9:05 PM: Polls just closed a few moments ago in Wisconsin. We’ll be reporting live results on our TPM Election Scoreboard.
9:12 PM: While we’re waiting, here’s a playbill of what to watch for tonight.
9:17 PM: First results trickling in.
9:18 PM: Interesting fact: 5 of the 6 Democratic challengers tonight are women.
9:36 PM: Half hour after polls closed and we still don’t know much. What little data we have looks encouraging for Republicans. But none of the races have more than single digits reporting. So we really can’t draw any conclusions from what we have so far. We’re looking more closely at which precincts are reporting to see what we can glean if anything from what we have so far.
9:42 PM: Key point: the current numbers look strong for Republicans. But the Republican areas seem to be coming in first. So that needs to be factored in.
9:52 PM: Almost an hour into the counting. Two of the races are basically tied, four have Republicans up by solid margins. But most of the races have relatively few districts reporting. The exceptions are Cowles and Harsdorf who now have solid leads with more than 30% reporting. That’s not terribly surprising since those two were considered the safest Republicans up tonight.
