My headline isn't snarky; here's the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
6 fake Democrats fall, setting stage for GOP recallsClick here to see the vote totals. The closest race was Shelly Moore vs. Isaac Weix. Moore won 55%–45%.
Six fake Democratic candidates put up by the Republican Party to buy time for Republican state senators subject to recalls accomplished that job Tuesday, but none of them did the unexpected and knocked off a real Democrat.
Candidates backed by the Democratic Party won all six Senate primary elections, all but one of them by substantial amounts. They'll all go on to face the Republican incumbents on Aug. 9, in an attempt by Democrats to regain control of the state Senate and put the brakes on Gov. Scott Walker's agenda. ...
The Republican Party forced the primaries to give its six senators facing recall another four weeks before facing a Democratic challenger, in order to allow them to take their case to the voters and argue that their work on the budget was good for the state.
To help you keep this straight, these are now the Democratic challengers to sitting Republican state senators. That election, the actual Republican recalls, is set for August 9. Six Republican senators are being recalled:
Robert CowlesRepublican senators Glen Grothman and Mary Lazich escaped recall challenges.
Alberta Darling
Sheila Harsdorf
Luther Olsen
Randy Hopper
Dan Kapanke
Democratic recalls (recall elections against sitting Dem senators) will be held on July 19 and August 16. The July election features Dem. Dave Hansen vs. David VanderLeest (click here to remind yourself who that is). Dems Jim Holperin and Robert Wirch face Republican challengers on the August date.
As I understand it, a net of three Democratic wins will flip the Wisconsin senate.
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