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Eau Claire (WQOW)- The race for an open U.S. Senate seat is drawing a lot of attention. On Tuesday, Republicans are deciding which candidate they want to move on to the November election.
On the ballot is former Governor Tommy Thompson, former Congressman Mark Neumann, Assembly Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald and businessman Eric Hovde. Statewide, turnout is expected to be around 20 percent, but a local Republican party chair thinks the announcement of Congressman Paul Ryan as Mitt Romney's running mate could lead to more excitement from Republicans.
"The choice of Ryan really energized some folks," says Eau Claire County Republican Party Chair Brian Westrate. "I think that having happened the Saturday before the primary, I think there are a lot more people, certainly a lot more Republicans, who are tuned into politics right now, who perhaps will recognize the need to get out and vote today that they might not otherwise have had they not been re-engaged by the Ryan choice."
The winner of the primary will go on to face Democrat Tammy Baldwin in the November election.
