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Close But No Cigar

by David Kurtz
08.10.11 | 3:42 am

Democrats picked up two Senate seats in Wisconsin recall elections last night, but needed three to regain control of the chamber. They have dropped their initial claims of voting irregularities in Waukesha County. Our Wisconsin politics guru Eric Kleefeld has the full story.

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