DEMS/GOP/POLITICS: “Democrats on Tuesday [1-16-18] won a special election for a Wisconsin state senate seat in a district that President Donald Trump carried by 17 percentage points in the 2016 election, a victory that GOP leaders cautioned is another warning about potential losses in this year’s congressional midterms.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, a Republican seeking a third term in office this November, called the result ‘a wake up call for Republicans in Wisconsin,’ while Democrats hailed it as evidence of a budding wave for the party heading into November’s elections.
Patty Schachtner’s victory marks the 34th state legislative seat Democrats have seized from Republicans since Mr. Trump’s inauguration, according to the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee…
Wisconsin Republicans still control both state legislative chambers.”
-Reid J. Epstein, “Democrats Win Wisconsin State Senate Seat,” The Wall Street Journal online, Jan. 14, 2018 10:44am