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UPDATED: The polls have closed in Wisconsin in recall elections for Six GOP Senators



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UPDATE @ 12:28 AM: Looks like the GOP will retain control of the Wisconsin Senate by a margin of 17 - 16. In the 8th District, it appears that incumbent Alberta Darling (R) has defeated Sandra Pasch (D). There are still a few precincts left to count, but most are in. Democrats picked up 2 seats tonight.

UPDATE @ 11:44 PM: More good news. The AP has called the 18th Senate District for Democrat Jessica King. She beat the incumbent Republican Randy Hopper. Just waiting on District 8, which includes Waukesha. You remember Wauskesha where the GOP clerk found 7,500 votes during the Supreme Court election in April.

UPDATE @ 11:10 PM: The first Democratic win tonight in the 32nd District. AP has called the race for Jennifer Shilling. She beat incumbent Dan Kapanke. Two more to go -- District 8 (Alberta Darling (R) v. Sandra Pasch (D)) and District 18 (Randy Hopper (R) v. Jessica King (D).) Right now, Dems lead in both race but both are close. King is up by 137 votes with 14 precincts left to report, all from Winnebago, which has been going her way tonight.

UPDATE @ 10:53 PM: In the 14th District, looks like Republican incumbent Luther Olsen has been declared the winner. He's a real creep. Read about him here. Democrats need to pick up all three remaining races to take control of the Senate.

UPDATE @ 10:22 PM: In the 10th District, The Journal Sentinel has declared incumbent Sheila Harnsdorf (R) the winner.

UPDATE @ 10:15 PM: In the 2nd District, AP has declared Robert Cowles (R) the winner over Nancy Nusbaum (D).
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Six Republican State Senators are facing the voters in the recall elections today. The polls closed at 8 PM CT. Dems. needed to pick up three seats to take control of the Senate. The key races are (and all the Rs are incumbents):

2nd District: Robert Cowles (R) v. Nancy Nusbaum (D)

8th District: Alberta Darling (R) v. Sandra Pasch (D)

10th District: Sheila Harnsdorf (R) v. Shelly Moore (D)

14th District: Luther Olsen (R) v. Fred Clark (D)

18th District: Randy Hopper (R) v. Jessica King (D)

32nd District: Dan Kapanke (R) v. Jennifer Shilling (D)
We'll post updates as results roll in.

The crew at DailyKos Elections are liveblogging and PCCC is providing live updates.

On twitter, follow the hashtag #WIRecall.

Also, Nate Silver has an analysis titled, Reading the Wisconsin Recall Vote.

And, the (Milwaukee) Journal-Sentinel will be compiling results here. AP has its results here (with County breakdowns.)


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