Democrats win first round in Wisconsin recall primary Party-backed candidates win all six districts

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(Reuters) - Wisconsin Democrats won a preliminary victory on Tuesday in their bid to unseat Republican lawmakers who voted for a controversial anti-union law in the first of a series of special recall elections.

Party-backed candidates won in each of six state Senate districts in Tuesday's vote, essentially a Democratic primary but with an odd twist, that took place ahead of a formal August recall vote.

The candidates had to beat back unusual primary challenges from six Republicans who ran as Democrats in order to give the targeted Republican incumbents more time to campaign, raise money and maintain their party's hold on the state Senate.

Unofficial results posted on websites run by election officials in the counties where the six races were run showed the Democratic Party-backed candidates won all six races.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/13/us-wisconsin-recall-idUSTRE76C0HM20110713



...and so it goes.

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1. I think this means Democrats will be successful in the coming recall election.

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2. One can only hope... I predict at least 5