Candidates lining up to run for special elections to fill two seats in Wisconsin Legislature

MADISON - The spring and summer will be packed with elections in Wisconsin.

Primaries will be held May 15 for two seats in the Legislature, with special elections to follow June 12. Two months later, on Aug. 14, primaries will be held to determine which Democrat will face GOP Gov. Scott Walker and which Republican will go up against Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin.

Two Republicans and a Democrat have filed paperwork by Tuesday's deadline to replace former state Sen. Frank Lasee (R-De Pere), who stepped down in December to take a job in Walker's administration.

The Republicans seeking the Senate District 1 seat are Rep. André Jacque and businessman Alex Renard, both of De Pere. Caleb Frostman of Sturgeon Bay, the executive director of the Door County Economic Development Corp., is the lone Democrat in that race.

The district includes portions of Door, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Brown and Calumet counties.

In the race to replace former state Rep. Keith Ripp (R-Lodi) — who also took a job in December with Walker — four Republicans, one Democrat and one independent have filed signatures to get on the ballot.

The Republicans running for Assembly District 42 are: karate school owner and Lodi Town Board member Jon Plumer; Colleen Locke-Murphy of Poynette; Darren Schroeder of Columbus; and self-described "Trump conservative" Spencer Zimmerman of Janesville.

The only Democrat in the race is Ann Groves Lloyd, a Lodi alderwoman and University of Wisconsin-Madison academic adviser. Gene Rubenstein of Pardeeville is running as an independent.

The district includes most of Columbia County and covers parts of Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake and Marquette counties. Zimmerman lives outside the district and would have to move if he won the seat.



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