Who's Running for State Office in Wisconsin 2012: 96th Assembly District (General Election Edition)

Public libraries in the 96th Assembly District
Bekkum Memorial Library, Westby
Cashton Memorial Library
Gays Mills Public Library
Hillsboro Public Library
Lawton Memorial Library, La Farge
McIntosh Memorial Library, Viroqua
Ontario Public Library
Prairie du Chien Memorial Library
Readstown Public Library
Soldiers Grove Public Library

Redrawn district lines favor Nerison.  (Tomah Journal, 10/29/2012)
Old boundaries.

The Republican incumbent

Biography.   Born La Crosse, July 31, 1952; married; 3 children, 2 grandchildren. 

Graduate Viroqua H.S. 1970; UW-Madison Farm and Industry Short Course 1971. 

Farmer. Former dairy farmer. 

Member: Coon Valley Lions. Former member: Vernon Co-op Oil and Gas (bd. mbr., secretary); Viroqua FFA Alumni (reporter); Westby FFA Alumni; Church Council (vice pres., treasurer). 

Vernon Co. Board 1998-2006 (chairperson 2002-06). 

Elected to Assembly 2004; reelected since 2006.  (No primary opponent in 2010.  Won general election with 61% of the vote.)

The Democratic challenger:  Tom Johnson

Wisconsin Eye interview (10/19/2012)

Nerison, Johnson clash in debate.  (La Crosse Tribune, 10/10/2012)

Excerpt:     The candidates for the 96th District Assembly seat debated in front of a crowd of 75 to 100 at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. The district includes Vernon and Crawford counties and part of Monroe County.

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