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

As expected, counting is going slowly in the special election for Minnesota’s 1st District. Republican Brad Finstad leads Democrat Jeff Ettinger 59 percent to 38 percent, but only 5 percent of the expected vote is reporting. However, it does look like we have full results from Rice County, which we can compare to those from the 2020 election. Finstad won there 60 percent to 37 percent, and Trump won there … 60 percent to 37 percent. In other words, it’s looking like a 2020-esque political environment out there (which is actually not bad for Democrats!).

Vos, the Wisconsin state Assembly speaker, has pulled ahead with Racine County apparently done counting. However, there are still about 1,100 votes left to count in Walworth County.

We’ve got 40 percent of the expected vote in from the Democratic primary for Wisconsin’s 3rd District, and while Pfaff’s lead has shrunk, it remains pretty sizable. He’s at 45 percent while Cooke is in second at 27 percent.