11:48 PM: Brady beats Lauer in 24 AD Dem primary
Charlene Brady has won the 24th AD Democratic primary, beating out Torrey Lauer 59 percent to 41 percent after what she has described as a "frugal campaign" on her part.
"It was nice to win the primary," Brady said. "I didn't spend very much money."
She isn't planning to break from her frugal formula either.
"I'm going to compete on common sense and some of my background and do it that way," she said.
Brady will face off with Dan Knodl, who is a fellow Washington County Board member.
She said that Knodl had a "war chest" and that she wasn't going to compete with that.
Though the 24th district is traditionally a Republican district, Brady isn't letting that get in her way.
"I'll just have to work harder" to win, she said.
Lauer said that there were several reasons for the primary results.
"Part of the reason was that people wanted to vote for Jim Burkee in the congressional race," he said. "And I had many supporters wishing that I would make it through to the general election."
He said that these supporters felt that they had to vote for the less-conservative Republican Burkee in order to get U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner out of office.
Lauer also said that if people had heard his views on the issues as well as Brady's, they would have seen that he was the better candidate.
-- By Samantha Hernandez
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