Republican supermajority secured in Wisconsin state Senate

Republican state Rep. Dan Knodl won the special election for an open Senate seat in Wisconsin, creating a GOP supermajority in the chamber that could be used to impeach Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and other office holders. Knodl's victory gives Senate Republicans 22 votes in the 33-seat chamber, enough to override a gubernatorial veto in that house and convict a civil officer, including the governor, other constitutional officers such as the attorney general and judges in impeachment trials.