Wisconsin state Senate

A Wisconsin judge says the state Senate's vote to fire a top elections official last month had no effect. Dane County Judge Ann Peacock ruled Friday that Meagan Wolfe, the nonpartisan administrator of the Wisconsin Elections Commission, will remain in office while a lawsuit plays out.

Republican state Rep. Dan Knodl and Democrat Jodi Habush Sinykin are vying for former state Sen. Alberta Darling's 8th District seat in Wisconsin's April election. This race will determine if Republicans gain a supermajority in the state Senate.