
Tuesday, August 11: Primary Election Day is here, Democratic hopefuls for governor make final push, Trump issues sweeping vaccine order, state DOJ identifies officer in Madison police shooting, ICE arrests hit new high
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“The field will change, the conversation will change after tomorrow.”
– Joel Brennan, one of four active Democratic candidates in Tuesday’s primary election for governor, at a meeting with voters Monday.

A voter walks into the polling site at Madison’s Wil-Mar community center during Wisconsin’s 2026 spring election. (Photo by Henry Redman/Wisconsin Examiner)
Polls open Tuesday morning at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. If there is a line at a polling place at 8 p.m., voters should remain in line because they’ll still be allowed to vote. Election officials said Monday that because primary elections typically have lower turnout than general elections, long lines aren’t expected. Henry Redman has the details on how to vote.
Democratic candidates in the closely watched gubernatorial primary made their final pitch to voters ahead of Tuesday’s election. Examiner reporters Baylor Spears, Erik Gunn and Isiah Holmes cover the closing arguments.
President Donald Trump on Monday signed a sweeping executive order that aims to reshape guidance surrounding childhood vaccines, standing alongside Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and was met with immediate pushback. Shauneen Miranda reports from Washington.
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Vials of measles, mumps and rubella vaccine are displayed on a counter at a Walgreens Pharmacy in Mill Valley, California. (Photo illustration by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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