Jul 6

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7/6/2012 7:53 PM 

• Dane County is represented by 6 Senate Districts and 13 Assembly Districts
• 3 Senate seats are up for election this year with no opposing party candidate
  

District 14 is currently held by incumbent Republican Luther Olson

District 16 is currently held by incumbent Democrat Mark Miller

District 26 is currently held by incumbent Democrat Fred Risser

• 5 Assembly District seats will have no Republican challengers
  

AD48 Democrat Melissa Sargent is unopposed

AD76 Democrat Chris Taylor who is an incumbent from a different AD is unopposed

AD77 Democrat Terese Berceau who is an incumbent from a different AD is unopposed

AD78 Democrat Brett Hulsey who is an incumbent from a different AD is opposed by Democrat Christopher Fisher

AD79 Democrats Ellen Lindgren and Dianne Hesselbein will square off in the Aug. 14th primary

• Incumbent Republicans are running in 3 AD races 
  

Rep. Joel Kleefisch is opposed by Democrat Scott Michalak in AD38

Rep. Keith Ripp who is an incumbent from a different AD is opposed by Democrat Paula Cooper

Rep. Evan Wynn will defend his AD 43 seat from Rep. Andy Jorgenson who is an incumbent Democrat from a different AD

• 4 Republican challengers will vie for seats in redrawn ADs
  

Trish Schaefer will oppose Democrat Rep. Gary Hebl in AD46

Sandy Bakk will oppose the winner of the Democratic primary between Amanda Hall and Robb Kahl in the open AD47

Tom Lamberson will oppose the winner of the Democratic primary between former Rep. Joe Wineke, Charles Uphoff and Rep. Sondy Pope-Roberts, who is an incumbent from a different AD, in the open AD80 

Scott Frostman will oppose Democrat Rep. Fred Clark, who is an incumbent from a different AD, in the open AD81

• AD37 primary will feature 5 Republican challengers and 2 Democratic challengers for this open AD
  

Watertown residents James Braughler, John Jagler, Steve Kauffman, James Romlein and Chris Ruetten will face each other in the Republican primary

One of them will face the winner of the Democratic primary between Mary Arnold and Laura Cotting in the Nov. general election

In the race for US Senate seat being vacated by retiring Democrat Sen. Herb Kohl, Republicans former State Rep. Jeff Fitzgerald, Eric Hovde, former US Rep. Mark Neumann and former WI Gov. Tommy Thompson are running in the Aug. 14th primary with the winner facing former Democratic US Rep. from 2nd Congressional District Tammy Baldwin.

In the 2nd Congressional District Republican Chad Lee will challenge the winner of the Democratic primary between former WI Rep. Kelda Helen Roys, Mark Silverman, Dennis Hall and former WI Rep. Mark Pocan.

Current Democrat Dane County DA Ismael Ozonne is running unopposed.