Cabrera beats back primary challenge

Freshman state Rep. Marisabel Cabrera, D-Milwaukee, beat back a primary challenge Tuesday. Meanwhile, three Dems in open deep blue seats all but guaranteed they’ll join the Assembly after the fall election. Cabrera won 62.3 percent of the vote over Christian

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Sargent, Ballweg cruise through primaries

State Reps. Melissa Sargent, D-Madison, and Joan Ballweg, R-Markesan, both cruised in through their primaries in their quests to jump from the Assembly to the state Senate. Sargent declared victory over Monona Grove School Board President Andrew McKinney just after

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Shelton beats Gruszynski in 90th AD

Green Bay School Board member Kristina Shelton on Tuesday convincingly beat freshman Rep. Staush Gruszynski, who was kicked out of the Assembly Dem caucus after he sexually harassed a Capitol staffer at a Madison bar. Unofficial returns posted at the

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Four Assembly Republicans cruise against primary challengers

Republican State Assembly incumbents Adam Neylon, John Nygren, Ken Skowronski, and Robert Brooks easily fended off primary challenges in Tuesday’s partisan primary. The four incumbents, who represent the 98th, 89th, 80th, and 60th assembly districts respectively, were all heavy favorites

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Fitzgerald declares victory in 5th CD GOP primary

Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, declared victory Tuesday night in the GOP primary for the 5th CD, rolling to a win over businessman Cliff DeTemple. The win makes Fitzgerald the heavy favorite to succeed longtime U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner,

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Cabrera beats back primary challenge

Freshman state Rep. Marisabel Cabrera, D-Milwaukee, beat back a primary challenge Tuesday. Meanwhile, three Dems in open deep blue seats all but guaranteed they’ll join the Assembly after the fall election. Cabrera won 62.3 percent of the vote over Christian Saldivar, a 30-year-old caregiver, according to unofficial returns posted by

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Sargent, Ballweg cruise through primaries

State Reps. Melissa Sargent, D-Madison, and Joan Ballweg, R-Markesan, both cruised in through their primaries in their quests to jump from the Assembly to the state Senate. Sargent declared victory over Monona Grove School Board President Andrew McKinney just after 9 p.m., writing in an email that it was “truly

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Shelton beats Gruszynski in 90th AD

Green Bay School Board member Kristina Shelton on Tuesday convincingly beat freshman Rep. Staush Gruszynski, who was kicked out of the Assembly Dem caucus after he sexually harassed a Capitol staffer at a Madison bar. Unofficial returns posted at the Brown County Clerk’s website had Shelton at 78.8 percent of

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Roys, Bradley in poll position for heavily partisan Senate districts

Kelda Roys and Julian Bradley appear to be in the driver’s seats to claim heavily partisan state Senate districts this fall. Roys, a former Assembly lawmaker and Dem gubernatorial candidate, appears set to replace Fred Risser in the Madison-based 26th SD after declaring victory in a Facebook Live video. “Thank

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Four Assembly Republicans cruise against primary challengers

Republican State Assembly incumbents Adam Neylon, John Nygren, Ken Skowronski, and Robert Brooks easily fended off primary challenges in Tuesday’s partisan primary. The four incumbents, who represent the 98th, 89th, 80th, and 60th assembly districts respectively, were all heavy favorites to advance out of Tuesday’s primary. Nygren, R-Marinette and the

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Kind, Van Orden to meet in western Wisconsin’s 3rd CD

Dem U.S. Rep. Ron Kind will meet Republican Derrick Van Orden, a retired Navy SEAL, in the general election for western Wisconsin’s 3rd CD this fall. Kind, who was first elected to the House in 1996, took 81 percent of the vote against little-known challenger Mark Neumann, a retired doctor.

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Fitzgerald declares victory in 5th CD GOP primary

Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, declared victory Tuesday night in the GOP primary for the 5th CD, rolling to a win over businessman Cliff DeTemple. The win makes Fitzgerald the heavy favorite to succeed longtime U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Menomonee Falls, in the southeastern Wisconsin seat. With 84 percent

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