What Went Down In Elections In Minnesota, Wisconsin, Vermont And Connecticut

Well, Sarah, that stems from a long-running (gosh, over a decade now!) meme among election nerds about “crucial Waukesha County” always being the most suspenseful part of any Wisconsin election night. But in all seriousness, it’s a very populous suburban county that contains a lot of “old” Republicans, to borrow the terminology from our discussion before. If an establishment-leaning Republican hopes to win statewide in Wisconsin, they must run up their margins in Waukesha.

For us non-Wisconsinites, why is Waukesha County so important, Nathaniel?

Why Michels is favored in the Wisconsin GOP gubernatorial primary, in one tweet: