Good morning.
Tuesday in Whitewater will scattered afternoon thundershowers with a high of 72. Sunrise is 6:38 and sunset is 7:20 for 12 hours 42 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 97.7 percent of its visible disk illuminated.
Whitewater’s Aquatic Center Committee meets at 5:30 PM.
On this day in 1951, Remington Rand delivers the first UNIVAC I computer to the United States Census Bureau.
After a loud and intense Wisconsin Supreme Court race in ’25, this year’s race is neither loud nor intense:
In another sign this year’s Supreme Court race is flying under the radar for many Wisconsinites, the number of absentee ballots cast so far is around 112,000 behind the pace set in 2025.
As of Monday morning, the Wisconsin Elections Commission reported 146,583 absentee ballots had been returned in the matchup between liberal Wisconsin Appeals Court Judge Chris Taylor and conservative Wisconsin Appeals Court Judge Maria Lazar.
The returns are a fraction of what they were 12 months ago when former Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel was competing against now-Justice Susan Crawford in a race where ideological control of the bench was at stake. On March 24, 2025, the commission reported that 258,975 absentee ballots had been returned.
See Rich Kremer, Early voting in Wisconsin Supreme Court race way behind 2025 pace, Wisconsin Public Radio, March 30, 2026.
It’s notable that last year’s intensity, and Elon Musk’s involvement, didn’t change the outcome: WISGOP-backed candidate Brad Schimel still lagged Susan Crawford’s legitimate poll numbers throughout the race and in the final vote. See Bruce Murphy, Crawford Was Ahead Through Entire Election, Urban Milwaukee, April 7, 2025.
There’s a debate between Taylor and Lazar on Thursday, April 2 at 7 PM. The election ends five days later.
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