Wisconsin 2026 elections: Democrat Sasha Ripley challenges 2-term Republican John Jagler in 13th Senate District

 

Prior to redistricting, the GOP gerrymandered 13th Senate District covered: 

• "cracked" townships of Medina, Deerfield, Christiana, York, Bristol and most of Windsor, including the Village of DeForest, in liberal Dane County
• northern half of Jefferson County
• northwestern portion of Waukesha County,
• three-quarters of Dodge County
• dingleberry of Washington County  

Take a look at the gerrymandered 37th Assembly District.  It looks like a design for a faucet.

Redistricting created a blocky design, which is based on township boundaries that stretches from south to northwest 

• Jefferson County  (central portion)
• all but 6 of Dodge County's 25 townships 
• about half of western Fond du Lac County
• all of Green Lake and Marquette counties
• Jackson and New Chester townships in Adams County

Maps:  Wisconsin Blue Book (2021-2022, 2025-2026)

Election results:  Ballotpedia

 

The 13th Senate District is solidly Republican.  Incumbent John Jagler is likely to win a 3rd term against Democratic challenger Sasha Ripley

Both candidates ran unopposed in their respective August 11th primaries.  Jagler received 16,990 votes out of 17,001 cast while Ripley received 11,641 votes out of 11,652 cast.

Related reading:

Wisconsin Applied Population Lab, 6/18/2018

Malia Jones explains:

Two core concepts of gerrymandering were central to the arguments presented to the high court: cracking and packing. A third process, known as stacking, also crops up in gerrymandered political maps, but was not the focus of Gill v. Whitford.

Cracking and packing both refer to specific ways of drawing legislative boundaries with the outcomes of elections in mind. These two processes operate in tension with one another, but both can be implemented by a party in power seeking to maximize its electoral chances through gerrymandering. 

Packing refers to the practice of drawing particular districts in such a way as to ensure that another party's candidate wins that seat by a tremendous margin. Although the opposing party is all but guaranteed the seat, packing makes surrounding districts less competitive, and thus tips the balance of power in the legislative body overall toward the ruling party. 

Cracking involves drawing districts in such a way as to divide a concentration of specific types of voters across several districts such that they are a minority in each one, with practically no hope of achieving representation in any of the districts. This practice also helps make districts less competitive. [emphasis added]

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2nd Assembly District.  (6/14/2026)

3rd Assembly District.  (6/15/2026)

4th Assembly District.  (6/17/2026)

5th Assembly District.  (6/18/2026)

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7th Assembly District.  (6/21/2026)

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10th Assembly District.  (6/23/2026)

11th Assembly District.  (6/23/2026)

12th Assembly District.  (4/17/2026)

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89th Assembly District.  (9/26/2026)

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99th Assembly District.  (10/6/2026)

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5th Senate District.  (10/9/2026)

7th Senate District.  (10/11/2026)

9th Senate District.  (10/12/2026)

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Susan Larson Baker (1947-2026) Warren Area High School class of 1965

 

1965 Dragon yearbook

Peterson-Blick Funeral Home

1967 Warren City Directory

• Larson Clifton O (Retha B) 132 Russell Street
• Larson Retha O Warren County School District 132 Russell Street 
  
• Larson Susan M office secretary Pittsburgh Des Moines Steel 132 Russell Street

1983 Warren City Directory

• Larson Clifton O & Retha B retired 132 Russell Street   
• Ruhlman Susan laborer McDonald's 132 Russell Street

The popularity of Susan was previously graphed in late 2025.   Let's take a look at Clifton.

Source:  Social Security Administration

Clifton spent most of the first half of the 20th century in the top 200, peaking at #144 in 1915.  He experienced a modest and very short-lived moment of revival in the mid-70s, but after that little resurgence his popularity tanked.  He fell off the chart in 2004.

Other members of the class of 1965 (42):

2026

Larry Dunham.  (7/16)

Steven Elmquist.  (6/16)

Ronald Caldwell.  (3/22)

Mona Belle Yeager Rosequist.  (1/21)

2025
Sharon Wescott Emehizer.  (8/19)

David Engle.  (7/16)

Robert Hubert.  (5/2)

Jean Elizabeth West Tome.  (4/8)

Gloria Font Suppa.  (4/7)

2024

Nancy Lawton Dunham.  (11/3)

Daryl Mong.  (8/28)

2023

Patricia Jackson Grubbs.  (5/11)

Linda Jacobson.  (4.30)

2022

Ronald Engle.  (7/19)

John Laurence.  (1/16)

2021

Charles Brant. (12/14/)

Kristy Lord Dailey.  (7/23)

Jeanne Ann Manchester Jackson.  (6/19)

2020

Edward Walter Buerkle.  (12/28)

Mary Musante Anderson. (11/17)

Eugene Vavala.  (10/23)
Ellen Theresa Waldeck.  (8/28)
Jane Quackenbush Sweigart.  (6/13)
Robert Ekey.  (4/28/2020)

2019
Dennis Dodge.  (6/29)
Linda Kays.  (6/10)
William Lyle Shafer.  (4/5)

2018
Loretta Frederickson Conlon.  (8/7)
Bruce Shattuck.  (8/2)
Michael Neizmik.  (3/26)
Robert Faga.  (1/27)
Joyce Andrew Camigliano.  (1/26)

2017
Jeffrey Werner.  (11/20)
Jeffrey Arnold.  (7/11)
Blaine Otto Rudolph.  (6/20)
Anita Farnsworth Madigan.  (4/30)

2016
David Bryan.  (11/23)
Candyce Thompson Wescott.  (10/10)
Dianne Briggs Sherman.  (5/14)

2015
Catherine Donnelly Rice.  (9/25) 
Sharyn Steele Engle.  (8/30)
Dennis Seymour.  (6/25)
Alvin Whipple.  (6/17)

2014
Susan Johnson Wolfe.  (3/14)

Five European countries report cases of bird flu

 

Headline:  WATT Poultry, 10/12/2026

Jackie Linden reports:

Article Summary 

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreaks involving H5 viruses have been confirmed in poultry across five European countries—Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom—over the past month, with hundreds of thousands of birds affected and 316 total farm outbreaks reported across Europe in 2026. 

• Five European nations have confirmed HPAI outbreaks in poultry involving H5 family viruses since September 2026 

• Bulgaria reported 41,000 affected birds across two farms, bringing the nation's 12-month total to 18 outbreaks 

• 2026 European totals show 316 poultry outbreaks in 16 countries, compared to 729 outbreaks across 23 countries in all of 2025 

• H5N1 virus variant dominates confirmed cases, with Poland leading at 143 outbreaks, followed by Germany with 40 

• Wild bird infections continue spreading with 2,709 HPAI outbreaks logged across Europe in 2026, primarily involving H5N1

Other European bird flu posts:

October 2026

Hungary and Spain report cases of Newcastle disease.  (10/9)

Hungary reports 4th case of Newcastle disease in September.  (10/2)

September 2026

Hungary and Spain report cases of Newcastle disease.  (9/1(0

Poland reports case of Newcastle disease.  (9/15)

France and Bulgaria report cases of bird flu.  (9/11)

August 2026

Spain reports  cases of Newcastle disease.  (8/8)

UPDATE:  Newcastle disease in Europe. (8/5) 

Europe bird flu update from WATT Poultry.  (8/4)

July 2026

Spain reports 2 more cases of Newcastle disease.  (7/23=)

Long-term effects of bird flu on Gannet colonies in Scotland and Wales.  (7/4)

Spain reports 3 new cases of Newcastle Disease.  (7/3)

June 2026

France poultry news:  If its not bird flu killing chickens, its a monster heat wave. (6/26)

Sweden reports outbreak of bird flu.  (6/20)

Hatching eggs from Germany denied access into U.S. at Cincinnati Port of Entry due to bird flu concerns.  (6/14)

Germany reports 10 poultry flocks infected with Newcastle disease.  (6/11)

Multiple bird flu outbreaks in Poland.  (6/6)

May 2026

The Netherlands reports case of bird flu after a lull period.  (5/16)

Spain and Poland reports cases of Newcastle Disease.  (5/14)

France and Poland report outbreaks of bird flu.  (5/13)

Last week France eased bird flu restrictions. This week it reports 2 new outbreaks.  (5/1)

April 2026

Clinical trial of bird flu vaccine underway in United Kingdom.  (4/28)

With number of bird flu outbreaks decreasing, Netherlands drops housing order.  (4/26)

36 poultry farms in Poland have reported outbreaks of bird flu so far this month.  (4/22)

Germany, Spain, and Poland report additional cases of Newcastle disease

First human case of avian influenza reported in the European Union (Italy).  (4/13)

RSPB Bird and Wildlife Conservation Charity in United Kingdom recommends taking down bird feeders this summer.  (4/11)

Scotland bird flu news:  Bass Rock gannet population falls by almost a third since bird flu outbreak. (4/3)

Germany and Poland report multiple cases of Newcastle disease in poultry.  (4/1)

March 2026

23,000 pheasants depopulated in United Kingdom as result of bird flu outbreak.  (3/6)

February 2026

Bird flu likely cause of death of 24 swans in London.  (2/23)

Bird flu makes a return engagement to Poland and Hungary.  (2/10)

January 2026

10 European countries report 78 cases of bird flu during first 4 weeks of 2026.  (1/30)

11 European counties confirm cases of bird flu in since the start of the year.  (1/20)

Newcastle Disease, another highly contagious viral disease affecting birds, hit 4 flocks in Spain.  (1/12)

December 2025

Bird flu outbreaks continue apace in Europe.  (12/31)

Europe continues to deal with outbreaks of avian flu.  (12/24)

United Kingdom avian flu tally reaches 73 during 2025-26 season.  (12/22)

2025 avian flu tally in Europe:  654 outbreaks in 23 countries.  (12/17)

Patterns of avian flu outbreaks in Europe:  From farm to farm then, from wild birds to farms now.  (12/12)

November 2025

Widespread outbreaks of avian flu in Europe.  (11/17)

Avian flu taking a toll in Germany.  (11/13)

]5 swans die of avian flu in Bristol, England.  (11/11)

Germany reports 66 cases of avian flu since October 1.  (11/10)