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MADISON,
Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker issued an executive order scheduling
special elections to fill two vacant legislative seats Thursday, as Senate
Republicans abandoned their efforts to pass a bill blocking the contests amid
intense criticism that the GOP was trying to avoid adding to string of
losses.
The
seats have been vacant since December, when Walker appointed two Republican
legislators to his administration. Walker has said the special elections would
be a waste of taxpayer money with the seats coming up for election in the fall.
Democrats have argued that Walker wants to avoid losing the seats to their party
in a year that appears to favor Democrats.
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