Voters in Wauwatosa joined others around the state in making their choices in Wisconsin's partisan primary on Aug. 11, including in races for a range of state and congressional offices representing parts of Tosa.
By late evening, the race for governor on the Democratic side appeared virtually tied, but Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley held a small lead over state Rep. Francesca Hong of Madison. The Associated Press called the race for Crowley in the early hours of Aug. 12. The Republican frontrunner, U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, easily advanced.
And in the 13th Assembly District, the most prominent Tosa-centric race on the ballot, Amy Zimmerman of Brookfield appeared to have the edge over fellow Democrat David Sanchez of Wauwatosa. The Republican in the race, Mike Morgan, ran unopposed.
The winners advance to the general election on Nov. 3.
Voters also can get unofficial results directly from Milwaukee County Clerk's Office here and from Waukesha County here, and The Associated Press is updating governor results here.
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Wisconsin does not require voters to be registered with a party to vote in the partisan primary, though each voter must choose to participate in one party's primary by selecting that party's candidates up and down the ballot.
Assembly District 13 — Zimmerman tops Sanchez
Milwaukee and Waukesha counties both reported results from the 13th Assembly District, which spans both counties and includes most of Wauwatosa, all of Elm Grove and part of Brookfield.
Waukesha County declared its unofficial results were finalized at 9:52 p.m., with Zimmerman leading Sanchez there, 2,404-1,521. In the final batch of results from Milwaukee County just after 10 p.m., Sanchez led Zimmerman in Wauwatosa's wards, 4,597-4,005. That appeared to give Zimmerman the win in the combined vote count, 6,409-6,118.
David Paulsen
Assembly District 12 — Goodwin survives challenge
The only other contested primary in Wauwatosa for a race for the state Legislature was in the Assembly's District 12, where Rep. Russell Goodwin Sr., a Democrat, faced challenger Jordan Roman. District 12 is mostly in Milwaukee but also includes the far north Tosa neighborhood of Tosa Heights and the apartments at Luther Manor.
By the end of the evening, Goodwin held onto a small lead, and that lead grew in the county's final count to 3,746-3,184 over Roman. In the individual ward reports, the single Wauwatosa ward that includes District 12 sided with Roman, 182-170.
4th Congressional District — Moore, Rogers advance
Several other races were on Tosans' ballots. In the 4th Congressional District, which includes Wauwatosa, U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore faced Democratic challenger Amy Donahue, and two candidates were on the ballot on the Republican side, Purnima Nath and Tim Rogers.
The Associated Press called the Democratic race for Moore at 8:50 p.m. and called the Republican race for Rogers at 9:10 p.m. Both won decisively.
Governor — Crowley ends night ahead by 3,000 votes
In the governor's race, the four candidates with active campaigns on the Democratic side were Hong, Crowley, state Sen. Kelda Roys and Joel Brennan, former state Department of Administration secretary.
As of 11 p.m., it was a nearly tied race between Crowley and Hong, though Crowley had pulled slightly ahead with about 40% of the vote and Hong at about 39.5%., according to The Associated Press. Roys had a bit more than 7% and Brennan a bit less than 5%.
Those results stuck, and the AP called the race for Crowley at 2:34 a.m. with the county executive holding a lead of about 3,000 votes.
Crowley also led Hong by about 2,400 votes in the Milwaukee County count, while Wauwatosa voters gave the edge to Hong, 5,511 to 4,642.
On the Republican side, Tiffany had been strongly favored against challenger Andy Manske, and at 8:21, The Associated Press called the race for Tiffany.
There also were contested races in primaries for lieutenant governor and secretary of state.
Among the other details to watch is overall voter turnout. In the last partisan primary in 2024, Wauwatosa logged a 43% turnout, and that year, votes on the Democratic side outnumbered votes on the Republican side by about three to one.
In the initial 2026 results posted by Milwaukee County, Wauwatosa's turnout reached at least as high as 45%, with about 15,000 ballots cast out 33,800 registered voters.
Additional election information and news can be found on Tosa Forward News' Election Tracker.
Tosa Forward News Staff
