From The New York Times, I'm Michael Bavaro. This is The Daily.

Against the advice of public health officials and the wishes of its own governor,

Wisconsin will hold its Democratic primary today in the middle of a pandemic.

A stead-handed on how that happened.

It's Tuesday, April 7.

March was always going to be one of the most consequential months of the presidential election.

By the time we get to the middle of March, though.

So here's what we're watching. Breaking news, Louisiana officially could become the first state

to postpone its Democratic primary election over the coronavirus pandemic.

It becomes clear that the coronavirus global health pandemic has really upended the race completely.

After Super Tuesday, states that are scheduled to vote start postponing and sometimes our canceling

their scheduled primaries. Georgia becoming the second state to delay its presidential primary

Kentucky announced that they delay their contests as well. Ohio's governor pushed back its

primary just hours before polls were set to open. Other states, Connecticut, Indiana, and Maryland.

These are all states that said that the public health crisis was too great for them to hold in

person elections in March. But there's one state that refuses to budge. Even as public health

officials are urging them and states across the country have taken that drastic step. It's Wisconsin.

And what explains that? What's happening in Wisconsin?

Well, when most people look at these presidential primaries, particularly in a state like Wisconsin,

they think that this is just about the two candidates at the top. Joe Biden versus Bernie Sanders,

and who gets the delegates out of that. But the reason why Wisconsin was holding out and keeping

its primary schedule was really to do with more state and local concerns. Initially,

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