The Wisconsin Elections Commission certified Donald Trump as the winner Monday. | AP Photo Trump remains winner of Wisconsin after recount

President-elect Donald Trump remains the winner of Wisconsin in the Nov. 8 presidential election after a state recount pushed by Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein.

The Wisconsin Elections Commission certified Trump as the winner Monday, following the conclusion of the recount.


The announcement marks the end of the only recount Stein has been able to initiate. She had been hoping to organize recounts in Pennsylvania and Michigan but failed in both states.

On Friday, Michigan's Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling blocking a recount there.

In Pennsylvania, a federal judge blocked a request by Stein to hold a recount of paper ballots in parts of the state and a full examination of electronic voting machines. That ruling cut off the number of avenues Stein still has available to hold a recount in Pennsylvania. At the beginning of December, Stein withdrew a bid for a statewide recount after the state required a $1 million bond to start the recount there. She had also joined an effort to trigger a precinct-by-precinct recount but dropped that move as well.

It's unclear what Stein will do next in her recount efforts. Her lead lawyer in Pennsylvania did not respond to a request for comment. On Tuesday, she and top aides plan to hold a conference call outlining the campaign's next steps in the state. In a statement Monday, she gave no indication that she would move forward in Pennsylvania or what her options are at this point.

"Pennsylvania’s election system is stacked against voters,” Stein said in a statement. “Both the technology by which voters cast ballots, as well as the byzantine and burdensome laws determining recounts in the state, are a national disgrace.”

Stein has repeatedly said her aim to initiate recounts in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania is to eliminate any lingering doubt about the election results. All three states are ones in which Trump narrowly beat Hillary Clinton.