Rhinelander, Wisconsin (Reuters) - Two Democratic senators push the Wisconsin State Republican challengers Tuesday in the latest of a series of recall election triggered by a struggle over collective bargaining rights for public employees.
Both Democrats and Republicans claimed victory on Tuesday, a series of nine summer resemble the sound that the Democrats unseated two Republicans in office, but have failed to win control of the state legislature.
Democrats hoped to win a majority in the State Senate after a fierce battle with the governor of Scott Walker and his Republican allies earlier this year in the union of government workers "that involved mass protests, legislative maneuvers and legal challenges.
"This was a political Rorschach test that anyone can read anything in the result," said Mordecai Lee, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee professor of governmental affairs and a legislator's Democratic Republic. "Politically, it was a draw."
It is expected that the results would encourage the Democrats to try to remember Walker, requiring half a million signatures to schedule a single election. "In November we will know whether they are serious or not."
Democrats, who successfully defended their seats on Tuesday, was Robert Wirch and Jim Holperin, among the 14 Senators State of Wisconsin, who left the state in an attempt to prevent the passage of an anti-EU soon this year.
Holperin to win a political novice and the Tea Party activist Kim Simac 54 percent to 46 percent, according to WisPolitics.com. WIRC to win the Republican lawyer, Jonathan Steitz 58 percent of 42 percent.
In general elections to remember, a total of three Democrats and four Republican incumbents retained their seats, while two Republicans were overthrown.
Control of the Senate
The Republicans have managed to maintain control of the State Senate - 17 to 16. But Democrats said the State to State Sen. Dale Schultz, Walker voted against the curbs on public sector unions. They argue that the balance of power actually came from conservatives.
"The state Senate as constituted would not have approved Walker is extreme, divisive attack on the middle class and working people," Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chairman Tate, Mike said in a statement.
Brad Courtney, president of the state Republican Party, has congratulated the Simac and Steitz install what he described as a well-fought challenges.
"Wisconsin was created to commemorate the election period, the majority of U.S. Republicans, that the attack was beaten the national unions and special interests and has been strongly committed to pursue a bold agenda to create jobs," Courtney said in a statement.
Holperin told supporters in Rhinelander, he hoped the result would remind the signal of a change in the politics of Wisconsin.
"I hope (reminders) signal a new era of what I hope is a more moderate public policies in the state, starting with the governor," he said.
Governor Walker fought for the Union's borders, which limit the bargaining rights of public employees and also make them pay more for health benefits and pensions, saying they were needed to help close a deficit of Wisconsin $ 3600000000.
Democrats cried foul, saying that the civil service had already agreed to steep cuts in performance. They called their Union busting efforts, designed to hamper the workplace - a major source of party funding - before the 2012 elections.
The Battle of Wisconsin made the national honor, igniting massive pro-union protests and political battles that led to the recall effort against six Republicans who supported the borders of the Union and three Democrats who opposed to them.
Until this summer, there were only 20 elections statewide recall in U.S. history, and money spent on recall campaigns was something for the record books.
Mike Buelow, research director of the Campaign for Democracy in Wisconsin, believes that candidates and outside groups spent up to $ 37 million reminders.
With similar functions as something of a test for the year 2012, experts say the cost could be a harbinger of record spending next year.
(Written by James Kelleher and Mary Wisniewski; additional reports Jeff Mayers, edited by Jerry Norton and Cynthia Johnston)
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