Do we actually like those “Kiss Me” Valentine’s Day candies with UW-L political scientist Chergosky

UW-L political science professor, Dr. Anthony Chergosky, joins La Crosse Talk PM on Valentine’s Day, so of course we discuss those chalk hearts. We also got into voter turnout in Tuesday’s primary with the mayor race being on the ballot, plus is Tim Walz going to run for US Senate in Minnesota? 

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Began the show, though, with Valentine’s Day, whether those candy hearts are even good and what ever happened to those candy cigarettes. Later in the show, we negotiate a babysitting hourly rate to watch Chergosky’s 2 year old.

After that, we hit on voter turnout in Wisconsin’s primary election, which comes to conclusion Tuesday and how that could be all over the place. Onalaska has one thing on the ballot, while La Crosse has its mayor and school board.

After that, news that 66-year-old US Sen. Tina Smith isn’t running for reelection in Minnesota and if Gov. Tim Walz would put himself in that race. That led to a few conversations, including if governor or senator is a tougher job and if governor or mayor is more difficult. We also talked about how political parties might handle having a primary in those races and if that’s better or worse in terms of winning the overall election.