Wisconsin’s new secretary of state says she had no idea that Democratic Gov. Tony Evers was going to appoint her to the job. The governor announced Friday that Secretary of State Doug La Follette had abruptly resigned and that he had appointed former state Treasurer Sarah Godlewski to the position rather than call a special election. Republicans accused Evers of handing Godlweski the job as payback for her dropping out of a Democratic primary for U.S. Senate last year and helping Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes win the nomination. Godlewski told The Associated Press on Thursday that she was floored when Evers called her to his office on March 15 and asked her to take over for La Follette.
