Wisconsin voters will head to the polls Tuesday for the state’s unprecedented recall elections, as six Republican state senators who supported Gov. Scott Walker’s (R) union-busting budget law face off against challengers seeking to swing the state Senate into Democratic control. Democrats need three seats to take control of the Senate, and though they still would not be able to repeal the law that stripped public workers — including teachers — of collective bargaining rights, tomorrow’s elections could be a valuable forecast forward to January, when Walker himself becomes eligible for recall.
ThinkProgress compiled summaries of the six Republicans facing recalls tomorrow, from one who allegedly voted in favor of the law to avoid primary threats to another who can reportedly count his wife as a vote against him:
