Democrats sued Walker over that refusal, saying he was violating a state law requiring that special elections be called as promptly as possible for vacancies. A state circuit court judge sided with them on March 22, giving the governor until noon Thursday to schedule the special elections. Wisconsin Republicans, meanwhile, announced they would drop their attempt to change the state law on special elections. Democrats had accused Walker of refusing to call the special elections out of fear Republicans would lose the seats. In a series of tweets Thursday, Walker blamed former Attorney General Eric Holder and other Democrats for forcing the issue on the special elections.

Source: Huffington Post March 29, 2018 15:56 UTC