MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican state Rep. Dan Knodl has won an open Wisconsin Senate seat, creating a GOP supermajority in the chamber that could be used to impeach Gov. Tony Evers and other office holders. Knodl defeated Democrat Jodi Habush Sinykin in the 8th Senate District special election race on Tuesday. The seat came open after longtime Republican incumbent Alberta Darling retired in November. Knodl’s victory gives Senate Republicans 22 votes, enough to override a gubernatorial veto in that house. A successful override takes a two-thirds vote in both houses, however, and Assembly Republicans remain two seats shy of that. Knodl’s win also gives Senate Republicans enough votes to convict a civil officer in an impeachment trial.
