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Inter-County Leader
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Produced by Inter-County Cooperative Publishing Association, Frederic, WI Publishers of Inter-County Leader and Washburn County Register newspapers Designed/compiled/written by Gary King, editor and Gregg Westigard, staff reporter |
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Inter-County Leader coverage
• Election day is Tuesday, Nov. 6; contests from the White House to courthouse STORY • Fall legislative campaigns underway; change in district lines STORY • Look who's running for president; seven candidates on Wisconsin ballot STORY • Referendum issues on ballot for some local voters STORY • Senate and Assembly candidates at same table STORY Other coverage • 7th Congressional District: Duffy-Kreitlow clash over health care, taxes STORY • Baldwin, Thompson tangle in Wausau debate STORY Links for voters Find your polling place Who are my legislators? Letters to the editor - election-related Contests at glanceR - Republican D-Democrat I-Incumbent
US Senate (to replace retiring Herb Kohl) Tommy G. Thompson – R tommyforwisconsin.com Tammy Baldwin – D tammybaldwin.com Joseph Kexel – Libertarian kexel2012.com Nimrod Y. U. Allen III – I.D.E.A. yuallen.com US Congress – District 7 Sean Duffy – R/I duffyforcongress.com Pat Kreitlow – D kreitlowforcongress.com State senate – District 10 Sheila Harsdorf – R/I harsdorf.com Daniel C. Olson – D olsonforsenate.com State senate - Districe 25 NO ELECTION Sen. Robert Jauch D/I Assembly – District 28 Erik Severson – R/I seversonforassembly.com Adam T. Bever – D bever4assembly.com Assembly – District 73 NO ELECTION Nick Milroy – D/I Assembly – District 75 Roger Rivard – R/I rivardforassembly.com Stephen Smith – D Stephen-4-75thwi.com Polk County County Clerk NO CONTEST Carole Wondra – D/I Treasurer NO CONTEST Amanda Nissen – D/I Register of Deeds NO CONTEST Laurie Anderson – D/I District Attorney NO CONTEST Dan Steffen - D/I Burnett County County Clerk Wanda Hinrichs - D/I Patrice Bjorklund – R Treasurer NO CONTEST Joanne Pahl – D/I Register of Deeds NO CONTEST Jeanine Chell – D/I District Attorney NO CONTEST William L. Norine – R/I Washburn County County Clerk Jacque Avery – D Lolita Olson - R Treasurer NO CONTEST Janet Ullom –R/I Register of Deeds NO CONTEST Diane Poach D/I District Attorney NO CONTEST J. Michael Bitney – R/I U.S. President/vice president Barack Obama/Joe Biden - D/I Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan - R Virgil Goode/Jim Clymer - Constitution Gary Johnson/James P. Gray – Libertarian Jill Stein/Ben Manski – Green Gloria La Riva/Filberto Ramirez, Jr. – Socialism and Liberation Jerry White/Phyllis Scherrer – Socialist Equality |
Local races
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Patrice Bjorklund
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Wanda Hinrichs
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28th Assembly District
Representative Erik Severson, Republican, is seeking his second term in district 28 which includes the southern half of Burnett County, most of Polk County, and the Somerset area of St. Croix County. His Democratic Party opponent is Adam Bever. The district lines for the 2012 election are very similar to the present lines. Three towns in Burnett County have been moved to other districts and Beaver has been switched for the Clear Lake area in Polk County.
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75th Assembly District
State Rep. Roger Rivard, Republican, faces Stephen Smith, Democrat, in his run for a second term in district 75. The district includes Roosevelt in Burnett County, McKinley, Johnstown, and the town and village of Clear Lake in Polk County, all of Barron County, and small parts of St. Croix and Dunn counties.
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10th Senate District
Assembly districts 73 and 75 are parts of the huge senate district 10 represented by Senator Bob Jauch. Jauch, a Democrat, is in the middle of his seventh term and is not up for election until 2014. The district runs from Barron County north to Superior, heads east to Hurley and the Michigan border and south to Price County.
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7th Congressional District
First-term Congressman Sean Duffy (R) is being challenged by former newscaster and state senator Pat Kreitlow (D) of Chippewa Falls. The 7th District encompasses the north half of Wisconsin.
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Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: Duffy, Kreitlow target jobs, economy in 7th District race
U.S. Senate
A former Wisconsin governor is facing off against a current member of Congress are the forerunners in the race to fill the seat being vacated by longtime U.S. Senator Herb Kohl, who decided to not seek re-election. Republican Tommy Thompson and Democrat Tammy Baldwin are joined on the ballot by Libertarian Joseph Kexel and IDEA party candidate Nimrod Y.U. Allen III.
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Assembly districts
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10th Senate District
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Congressional districts
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