Volunteers for Republican Governor Scott Walker and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett were out in force and media ads are making their final pleas in the Wisconsin recall election. Voters head to the polls Tuesday. Gov. Walker told volunteers in Hudson he’s depending on them to move the state forward. Democratic challenger Barrett told a crowd in Superior Walker has sparked an ideological civil war that Barrett wants to end.

Former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson won a four-way Republican primary for an open U.S. Senate seat in Wisconsin. Thompson will face Democratic Rep. Tammy Baldwin in the general election this fall. Democratic incumbent Sen. Herb Kohl is not running for his fifth-term.

State election officials have rejected a challenge from Wisconsin Democrats that phony "protest" candidates should not be allowed to run in the Democratic Party primaries. A nonpartisan elections board said the government cannot investigate or make subjective judgements about candidates' political beliefs.

Election wins in at least two races for seats in the Minnesota Legislature are so slight that both appear to fall within the half-percent margin that automatically triggers a recount, Politics in Minnesota reports. State Rep. Mary Franson won by just a single vote, early tallies indicate. And Kevin Dahle had a slight edge over retired FBI agent and GOP candidate Michael Dudley, just 0.2 percent more than Dudley’s share of the vote.

Parry is a first-term Republican from Waseca who has a background in business. Democrat Tim Walz has been elected to three Congressional terms by the First District, which spans southern Minnesota.

Gov. Scott Walker survived a highly contentious recall election in Wisconsin on Tuesday, defeating Democrat and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett. What did the result say about Walker, his stand against public employee unions, big money vs. grassroots campaigning and what's next for the two parties?

A new poll finds Republican Congresswoman Michele Bachmann with a lead of nine percentage points over her Democratic challenger, Jim Graves. It was released just after a national Democratic committee listed the contest as one of the party's best chances to capture a House seat now held by the GOP. Meanwhile, Bachmann maintains a big fund-raising advantage over her rival.