... ago, Joe Schwarz was elected with 176,053 votes. His Democratic opponent, an organic farmer named Sharon Renier, got 109,527. Last week, Schwarz would have won if he'd received only one-... - though there was one hopeful sign. The number of votes cast for Godchaux and for Nancy Skinner, the unopposed Democratic nominee, equaled Knollenberg's total. Maybe, just maybe. But those who think ...