the county as "crucial Waukesha County," and the phrase has continued to be widely used in U.S. political media as an in-joke, despite the county being a [[Republican Party (U.S.)|Republican]] stronghold.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gallitz |first1=Sean |date=April 5, 2016 |title=The Wisconsin county that could stop Donald Trump |work=CBS News |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-wisconsin-county-that-could-stop-trump/ |access-date=July 14, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kondik |first1=Kyle |date=May 5, 2014 |title=10 Maps That Explain the 2014 Midterms |work=POLITICO |url=http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/05/10-maps-that-explain-the-2014-midterms-106347 |access-date=July 14, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Gehrke |first1=Joel |date=February 20, 2015 |title=Ron Johnson, Ready Already for 2016 |work=National Review |url=http://www.nationalreview.com/article/414118/ron-johnson-ready-already-2016-joel-gehrke |access-date=July 14, 2017}}</ref>