MADISON, Wis. -- Wisconsin Republicans reelected Robin Vos as the speaker of the state Assembly on Tuesday, a position he has held longer than anyone in state history and that he reclaimed despite a challenge from a more conservative lawmaker and Democratic gains in the election.

Senate Democrat Tammy Baldwin won re-election Tuesday because she outperformed her party’s standard-bearer, Kamala Harris, across most of Wisconsin, but especially in smaller counties where former President Donald Trump made his biggest gains and in election wards with lower incomes and lower rates of college education.

Wisconsin was a key battleground state in the 2024 presidential election between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, with 10 electoral votes at stake.

Both the Republican and the Democratic parties scored key victories on Tuesday that they will try to build on as they shift the focus to state races.

Democratic Senator Tammy Baldwin declared victory early Wednesday morning in Wisconsin's tightly contested U.S. Senate race against Republican challenger Eric Hovde. With nearly all precincts reporting,

Republicans retained key congressional seats in Wisconsin with a third race still undecided early Wednesday morning. U.S. Rep.

Republican Eric Hovde refused Tuesday to concede defeat in the Wisconsin Senate race, casting doubt on the results despite a lack of evidence of any wrongdoing in last week's election.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Monday on whether a law that legislators adopted more than a decade before the Civil War bans abortion and can still be enforced. Abortion-rights advocates stand an excellent chance of prevailing,

Wisconsin voters are making choices for President, U.S. Senate, U.S. Congress and myriad Wisconsin state house seats. Find results here.

As of about 4 p.m. Tuesday, at least 3,415,306 Wisconsinites had voted in the presidential election, per the Associated Press. That's with 99% of the vote reported and not including write-in votes for president, meaning the final voter total will be higher.

Unofficial results show about 73% of Wisconsin’s voting-age population cast ballots in the 2024 presidential race, with the raw number of voters topping out at the highest in state history.