From postcrescent.com:

With two Democratic senators facing recall elections Tuesday, and the Democratic Party of Wisconsin still hoping Gov. Scott Walker will face the same threat next year, Wisconsin’s recall battles are far from over.

It’s unclear what effect this past week’s election results will have on Tuesday’s races, when Sens. Jim Holperin, D-Conover, and Robert Wirch, D-Pleasant Prairie, fight for their seats against Republican challengers Kim Simac, a tea party organizer, and Jonathan Steitz, a corporate attorney and political newcomer.

Going into this past week, Republicans controlled the Senate 19-14, so Democrats needed to win at least three seats and hold onto two more this week to take over. Instead they won two, shifting the balance in the Senate to give the GOP a razor-thin 17-16 majority.

Both sides said the election results showed promising signs for this week.

Republicans said GOP wins in four out of the six contests Tuesday showed broad support for their agenda.

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