Two-Term State Assembly Rep Considers Run Against Career U.S. House Rep

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Petri (U.S. Congress)

Stroebel (Wisconsin State Legislature)

GOP assemblyman says he may run against Petri. (Appleton Post Crescent, 3/27/2014)

35 years and counting.   Petri, who was first elected to represent Wisconsin’s 6th Congressional District in 1979, will run in his 17th election this fall.

Tom Petri won a special election to the U.S. House of Representatives in April 1979 and has been re-elected ever since.

1. April 1979
2. November 1980
3. November 1982
4. November 1984
5. November 1986
6. November 1988
7. November 1990
8. November 1992
9. November 1994
10. November 1996
11. November 1998
12. November 2000
13. November 2002
14. November 2004
15. November 2006
16. November 2008
17. November 2010
18. November 2012
19. November 2014

I count 19 elections.