La Follette retires as SOS, Evers appoints Godlewski to succeed him

Doug La Follette, state secretary, speaks during a #RESPECTMYVOTE rally outside the State Capitol in Madison, on Monday, December 3, 2018. PHOTO BY MICHELLE STOCKER

Longtime Dem Secretary of State Doug La Follette, reelected in November to an unprecedented 12th term, announced he is retiring, effective today.

Gov. Tony Evers immediately appointed former Dem State Treasurer Sarah Godlewski to the post. She gave up the treasurer’s office last year as she ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate.

La Follette, 82, first won the secretary of state’s office in...

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