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Democrats gain two Wisconsin Senate seats in close contest
Wisconsin Democrats captured two Senate seats while widening GOP losses to 18-15 in the upper house and preserving a Democratic Assembly majority. Key results include Busby and Heinzen seats flipped to Democrats, with Reed, Thompson, and Knowles winning re elections amid a mixed statewide outcome.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Senate
Patrick J. Lucey
Assembly
Allen Busby
West Allis
Raymond Heinzen
Marshfield
James T. Flynn
Marquette University
Busby
William A. Bablitch
Portage County
Heinzen
Carl Thompson
D-Stoughton
Leonard J. Griffith
Janesville
Green County
Brooklyn
Thompson
Griffith
Belleville
Ernest Keppler
Sheboygan
Robert Knowles
New Richmond
Lucey
Grilli
Korpel
Fred Risser
Madison
Elizabeth
Betty’’ Smith
State Senate
Monroe Swan
Mark Lipscomb
Wisconsin Senate
Arthur J. Myers
Douglas la Fallette
Kenosha
Joseph Lourigan
George Anderson