Falk Leading Even Though Trailing Badly At Home

With almost 70 percent of the precincts in statewide, Kathleen Falk is leading incumbent Peg Lautenschlager -- even though she's losing badly in her own back yard.

Some insiders thought Falk had to win Dane County if she wanted to beat Lautenschlager for the Dem nomination. But with some two-thirds of the vote in, Lautenschlager is leading in Dane County by more than 9,500 votes.

Falk seems to be canceling that deficit out with her showing in southeastern Wisconsin and Brown County. In the Milwaukee area, Falk was leading by 7,700 votes with 76 percent of the precincts in, according to a tally by WISN TV. Falk won Brown County by 2,900 votes.

-- JR Ross