[Jean S]

Polls close in an hour 15.

[rwfromkansas]

Unfortunately, I bet nearly all of them will be gone tonight. The left is enraged and determined to do anything to destroy Republicans.

[RoseofTexas]

How was the turnout at the polls?

[onyx]

God be with Wisconsin and the TEA Party [again]. I have been praying.

Thank you for the live thread!

[San Jacinto]

What’s the word on turn out?

[WHBates]

Well, it will restore my faith in the voters if every one of the Democrats lose.

[fight_truth_decay]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2761295/posts

added to yours

[Jane Long]

This is just nuts.

Prayers for these Wisconsin Repubs and prayers for America.

Thanks for the thread.

[randita]

You might be interested in following this thread.

[Secret Agent Man]

Good news is that there will be a lot more Republican turnout in the evening. We actually have jobs and work all day. Typically more Republicans here vote later. That’s what throws off a lot of exit polls because they leave in the afternoon.

[tcrlaf]

I’ve been following the twits tweets all day. finally seeing one that might be good news:

SD14 update-town of Brooklyn (65% for Prossser) 824 voted as of 625p 106% of April turnout

[tcrlaf]

LOL! This tweet quoting NYTimes pollster Nate Silver (538.com)

“Virtually anything — from a Democratic sweep to their picking up none or just one seat — is a plausible outcome.” - Nate Silver

[InterceptPoint]

BTT. Thanks for starting this thread.

[tcrlaf]

Tweet from Matt Batzel
WISN12News: 1032 votes at Nicolet High out of 4100 registered voters 108% of April, 88% of Nov

[skeeter]

If the leftwing public sector wins they'll still lose.

Their only hope is some fiscal sanity that their leaders are utterly incapable of providing. Unchecked they will destroy their host.

[God luvs America]

just got an email: additional live results and news through the night: https://www.facebook.com/DefeatObama

[tomkat]

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[Flycatcher]

Self ping for later reading.

[Brett11]

Are there no Democratic incumbents who are facing a recall election? I would think that the Dems would be the ones being recalled after they decided to leave town and not do their jobs.

[newzjunkey]

Looking at the election history it was always very plausible Dems can flip up two, maybe three, seats in the recall.

They need three to retake the majority in the WI Senate. With union thug momentum, I generally expect they'll sweep themselves in.

Looking at election history only:

High risk:

Randy Hopper (Fond du Lac) won by only 163 votes in 2008. I'd call that one at very serious risk.

Alberta Darling (River Hills) won by 1% in 2008, just over 1,000 votes. I'd call that one at serious risk.

Some risk:

Dan Kapake (La Crosse) won reelection by less than 3% in 2008, about 2500 votes, slightly smaller margin than when he took the seat. He ran for congress in 2010 and lost by almost 4%. I'd say there's some risk to this seat.

Little risk:

Sheila Harsdorf (River Falls) won by 12% in 2008, over 11,000 votes. Probably safe.

No risk:

Rob Cowles (Allouez) won with 99.35% of the vote. I think he's safe.

Luther Olseon (Ripon) won with 99.35% of the vote. I think he's safe too.

[smoothsailing]

Here’s the link to the AP page for return totals and updates...

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2011/by_county/WI_Page_0809.html?SITE=AP&SECTION=POLITICS