Daily Kos Elections Wisconsin recall & June 5 primary liveblog thread #1

Tonight we're liveblogging the Wisconsin recall elections as well as primaries in six states: California, Iowa, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota. Click here for our guide to all the key primaries, and stick with us as we cover all of tonight's interesting races.

Results: Calif. | Iowa | Montana | New Jersey | New Mexico | S. Dakota | Wisconsin

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4:46 PM PT (kos): 850 votes cast by 5:58PM in Ripon districts 1 & 2. Compare that to 242 cast in the 5/8/12 primary & 565 cast in '10 guv election. #wirecall

' @rustyschultz via TweetDeck

4:48 PM PT (kos): Ripon is a Republican stronghold. In fact, it is the birthplace of the Republican Party.

4:57 PM PT (kos): The pre-election CW is that Milwaukee would decide this -- 2008 turnout, we win, 2010 turnout, we lose. Now given the nutso turnout in red areas, that may or may not hold. But still, it looks like Milwaukee is doing its part:

MIlwaukee running out of same day reg & even ballots at 148, 53rd Street School, Francis Midland. Voters - hang on! Cc: @news3jessica
— @Ringuette via Echofon

4:57 PM PT (kos): The district referenced above is a 62-38 Barrett district.

5:06 PM PT (kos): More from Milwaukee:

#wivote #wirecall BREAKING: Over 15 wards in Milwaukee are either close to or out of voter registration forms and ballots!
— @WiscJobsNow via TweetDeck Good news! Turnout is off the charts. Bad News! Um, we need ballots for people to vote.

5:12 PM PT: Polls are now closed in New Jersey. There are two key congressional primaries: NJ-09 (D), between Reps. Steve Rothman and Bill Pascrell, and NJ-10 (D), a multi-way race to succeed the late Rep. Donald Payne. Both are safely Democratic districts, particularly the latter.

5:15 PM PT: Polls are also closed in the eastern half of South Dakota, where Democrats are picking their candidate in SD-AL.

5:26 PM PT (Kaili Joy Gray): New thread here.