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Candidate. and this state does not have a surplus. they were able to get that message across to a lot of people to the point where you had national media figures saying that the state has a surplus. so a lot of fudging going on, so to speak and its really surprising but when youve got the money and you can buy the message you can convince a lot of people youre on the right side of the issues. so its going to be really a fight for the democrats here in november. no question. >> live from wisconsi...

Rights act to go ahead with the purge and they said the state might be violating the national voter registration act by purging voters off the list too close to an election. that letter gave florida until tomorrow to respond. the justice department wants them to stop the purge, but so far republican officials from florida including the states governor, rick scott, have not made any public noises to the effect that they will stop their purge in response to the justice departments demand. demandin...

He was out all day today across the state campaigning. he voted, meeting with folks. they think the exits they have seen show a close race. they know its going to be a long night. they think they can take this. they will not speak. mayor barrett will not speak until this race is called. theres no word on a recount. all i can say is from the folks ive been talking to in wisconsin the past couple of days, they are really ready for this race to be over and for them to get back to work and the mayor...

8:00 p.m. in terms of the results we got in i can give you precisely nothing. whether or not it was determinative, well never know, but one thing very interesting about this race between two democratic incumbent congressman is this was a proxy rematch of the obama versus hillary clinton democratic primary race from 2008. bill clinton came out and actively supported one side in this primary. president obama, on the other hand, supported in a more low key way, the other guy, steve rothman because ...

Today, as crazy as your politics become, wisconsin, i mean it when i tell you, youre not the craziest. you may not be the craziest things in politics today. wisconsin take comfort, nothing as weird as orly is happening in wisconsin. in the rauf tonight, were watching the results come in. 8% in. nbc is characterizing the race as too close to call. scott walker leading tom barrett. thats just 8% in. this race is too close to call. joining us now is a democratic wisconsin state senator who has join...

Do you get the sense thats just to reassure that barrett would be democrat who fights in case it comes down to that or are they expecting it will be close enough that there will be a recount? >> reporter: i think anything is possible in this case. its been going on for a very long time. barrett has been fighting very aggressively in this state to win this. it doesnt really sound, the mood is they are not talking about a recount. they are confident they will win tonight. well have to see if a rec...

Fell by 20 points. it fell in democrat districts. republicans turned out in 2010 for the next election but democrats didnt turn out. almost a million fewer people voted compared to 2008 and republicans just ran the board that year. they won the state assembly. they won the state senate and scott walker won the governorship as well. scott walker said if he were elected governor he would drive a hard bargain with public workers in wisconsin in terms of trying to achieve savings and balance the sta...

Lieutenant governors race. were waiting on the results in the four republican state senate recalls. the pod -- the possibility at this point of -- showing the board for lieutenant governors race. nbc characterizing that one as too close to call. the possibility that the democrats, if they win one state senate seat will win control of the state senate tonight in which case we would be like looking at divided government in wisconsin, scott walker holding on to the governorship and the republicans ...

Nature can surprise you sometimes... next time, you drive. next time, signal your turn. ...thats why we got a subaru. love wherever the road takes you. the polls in wisconsin and the governors recall race and nbc news is characterizing the race as too close to call. nbc news is prepared to change its projection. nbc news is projecting that governor scott walker of wisconsin has survived the recall challenge from his democratic challenger, mayor tom barrett of milwaukee. this is the nbc news ch...

Hes a madison wisconsin firefighter. also in this race in the lieutenant governors recall race in wisconsin, nbc news is calling this too close to call. democrats have put four republican state senate seats up for recall. the highest profile one is the seat of this senate president. its considered to be the most republican district in the state of wisconsin. very, very conservative district. republican scott fitzgerald is the senate majority leader. hes facts a long shot but spunky democratic ch...