he did some robo-calls for nancy nusbaum. and our condolences go out to nancy. she lost her mother on friday. and it has been obviously that event has tempered the intensity in the race. but that is one that cowles is expected to win. that's one the republicans are counting on. >> absolutely. now, one thing i want to emphasize, ed, is all of these districts are republican districts drawn by the redistricting ten years ago to be won by republicans and that have been consistently won by republicans over the last several decades. so in all of them the republicans should be in good shape. in some, like the cowles district, that really has a lot of republican turf in it. so that's a tall order. others like the jen schilling district over in lacrosse, that's one that has been trending democratic and should go. >> and the other republican that is expected to win tonight by the oddsmakers, so to speak, would be sheila harsdorf in the 10th district in hudson, wisconsin. shelly moore the democrat, the challenger there. so you have the expectations of republican wins. you

robert cowles's recall race against democratic challenger nancy nusbaum was the first one that was called tonight. it was called in senator cowles's favor. in this race senator cowles had been considered the safest of the six republicans facing recall tonight. the petition to recall him was the last one to be filed, and in a set of elections that was drenched in campaign cash the total spending on both sides of the cowles race was reported to be the lowest of all the recall races. again, with 94% of precincts reporting, this race long called the recall -- the republican, excuse me, state senator, the incumbent robert cowles having fended off nancy nusbaum as the democratic challenger. also, district 10 tonight, that was the second race called tonight. the republican incumbent, state senator sheila harsdorf, has kept her seat, defeating her democratic challenger, shelly moore. this is 100% of precincts reporting. the final tally there, harsdorf with 58% of the vote, shelly moore with 42% of the vote. so a comfortable margin there for sheila harsdorf in district 10. early on senator harsdor

wisconsin, robert cowles against nancy nusbaum, cowles leading 96%. in the 8th district? wiz, alberta darling leading sandy pasch 62% to 38%, 1% of precincts reporting there. in the 14th district, the republican income bent is luther olsen, olsen behind clark, the democratic challenger leading the republican incumbent 52% to 48%. again, 1% and 2% in in these races. do not extrapolate, but this is what we got. in the 10th district, republican incumbent sheila harsdorf, shelly moore. we don't have results to report there, but we'll keep you posted. generally the way these things happen is you get 1% and 2%, and they start coming in in larger increments, but we'll be watching over the course of the night. >>> in 2008, the presidential election in wisconsin was not at all close. president obama beat john mccain by 13 points. that was a bigger margin than obama got in nevada, minnesota, new hampshire, almost the margin by which he won the great state of new jersey. even though wisconsin looks a little purple, frankly in 2008, wisconsin was deep blue. it was a blow out in the '

in the 2nd district in green bay senator bob cowles has defeated nancy nusbaum. that was a race that was expected to be won by the republicans. also, in the 10th district, including hudson, wisconsin, sheila harsdorf, the republican, has also been declared the winner over challenger shelly moore. so that was the second republican victory which was expected tonight. but a democratic hopeful, the 14th district has now been called in favor of senator luther olsen. the challenger fred clark, the democrat, the representative, he has now been declared not victorious. luther olsen projected the winner in the wisconsin state senate race. so this would give three republicans, they are surviving this recall effort in the state of wisconsin. at this moment in the 32nd district challenger jennifer shilling is leading by 8 percentage points over senator dan kapanke. also, in the 18th district, in the 18th district randy hopper, the senator is leading by 2% of the vote over challenger jessica king. this was expected to be a win for the democrats. but those are the numbers. hop

in the 2nd district in green bay senator bob cowles has defeated nancy nusbaum. that was a race that was expected to be won by the republicans. also, in the 10th district, including hudson, wisconsin, sheila harsdorf, the republican, has also been declared the winner over challenger shelly moore. so that was the second republican victory which was expected tonight. but a democratic hopeful, the 14th district has now been called in favor of senator luther olsen. the challenger fred clark, the democrat, the representative, he has now been declared not victorious. luther olsen projected the winner in the wisconsin state senate race. so this would give three republicans, they are surviving this recall effort in the state of wisconsin. at this moment in the 32nd district challenger jennifer shilling is leading by 8 percentage points over senator dan kapanke. also, in the 18th district, in the 18th district randy hopper, the senator is leading by 2% of the vote over challenger jessica king. this was expected to be a win for the democrats. but those are the numbers. hop