Labor came up short in Wisconsin. What does it mean?

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National labor groups spent millions of dollars to retake control of the Wisconsin state Senate Tuesday but came up a seat short.

Some within the labor movement cast the recall elections in the Badger State as a victory — Democrats knocked off two sitting Republican senators — and insisted that a message had been sent.

"While disappointed about not taking back the Senate, there are still two fewer anti-worker state senators in Wisconsin than last week," said Kristen Crowell, field director for "We are Wisconsin", a Democratic group leading efforts in the state. "New senators Shilling and King will stand strong with working families against Governor Walker's extreme right wing agenda."

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Cezary Podkul 11 Aug, 2011

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