Longtime Secretary of State Doug La Follette won today’s primary election against newcomer Dane County Dem Party Chair Alexia Sabor, according to the Associated Press. La Follette had 63 percent of the vote against Sabor’s 37 percent with 35 percent of precincts reporting. In the GOP primary, Rep. Amy Loudenbeck came out ahead of former Menasha Town Supv. Jay Schroeder, according to the Associated Press. The 31st AD rep. hauled in 47 percent of the vote against Schroeder’s 40 percent and truck driver Justin Schmidtka’s 13 percent with 73 percent of precincts reporting. Loudenbeck also hauled in more donations than

Voting absentee has dropped off significantly from 2020 levels, though voters are still using it more frequently than they did pre-COVID, according to the latest numbers from the Elections Commission. Wisconsin voters have requested 389,811 absentee ballots for today’s election and 295,059 returned. Both numbers could climb higher as clerks continue to update the WisVote system; the deadline to return absentee ballots is 8 p.m. today. By comparison, there were 609,803 absentee ballots cast in the Aug. 11, 2020, primary. They accounted for 65.6 percent of the 929,995 votes in that primary. In the Aug. 14, 2018, primary, there were