MADISON, Wis. — Last November, a republican majority in the Wisconsin State Senate fired then Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection secretary designee Brad Pfaff. Now Pfaff is likely to serve for the same body.

Unofficial election results from Tuesday show Pfaff (D) defeating Republican challenger and former state senator Dan Kapanke by just under 600 votes. The race was for Wisconsin's 32^nd Senate District to fill an opening left by the retiring of senate minority leader Jennifer Shilling.

It leaves Republicans in the Senate just one vote short of the number of seats needed to override a veto from Governor Tony Evers (D) without any democratic support. Senate Republicans needed to extend their majority in the senate by three votes for a super-majority — they picked up two.

On Wednesday, Evers said he was happy to avoid the Republican super majority.

“We were able to prevent a super majority,” Evers said during a media briefing. “Which I think is beneficial for all wisconsinites to make sure that it's not one-party rule. With that said, I'm always open to having conversations with republicans on any sorts of issues.”

Pfaff did not return our requests for an interview, but claimed victory on social media.

“Today is a new day,” Pfaff wrote on his campaign's Facebook Page. “And I am eager to bring together families and communities so we can refocus on our shared values and overcome the challenges facing our state.”

Kapanke did not return our request for comment either. He had previously held this seat, but lost an attempt to take it back four years ago by just 61 votes to Shilling.

Wispolitics reports that Pfaff had a two to one spending majority in the race.

Assembly Republicans also needed three more seats for a super-majority. Instead unofficial election results show Democrats picking up two seats in the Assembly.