Wisconsin Fall Election Preview: Assembly District 44

Democratic incumbent vs. Republican challenger

Deb Kolste, Democratic incumbent

• Campaign website
• Facebook (435 likes) 
• Wisconsin Eye interview (8/26/2014)
• Cash on hand (as of 8/18/2014):   $13,506.29

Jacob Dorsey, Republican challenger

• Cash on hand (as of 8/18/2014): $1,118.18

On Tuesday, September 16, 2014, Dorsey dropped out of the race.  His name will remain on the ballot for the November 4th election.

'Insensitive' remarks prompt Dorsey to end Assembly campaign.  (Janesville Gazette, 9/16/2014)

44th Assembly District

Public library in the 44th Assembly District

Hedberg Public Library, Janesville

Academic library
UW-Rock County Library

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)