Politics | Scott Walker Dems Survive Wisconsin Recall Runaway lawmakers keep seats; GOP keeps state senate By Rob Quinn Posted Aug 17, 2011 1:21 AM CDT Updated Aug 17, 2011 5:50 AM CDT Copied Democratic Sen. Bob Wirch of Pleasant Prairie talks the press earlier this year. Wirch and his colleague Jim Holperin won yesterday's recall votes. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer, File) Two more Democratic state senators have survived recall votes in Wisconsin, ending the state's recall saga with the Republicans still in charge of the legislature—but with only a one-seat majority. Another Democrat survived an earlier recall vote, and four of six targeted Republicans held their seats after recall votes last week. The Democrats targeted yesterday were among 14 who fled the state earlier this year in an attempt to thwart anti-union legislation. The state Democratic Party chairman said the recall votes had "fundamentally changed the face of power in the Wisconsin Legislature," while Republican Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald described yesterday's votes as a rejection of the recall process. "Each side can claim they did pretty good, and that they walked off the field alive and kicking," a University of Wisconsin political science professor tells the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Read These Next Arizona governor wants answers on Grand Canyon fire. Farmer killed by water buffalo a day after he bought them. This find left experienced customs officers "speechless." After girl goes overboard on cruise, 'hero' dad to the rescue. Report an error