Who's Running for State Office in Wisconsin 2012: 47th Assembly District (General Election Edition)

47th Assembly District

Public libraries in the new 47th Assembly District
E. D. Locke Public Library, McFarland
Fitchburg Public Library
Madison Public Library (service area)
Monona Public Library

Keith Ripp (R-Lodi) is the current representative in the 47th.  He is running for re-election in the 42nd, a seat  now held by Fred Clark (D-Baraboo), who is running in the 81st.

An open seat, in other words.

The Republican Candidate

Sandy Bakk

Sandy Bakk Announces Candidacy for Wisconsin Assembly 47th District.  (Monona Herald-Independent, 6/29/2012)

Bakk ran and lost for the Dane County Supervisor  District 34 seat.



District 47 candidate Bakk files complaint against opponent.  (Monona Herald-Independent, 9/26/2012)


The Democratic Candidate:  Robb Kahl

Robb Kahl defeated Amanda Hall in the August 14th primary with 67% of the vote.   (Another dang Ballotpedia database error.)

Robb Kahl's Assembly Bid.  (The Monona Rag, 4/25/2012)

Excerpt:     Robb Kahl is making a bid for the Wisconsin assembly in the newly restructured 47th district. The move isn’t a shocker, but many were surprised that Kahl is running as a democrat. In Kahl’s time as Monona’s mayor, he worked to avoid saying what ‘party’ he was part of. But many saw him as a moderate conservative. There were rumors he was trying to land a job with the Walker administration. He donated money to republican Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen. But a few rumors and contributions don’t necessarily paint a full picture. Thus, Kahl is running as a democrat and pulling in lots of endorsements from local party leaders (Monona Mayor Bob Miller, former Madison Mayor Dave Cieselwicz, and Senator John Erpenbach – to name a few).

Wisconsin Eye interview

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