Turnout in today’s primary election could set a new record. Reid Magney with the Government Accountability Board says they’re projecting about 28-percent of Wisconsin’s 4.3 million registered voters could cast ballots, about 1.2 million people in all.
Magney says the hotly contested Republican primary in the race for governor will likely bring many people to the polls, along with several open races in the statehouse and U.S. Representative Dave Obey’s (D-WI) open seat in the 7th Congressional District. [Read more…]