Wisconsin Republicans withstood a Democratic campaign to take control of the state Senate Tuesday, surviving in four of six recall elections that were sparked by Gov. Scott Walker’s contentious push for public labor law reforms.

Democrats needed to win at least three races to capture control of the narrowly divided chamber.

The vote counting stretched into Wednesday morning before the last race was finally called. While one vulnerable Republican fell as expected and another lost by a razor-thin margin, Democrats failed to break away in the battleground districts they and outside groups had most heavily targeted. Closing up shop on his election night party in Madison before the final results were in, state Democratic Party chairman Mike Tate tried to claim some measure of victory, and promised to keep up efforts to recall Walker.

“We will not stop, we will not rest, until we recall Scott Walker from the state of Wisconsin,” Tate said.

Walker looked to move beyond the contentious days when his push to strip many public employees of collective bargaining rights led to an explosion of protest in Madison, with a muted statement that didn’t even celebrate his party’s win.

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