The primary results in Wisconsin's eighth have some Dems suddenly optimistic about picking up the seat in this slightly-Republican-leaning district. On the GOP side, John Gard won the primary over Terri McCormick by 68%-32%. Local Dems tell Election Central that they think Gard's rocky tenure as Assembly Speaker has left him with uncomfortably high negatives, and they were pleasantly surprised by the margin of Steve Kagen's victory in the Dem primary -- he picked up an unexpectedly high 48% of the vote. "Kagen has all the resources in the world to drive [Gard's] negatives, and he will," said one Wisconsin Democratic staffer.