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With 100% of vote counted, Kloppenburg clings to narrow lead; recount expected

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Unofficial results Wednesday showed Assistant Attorney General JoAnne Kloppenburg with a paper-thin lead over Justice David Prosser after a race marked by massive voter turnout, Gov. Scott Walker’s union bargaining plan and record spending by outside interest groups.

As of 2:15 p.m., The Associated Press had tallied results for all of the state’s 3,630 precincts and Kloppenburg had taken a 204-vote lead after Prosser had been ahead most of the night by less than 1,000 votes.

That last precinct counted was in the Town of Lake Mills, where town officials met just before noon to count the last of the paper ballots.

Full story: With 100% of vote counted, Kloppenburg clings to narrow lead; recount expected