(The Center Square) – Republicans in the Wisconsin legislature will have fewer votes, but they will stay in control in the new year.
Democrats flipped two Senate seats in Tuesday’s election.
Republican Joan Ballweg lost in her newly redrawn district in central Wisconsin, and Republican Duey Stroebel lost in his new district in the WOW counties.
Unofficial results say Democrat Sarah Keyeski beat Ballweg 51%-49%, or by about 2,000 votes.
Democrat Jodi Habush Sinykin won by an even smaller margin over Stroebel. The early vote count shows she won 50.8% to 49.3%, or by about 1,700 votes.
That race may turn out to be Wisconsin’s most expensive local race, with nearly $5 million spent.
Stroebel commented on the cost of the race Wednesday morning.
“Unfortunately,
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