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A Walker-led drive this year to limit the power of public sector unions prompted massive pro-union protests and sparked a national debate over union rights.The Wisconsin elections are being closely watched for clues to the mood of U.S. voters after the bruising battle in Washington over the nation's debt and deficits, and more than a year before the presidential election in 2012 .The stakes are high for organized labor and unions who have poured millions of dollars feather hair extensions into efforts to recall the six Republican lawmakers and block Walker's agenda.

Democrats appeared to have ousted one Wisconsin lawmaker but three Republicans survived recall on Tuesday, leaving two races still in doubt in the nation's largest ever group of recall votes.WisPolitics.com said that Republican state Senators in three of Tuesday's six races beat back Democratic challengers who targeted them for voting to curb the power of public sector unions in the state legislature.In a fourth race, the Democratic challenger held a comfortable lead with most ballots counted and appeared to have ousted a Republican who narrowly won in 2010.

Republicans declared the winners were Robert Cowles, Sheila Harsdorf and Luther Olsen.Spending on the nine elections had reached $33 million, most of it from outside special interest feather hair extensions wholesale groups. Interest group spending has far eclipsed the Wisconsin record of about $20 million set in 2008 elections that covered half the state Senate and all Assembly members.There have been 20 state-level recall elections in U.S. history before this year and never six in a single day.

Democrats needed to win three of the six races to take over majority control of the state Senate, meaning that they would need to win both of the two remaining races to do so."This was more than about one vote, this was about the direction of our state." said Democrat Jennifer Shilling told a crowd of supporters in LaCrosse, where she declared victory.Democrats and organized labor forced the recall prada handbags 2011 elections in an effort to block Republican Governor Scott Walker's conservative agenda.