Thank you to all WEMTA members who went out to vote on Tuesday in the Fall Primary! We hope that you found our BCPL Candidate guide helpful, and we will re-issue it for the General Election in November.
Here is what the races for the BCPL officers--Attorney General, Secretary of State and State Treasurer--look like for November.
Attorney General
Fond du Lac County District Attorney Eric Toney (R-Fond du Lac) defeated former State Representative Adam Jarchow (R-Balsam Lake) by just 3,522 votes to claim the Republican nomination for attorney general. Toney will take on current Attorney General Josh Kaul (D-Madison) in November.
Secretary of State
Secretary of State Doug La Follette (D-Madison) easily survived a primary challenge from Dane County Democratic Party Chair Alexia Sabor (D-Madison), 62%-37%, to keep his bid for a 12th term alive.
State Representative Amy Loudenbeck (R-Clinton) won the three-person Republican Primary with 48% of the vote in a race that focused heavily on giving the Secretary of State's office the power to oversee elections.
State Treasurer
This is the only BCPL race without an incumbent since current Treasurer Sarah Godlewski (D-Madison) gave up the seat to run in the Democratic Primary of U.S. Senate, which she ultimately withdrew from before Election Day.
Fitchburg Mayor Aaron Richardson (D-Fitchburg), who also works in the Oregon School District's tech department, defeated radiologist Dr. Gillian Battino (D-Wausau) by about 9,000 votes to secure the Democratic Nomination for Treasurer.
Attorney John Leiber (R-Cottage Grove) defeated Orlando Owens, an aide to U.S. Senator Ron Johnson, 66%-33%, to win the Republican primary.
