EAU CLAIRE, Wis.—Rebecca Cooke came out ahead in the Democrats’ closely fought primary in Wisconsin’s Third Congressional District.
The Associated Press declared her the victor at 10:45 p.m. local time.
With 90 percent of the total tallied, she had 49.2 percent of the vote, a 7-point lead over her chief rival, state Rep. Katrina Shankland.
“I think we’ve been under-estimated time and time again,” she said her victory speech at The Good Wives, a restaurant where she works as a waitress.
The Aug. 13 victory sets Cooke up to face incumbent Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis.), who defeated Democrat state Sen. Brad Pfaff by 3.7 percent in 2022….
