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The city of Madison won’t have to make deep cuts to city services after voters passed a referendum to raise $22 million through property taxes, but voters in other communities batted down efforts to raise funds for city operations.

Republican U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden won his first reelection bid in Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District, fending off a challenge from Democrat Rebecca Cooke in one of the nation’s most closely watched congressional races.

Democrats have chipped away at the massive GOP majority in the Wisconsin Senate, flipping at least a couple Republican districts and possibly two more with the help of the state’s new competitive political maps. 

Wisconsin Republicans have retained control of the state Assembly, hanging on to a majority in the chamber for another two years.

Former President Donald Trump has won Wisconsin’s 10 electoral votes, marking just the second time since 1984 that a Republican presidential candidate has carried the state, the first being his shocking upset victory in 2016.

Wisconsin’s U.S. Senate race between Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin and Republican challenger Eric Hovde remained too close to call as of Wednesday morning.

Republican U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil won his reelection bid Tuesday and will serve another term as the representative for the state’s 1st Congressional District. 

Republican businessman Tony Wied defeated Democratic OB-GYN Dr. Kristin Lyerly in their race for Wisconsin’s 8th Congressional District.

Wisconsin voters have agreed to amend language in the state’s constitution that limits voting to U.S. citizens.

A “human error” is leading to a delay in counting ballots in the city of Milwaukee. More than 30,000 ballots will be recounted.