Wisconsin Fall Election Preview: Senate District 23

Republican incumbent vs. Democratic challenger

Terry Moulton, Republican incumbent

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• Cash on hand (as of 8/12/2014): $75,176.15

Phil Swanhorst, Democratic challenger

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• Facebook (347 likes)  
• Twitter (63 followers)
• Wisconsin Eye interview (9/19/2014)
• Cash on hand (as of 8/12/2014):   $14,583.81

23rd Senate District.  Includes all of Chippewa County and portions of Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire, Jackson, Marathon, and Trempealeau counties.

Related posts and notes:

1st Senate District  (9/6/2014)

• 1st Assembly District.  (8/26/2014)
• 2nd Assembly District.  2-term Republican Andre Jacque (De Pere) is running unopposed.
• 3rd Assembly District.  14-term Republican Al Ott (Forest Junction) is running unopposed.

2nd Senate District.  7-term Republican Rob Cowles (Green Bay) is not up for re-election this year.   Cowles also served in the Assembly from 1982 to 1987.

• 4th Assembly District.  (8/27/2014)
• 5th Assembly District.  (8/29/2014)
• 6th Assembly District.  4-term Republican Gary Tauchen (Bonduel) is running unopposed.

3rd Senate District:  3-term Democrat Tim Carpenter (Milwaukee) is running unopposed.

• 7th Assembly District. (9/2/2014)
• 8th Assembly District.  (9/3/2014)
• 9th Assembly District. 6-term Democrat Josh Zepnick (Milwaukee) is running unopposed.

4th Senate District.  Three-term Democrat Lena Taylor (Milwaukee) is not up for re-election this year.

• 10th Assembly District.  Democratic newcomer David Bowen (Milwaukee) won a 4-way Democratic primary and is running unopposed.
• 11th Assembly District.  Freshman Democrat Mandela Barnes (Milwaukee) is running unopposed.
• 12th Assembly District.   (9/4/2014)

5th Senate District (9/8/2014)

• 13th Assembly District.  Freshman Republican Rob Hutton (Brookfield) is running unopposed.
• 14th Assembly District.  2-term Republican Dale Kooyenga (Brookfield) is running unopposed. 
• 15th Assembly District. (9/5/2014)

6th Senate District.  Freshman Democrat Nikiya Harris Dodd (Milwaukee) is not up for re-election this year.

• 16th Assembly District.  11-term Democrat Leon Young (Milwaukee) is running unopposed.
• 17th Assembly District (sorry, somehow got lost in the shuffle; need to re-do)
• 18th Assembly District.  Freshman Democrat Evan Goyke (Milwaukee) is running unopposed.

7th Senate District.  (9/9/2014)

• 19th Assembly District (9/12/2014)
• 20th Assembly District (9/13/2014)
• 21st Assembly District.  Freshman Republican Jessie Rodriguez (Franklin) is running unopposed

8th Senate District.  6-term Republican Alberta Darling (River Hills) is not up for re-election this year.   Darling also served 2 1/2 years in the Assembly (May 1990-January 1993)

• 22nd Assembly District.  (9/14/2014) 
• 23rd Assembly District.  (9/16/2014)
• 24th Assembly District.  3-term Republican Dan Knodl (Germantown) is running unopposed.

9th Senate District.  (9/15/2014)

• 25th Assembly District.  Freshman Republican Paul Tittl (Manitowoc) is running unopposed. 
• 26th Assembly District.  (9/16/2014) 
• 27th Assembly District.  (9/18/2014) 

10th Senate District.  4-term Republican Sheila Harsdorf (River Falls) is not up for re-election this year.  Harsdorf also served 12 years in the Assembly (1989-2001)

• 28th Assembly District.  (9/19/2014)
• 29th Assembly District.   4-term Republican John Murtha (R-Baldwin) is running unopposed.
• 30th Assembly District.   (9/20/2014) 

11th Senate District.  (9/22/2014)

• 31st Assembly District.  2-term Republican Amy Loudenbeck (Clinton) is running unopposed. 
• 32nd Assembly District.  (9/21/2014)
• 33rd Assembly District.  Republican candidate Cody Horlacker (Mukwanago) is running unopposed.

12th Senate District.  First-term Republican Tom Tiffany (Town  of Little Rice) is not up for re-election this year.  (Tiffany also served in the Assembly for 2 years -- 2011-2013.)

• 34th Assembly District.  Freshman Republican Rob Swearingen (Rhinelander) is running opposed.
• 35th Assembly District.  Freshman Republican Mary Czaja (Irma) is running unopposed.
• 36th Assembly District.  5-term Republican Jeff Mursau (Crivitz) is running unopposed.

13th Senate District.  (9/23/2014)

• 37th Assembly District.  (9/24/2014) 
• 38th Assembly District.  (9/25/2014) 
• 39th Assembly District.  (9/26/2014) 

14th Senate District.  3-term Republican Luther Olsen (Ripon) is not up for re-election this year.  (Olsen also served 10 years in the Assembly, first elected in 1994.)

• 40th Assembly District.  4-term Republican Keith Peterson (Waupaca) is running unopposed.
• 41st Assembly District.  (9/27/2014) 
• 42nd Assembly District.  (9/28/2014) 

15th Senate District.  (9/29/2014) 

• 43rd Assembly District (9/30/2014) 
• 44th Assembly District (10/1/2014)
• 45th Assembly District.  Democratic candidate Mark Spreitzer (Beloit) is running unopposed. 

16th Senate District.  3-term Democrat Mark Miller (Monona) is not up for re-election this year.  (Miller also served 6 years in the Assembly -- 1999-2005.) 

• 46th Assembly District.  5-term Democrat Gary Hebl (Sun Prairie) is running unopposed. 
• 47th Assembly District.  (10/2/2014)
• 48th Assembly District.  Freshman Democrat Melissa Agard Sargent (Madison) is running unopposed.

  
17th Senate District.  (10/3/2014)

• 49th Assembly District.  (10/4/2014)
• 50th Assembly District.  (10/5/2014)
• 51st Assembly District.  (10/6/2014) 

18th Senate District.   Freshman Republican Rick Gudex (Fond du Lac) is not up for re-election this year.

• 52nd Assembly District.  2-term Republican Jeremy Thiesfeldt (Fond du Lac) is running unopposed. 
• 53rd Assembly District.  Freshman  Republican Michael Schraa (Oshkosh) is running unopposed. 
• 54th Assembly District.  (10/7/2014)

 19th Senate District.  (10/8/2014)

• 55th Assembly District.  (10/9/2014)
• 56th Assembly District.  Freshman Republican Dave Murphy (Greenville) is running unopposed. 
• 57th Assembly District.  (10/10/2014) 

20th Senate District.  2-term Republican Glenn Grothman (West Bend) is not up for re-election this year.  Grothman is, however, running for the open seat in Wisconsin's 6th Congressional District.

• 58th Assembly District.  Republican candidate Bob Gannon (Slinger) is running unopposed to replace Pat Strochota (R-West Bend).
• 59th Assembly District.  Republican candidate Jesse Kremer (Kewaskum) is running unopposed to replace Dan LeMahieu (R-Cascade).
• 60th Assembly District.  Republican candidate Robert Brooks (Saukville) is running unopposed to replace Duey Stroebel (R-Cedarburg), who unsuccessful ran for Wisconsin 6th Congressional District. 

21st Senate District.  (10/14/2014)

• 61st Assembly District.  7-term Republican Samantha Kerkman (Town of Randall) is running unopposed.
• 62nd Assembly District.  Freshman Republican Tom Weatherston (Racine) is running unopposed. 
• 63rd Assembly District.  (10/10/2014)

 

22nd Senate District.  5-term Democrat Bob Wirch (Kenosha) is not up for re-election this year.  (Wirch also served 4 years in the Assembly.)

• 64th Assembly District.  7-term Democrat and Minority Leader Peter Barca (Kenosha) is running unopposed.
• 65th Assembly District.  Freshman Democrat Tod Ohnstad (Kenosha) is running unopposed.
• 66th Assembly District.  4-term Democratic incumbent vs. Libertarian challenger.