UPDATE. The Shae Sortwell compensation chronicles: "Can I show you my....?"

Reported in GOP lawmaker displayed holstered gun to Democratic aide in area of Capitol where weapons are banned, (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5/23/2019)

Related reading:
Compensation and defense mechanism.  (Very Well Mind, 5/8/2019)

Original 11/16/2018 post, "Wisconsin 2018 elections UPDATE:  Who won in 2nd Wisconsin Assembly District", starts here.

Shae Shortwell (R-Two Rivers) wins easily.  He replaces Andre Jacques (R-De Pere), who was elected to the 1st State Senate District.

Source:  Ballotpedia

The art of the Wisconsin GOP gerrymander

Source:  Ballotpedia

8/15/2018 primary update starts here.

Source:  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Wisconsin primary: Shae Sortwell prevails in the Republican race in the state's 2nd Assembly District.  (Green Bay Press Gazette, 8/15/2018)


Original 6/3/2018 post starts here.

Current rep Andre Jacques is running in a special election for an open seat in the 1st State Senate District.

Crowded field of candidates vying for André Jacque's Assembly seat.  (Herald Times Reporter, 6/2/2018)

A mix of northeast Wisconsin Republican, Democrat and alternative-party candidates are vying for an open seat in the state Legislature.

For more information:

• Dean Raasch State Assembly
• Shae Sortwell for 2nd Assembly (Facebook)
• (Mark Grams) Two Rivers man to run for Assembly.  (Herald Times Reporter, 6/17/2016)
• Kevin Bauer for 2nd District Wisconsin Assembly
• Jeff Dahlke for Assembly

Related posts:
17 Democratic and 4 Republican incumbents running unopposed in state legislature races.  (6/5/2018)
1st Assembly District.  (11/16/2018 election update)
2nd Assembly District.  (11/16/2018 election update)
3rd Assembly District.  (6/11/2018)
4th Assembly District.  (6/12/2018)
5th Assembly District.  (6/12/2018)
6th Assembly District.  (8/15/2018 primary update)
7th Assembly District.  (6/14/2018)
8th Assembly District.  (6/15/2018)
9th Assembly District.  (8/15/2018 primary update)
12th Assembly District.  (6/16/2018 primary update)
13th Assembly District.  (6/16/2018)
14th Assembly District.  (8/15/2018 primary update)
15th Assembly District.  (6/17/2018)
16th Assembly District.  (8/15/2018 primary update)
18th Assembly District.  (8/15/2018 primary update)
21st Assembly District.  (6/19/2018)
22nd Assembly District.  (6/19/2018)
23rd Assembly District.  (8/16/2018 primary update)
24th Assembly District.  (6/20/2018)
25th Assembly District.  (6/21/2018)
26th Assembly District.  (6/21/2018)
27th Assembly District.  (6/22/2018)
28th Assembly District.  (6/22/2018)
29th Assembly District.  (6/23/2018)
30th Assembly District.  (6/23/2018)
31st Assembly District.  (6/24/2018)
32nd Assembly District.  (6/24/2018)
33rd Assembly District.  (6/25/2018)
34th Assembly District.  (6/25/2018)
35th Assembly District.  (6/26/2018)
36th Assembly District.  (6/26/2018)
37th Assembly District.  (6/27/2018)
38th Assembly District.  (6/27/2018)
39th Assembly District.  (6/28/2018)
40th Assembly District.  (6/28/2018)
41st Assembly District.  (6/29/2018)
42nd Assembly District.  (6/29/2018)
43rd Assembly District.  (6/30/2018)
45th Assembly District.  (6/30/2018)
49th Assembly District.  (7/5/2018)
50th Assembly District.  (7/5/2018)
51st Assembly District.  (7/9/2018)
52nd Assembly District.  (7/9/2018)
53rd Assembly District.  (7/10/2018)
55th Assembly District.  (7/10/2018)
56th Assembly District.  (8/16/2018 primary update)
58th Assembly District.  (7/11/2018)
59th Assembly District.  (8/16/2018 primary update)
60th Assembly District.  (9/17/2018 update)
61st Assembly District.  (7/13/2018)
62nd Assembly District.  (8/16/2018 primary update)
63rd Assembly District.  (7/14/2018)
64th Assembly District.  (7/14/2018)
67th Assembly District.  (7/15/2018)
68th Assembly District.  (7/15/2018)
69th Assembly District.  (7/16/2018)
70th Assembly District.  (7/16/2018)
72nd Assembly District.  (7/17/2018)
74th Assembly District.  (7/17/2018)
75th Assembly District.  (7/18/2018)
77th Assembly District.  (8/16/2018 primary update)
82nd Assembly District.  (7/19/2018)
83rd Assembly District.  (7/19/2018)
84th Assembly District.  (7/20/2018)
85th Assembly District.  (7/20/2018)
86th Assembly District.  (8/16/2018 primary update)
87th Assembly District.  (8/16/2018 primary update)
88th Assembly District.  (7/22/2018)
89th Assembly District.  (7/22/2018)
91st Assembly District.  (8/16/2018 primary update)
92nd Assembly District.  (8/16/2018 primary update)
93rd Assembly District.  (7/23/2018)
94th Assembly District.  (7/24/2018)
96th Assembly District.  (8/16/2018 primary update)

5th Senate District.  (6/5/2018)
7th Senate District.  (6/5/2018)
9th Senate District.  (6/6/2018)
13th Senate District. (6/6/2018)
17th Senate District.  (6/7/2018)
19th Senate District.  (8/15/2018 primary update)
21st Senate District.  (6/8/2018)
23rd Senate District.  (6/8/2018)
25th Senate District.  (6/9/2018)
27th Senate District.  (6/9/2018)
29th Senate District.  (6/10/2018)
31st Senate District.  (8/15/2018 primary update)

Population loss in rural Kansas: Allen County

As in major -- 50% or more.

Source:  Wikipedia (Allen County, Iola)

Iola is the county seat of Allen County.

Population loss by degrees:  80-89%, 70-79%, 60-69%, 50-59%.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts

Percentage of population 25 and older with a bachelor's degree:

• 19.2% - Allen County
• 32.3% - Kansas
• 30.9% - U.S.

Percentage of population 65 and older:

• 20.2% - Allen County
• 15.4% - Kansas
• 15.6% - U.S.

The last time Allen County voted for a Democratic candidate for president was in 1964, when LBJ beat Barry Goldwater by 8.5 percentage points.  In 1968, third-party candidate George Wallace received 8.6% of the vote.  

Iola Public Library

Other Kansas population loss posts:
West
Cheyenne County/St. Francis.  (5/10/2019)
Rawlins County/Atwood.  (5/10/2019)
Decatur County/Oberlin.  (5/11/2019)
Sheridan County/Hoxie.  (5 /12/2019)
Gove County/Gove City.  (5/12/2019)
Lane County/Dighton.  (5/12/2019)

West central
Clark County/Ashland. (5/13/2019)
Hodgeman County/Jetmore.  (5/13/2019)
Ness County/Ness City.  (5 /13/2019)
Trego County/WaKeeney.  (5/13/2019)
Graham County/Hill City.  (5/13/2019)
Norton County/Norton.  (5/13/2019)
Phillips County/Phillipsburg.  (5/14/2019)
Rooks County/Plainville.  (5/14/2019)
Edwards County/Kinsley.  (5/14/2019)
Kiowa County/Greensburg.  (5/14/2019)
Comanche County/Coldwater.  (5/15/2019)
Barber County/Medicine Lodge.  (5/15/2019)
Stafford County/St. John.  (5/16/2019)
Osborne County/Osborne.  (5/17/2019)
Smith County/Smith Center.  (5/17/2019)

East central
Jewell County/Mankato.  (5/18/2019)
Mitchell County/Beloit.  (5/18/2019)
Lincoln County/Lincoln Center.  (5/18/2019)
Harper County/Anthony.  (5/19/2019
Ottawa County/Minneapolis.  (5/18/2019)
Cloud County/Concordia.  (5/19/2019)
Republic County/Belleville.  (5/19/2019)
Washington County/Washington.  (5/19/2019)
Clay County/Clay Center.  (5/19/2019)
Chase County/Cottonwood Falls.  (5/20/2019)
Morris County/Council Grove.  (5/20/2019)

East
Marshall County/Marysville.  (5/20/2019)
Greenwood County/Eureka.  (5/21/2019)
Elk County/Howard.  (5/22/2019)
Chautauqua County/Sedan.  (5/22/2019)
Wilson County/Fredonia.  (5/23/2019)
Woodson County/Yates Center.  (5/23/2019)
Coffey County/Burlington.  (5/23/2019)
Nemaha County/Seneca.  (5/24/2019)

Other population loss series:
Detroit metro.
Iowa.
Nebraska.
Ohio.
Pennsylvania.

Population loss in rural Kansas: Nemaha County

As in major -- 50% or more.

Source:  Wikipedia (Nemaha County, Seneca)

Seneca is the county seat of Nemaha County.

Population loss by degrees:  80-89%, 70-79%, 60-69%, 50-59%.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts

Percentage of population 25 and older with a bachelor's degree:

• 23.7% - Nemaha County
• 32.3% - Kansas
• 30.9% - U.S.

Percentage of population 65 and older:

• 20.0% - Nemaha County
• 15.4% - Kansas
• 15.6% - U.S.

The last time Nemaha County voted for a Democratic candidate for president was in 1964, when LBJ beat Barry Goldwater by 15.3 percentage points.  In 1968, third-party candidate George Wallace received 10.5% of the vote.  

Seneca Public Library District

Related reading:

Home on the Range: Aging in Place in Rural Kansas.  (Online Journal of Rural Research and Policy, 2006) 

Since Kansas is not a The Online Journal of Rural Research and Policy Issue 3: June 30, 2006 15 typical retirement destination state (having only Nemaha County which qualifies as a retirement destination county in 2000) this increase will be aging in place. In other words, it will be the progress of the population currently between 30 and 55 to retirement age

Other Kansas population loss posts:
West
Cheyenne County/St. Francis.  (5/10/2019)
Rawlins County/Atwood.  (5/10/2019)
Decatur County/Oberlin.  (5/11/2019)
Sheridan County/Hoxie.  (5 /12/2019)
Gove County/Gove City.  (5/12/2019)
Lane County/Dighton.  (5/12/2019)

West central
Clark County/Ashland. (5/13/2019)
Hodgeman County/Jetmore.  (5/13/2019)
Ness County/Ness City.  (5 /13/2019)
Trego County/WaKeeney.  (5/13/2019)
Graham County/Hill City.  (5/13/2019)
Norton County/Norton.  (5/13/2019)
Phillips County/Phillipsburg.  (5/14/2019)
Rooks County/Plainville.  (5/14/2019)
Edwards County/Kinsley.  (5/14/2019)
Kiowa County/Greensburg.  (5/14/2019)
Comanche County/Coldwater.  (5/15/2019)
Barber County/Medicine Lodge.  (5/15/2019)
Stafford County/St. John.  (5/16/2019)
Osborne County/Osborne.  (5/17/2019)
Smith County/Smith Center.  (5/17/2019)

East central
Jewell County/Mankato.  (5/18/2019)
Mitchell County/Beloit.  (5/18/2019)
Lincoln County/Lincoln Center.  (5/18/2019)
Harper County/Anthony.  (5/19/2019
Ottawa County/Minneapolis.  (5/18/2019)
Cloud County/Concordia.  (5/19/2019)
Republic County/Belleville.  (5/19/2019)
Washington County/Washington.  (5/19/2019)
Clay County/Clay Center.  (5/19/2019)
Chase County/Cottonwood Falls.  (5/20/2019)
Morris County/Council Grove.  (5/20/2019)

East
Marshall County/Marysville.  (5/20/2019)
Greenwood County/Eureka.  (5/21/2019)
Elk County/Howard.  (5/22/2019)
Chautauqua County/Sedan.  (5/22/2019)
Wilson County/Fredonia.  (5/23/2019)
Woodson County/Yates Center.  (5/23/2019)
Coffey County/Burlington.  (5/23/2019)

Other population loss series:
Detroit metro.
Iowa.
Nebraska.
Ohio.
Pennsylvania.

Greetings from Trump's America, Pike County, Missouri, where farmers speak about climate change in their own language

Photo credit:  City of Clarksville, MO

Reported in In Flood-Hit Midwest, Mayors See Climate Change as a Subject Best Avoided.  (The New York Times, 5/15/2019)

Source:  Wikipedia (Pike County, Bowling Green)

Source:  U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts

 Percentage of population 25 and older with a bachelor's degree:

• 15.5% - Pike County
• 28.2% - Missouri
• 30.9% - U.S.

Percentage of population 65 and older:

• 17.2% - Pike County
• 16.5% - Missouri
• 15.6% - U.S.

Source:  Wikipedia

Votes for 3rd party candidates:  20.1% in 1992, 14.8% in 1996, 4.7% in 2016

(George Wallace received 11.4% of the vote in 1968.)

Other Trump's America posts:
Alabama
Autauga County.  (6/29/2017)
Bibb County.  (11/10/2017)
Covington County. (11/11/2017)
Dale County.  (12/12/2017)
Geneva County.  (11/11/2017)
Marion County.  (11/11/2017)

Arizona
8th congressional district.  (4/25/2018)

Arkansas
Faulkner County.  (3/20/2018)
Mississippi County.  (3/19/2018)
Woodruff County.  (3/26/2018)

California
Mesa County.  (7/20/2017)
Shasta County.  (7/4/2017

Colorado
Morgan County.  (4/25/2017)

Florida
Citrus County.  (3/5/2017)
DeSoto County,.  (9/9/2017)
Pinellas County.   (3/14/2019)

Idaho
Kootenai County.  (9/25/2017)

Illinois
Effingham County.  (2/15/2018)
Franklin County.  (2/27/2017)
Jersey County.  (5/12/2019)
Jo Daviess County.  (5/13/2018)
Knox County.  (5/13/2018)
McHenry County.  (2/5/2017)
Perry County.  (5/8/2017)
Stephenson County.  (5/13/2018)
Whiteside County.  (5/13/2018)
16th Congressional District.  (3/26/2017)

Indiana
Dearborn County.  (3/16/2019)
Franklin County.  (3/16/2019)
Granger.  (3/26/2017)
Hendricks County.  (10/1/2017)
Howard County.  (3/19/2019)
Huntington County.  (4/27/2017)
Jefferson County.  (3/10/2018)
Madison County.  (3/16/2019)
Posey County.  (10/21/2017)
Scott County,.  (10/21/2017)
Union County.  (3/16/2019)
Vigo County.  (3/15/2019)
Wayne County.  (3/16/2019)

Iowa
Adair County.  (9/16/2018)
Adams County.  (9/16/2018)
Allamakee County.  (7/31/2018)
Appanoose County.  (8/4/2018)
Audubon County.  (4/26/2019)
Benton County.  (8/2/2018)
Boone County.  (1/15/2017)
Bremer County.  (8/2/2018)
Buchanan County.  (8/2/2018)
Butler County. (8/6/2018)
Calhoun County.  (9/6/2018)
Cass County.  (4/3/2018)
Cedar County.  (7/31/2018)
Cerro Gordo County.  (8/6/2018)
Cherokee County.  (4/29/2019)
Chickasaw County.  (8/2/2018)
Clarke County.  (8/8/2018)
Clayton County.  (7/31/2018)
Clinton County.   (10/15/2017)
Davis County.  (8/3/2018)
Decatur County.  ( 7/5/2018)
Delaware County.  (7/31/2018)
Des Moines County.  (8/1/2018)
Emmet County.  (8/19/2018)
Fayette County.  (8/2/2018)
Floyd County.  (9/25/2018 update)
Franklin County, (8/14/2017)
Fremont County.  (3/24/2019)
Greene County.  (9/6/2018)
Guthrie County.  (9/16/2018)
Hamilton County.  (4/2/2018)
Hancock County. (8/7/2018)
Hardin County.  (4/2/2018)
Henry County.  (7/9/2018)
Howard County.  (8/2/2018)
Ida County.  (4/28/2019)
Iowa County.  (8/2/2018)
Jasper County.  (8/5/2018)
Jefferson County.  (8/1/2018)
Keokuk County.  (8/2/2018)
Kossuth County.  (8/18/2018)
Lee County.  (8/1/2018)
Louisa County.  (8/1/2018)
Lucas County.  (8/5/2018)
Lyon County.  (4/2/2018)
Madison County.  (8/8/2018)
Marion County.  (5/23/2017)
Mitchell County.  (8/7/2018)
Monona County.  (4/27/2019)
Monticello County.  (1/13/2017)
Muscatine County.  (8/1/2018)
Palo Alto County.  (9/6/2018)
Pocahontas County.  (9/6/2018)
Poweshiek and Webster counties.  (2/7/2017)
Ringgold County.  (8/8/2018)
Sac County.  (4/28/2019)
Sioux County.  (8/26/2018 update)
Tama County.  (7/6/2018)
Taylor County.  (9/16/2018)
Union County.  (9/10/2017)
Van Buren County.  (4/25/2019)
Wapello County.  (8/3/2018)
Washington County.  (4/2/2018)
Wayne County.  (8/5/2018)
Webster County.  (8/9/2018)
Winnebago County. (12/17/2017)
Winneshiek County.  (8/2/2018)
Worth County. (8/7/2018)
Wright County.  (8/8/2017)

Kansas
Clark County.  (3/21/2017)
Comanche County. (12/22/2018)
Doniphan County.  (3/27/2019)
Mitchell County.  (1/29/2017)
Sumner County.  (10/1/2017)

Kentucky
Bell County.  (6/4/2018)
Hancock County,.  (10/21/2017)
Jackson County.  (12/9/2017)
Knox and Whitley counties.  (2/17/2017)
Lee County.  (12/9/2017)
Letcher County.  (6/29/2017)
Martin County.  (3/22/2018)
Perry County.  (10/10/2017)
Rowan County.  (6/4/2018)

Louisiana
Calcasieu Parish,.  (5/22/2017)
St. Martin Parish.  (4/26/2017)

Maine
Piscataquis County.  (7/3/2017)

Michigan
Lake County.  (9/16/2018)
Macomb County.  (11/29/2017)
Monroe County.  (3/9/2019)
St. Joseph County.  (6/5/2017)

Minnesota
Chisago County.  (6/20/2018)
Itasca County.  (5/12/2018)
Lac qui Parle County.  (7/2/2017)
Mower County.  (5/12/2018)
Nobles County.  (1/26/2018)

Mississippi
Pontotoc County.  (7/19/2017)

Missouri
Atchison County.  (3/25/2019)
Butler County.  (7/22/2018)
Holt County.  (3/25/2019)
New Madrid County.  (4/23/2019)

Nebraska
Boyd County.  (4/14/2019)
Burt County.  (3/27/2019)
Keya Paha.  (4/14/2019)
Knox County.  (3/28/2019)
Nemaha County.  (3/27/2019)
Richardson County.  (3/27/2019)
Sioux County.  (12/22/2018)

New Jersey
7th Congressional District.  (4/14/2017)

New York
Broome County.  (2/14/2019)
Cayuga County.  (2/13/2019)
Cortland County.  (2/14/2019)
Essex County.  (11/29/2017 update)
Franklin County. (2/9/2019)
Fulton County.  (2/10/2019)
Herkimer County.  (2/10/2019)
Orange County.  (2/15/2019)
Oswego County.  (2/11/2019)
Otsego County.  (2/12/2019)
Putnam County.  (2/27/2018)
Renssalaer County.  (2/13/2019)
St. Lawrrence County.  (2/8/2019)
Seneca County.  (2/14/2019)
Sullivan County.  (2/15/2019)
Warren County.  (2/11/2019)
Washington County.  (2/11/2019)
19th Congressional District.  (3/26/2017)

North Carolina
Robeson County.  (12/1/2017)
Union County.  (3/9/2017)

North Dakota
Sargent County.  (10/22/2017)

Ohio
Adams County.  (12/9/2017)
Ashtabula County.  (2/18/2019)
Belmont County.  (7/17/2018)
Columbiana County,  (12/11/2017)
Coshocton County. (3/6/2019)
Defiance County.  (3/21/2017)
Erie County.  (3/5/2019)
Gallia County.  (2/23/2019)
Guernsey County.  (2/27/2019)
Highland County.   (3/19/2017)
Huron County.  (6/19/2017)
Jackson County.  (6/6/2017)
Jefferson County.  (2/20/2019)
Lawrence County.  (2/25/2018)
Marion County.  (7/14/2018)
Meigs County.  (2/22/2019)
Morgan County.  (10/10/2017)
Muskingum County.  (2/26/2019)
Ottawa County. (3/5/2019)
Portage County.  (3/7/2019)
Sandusky County.  (3/5/2019)
Shelby County.  (3/2/2018)
Trumbull County.  (4/3/2017)
Van Wert County.  (4/12/2017)
Wayne County.  (5/6/2018)

Williams County.  (3/21/2017)
Wood County.  (3/6/2019)
Wyandot County.  (5/4/2018)

Oklahoma

Bryan County.  (5/5/2017)
Nowata County.  (5/5/2018)
Osage County/Fairfax.  (5/12/2019)

Oregon

Douglas County.  (5/17/2017)

Pennsylvania

Beaver County.  (2/8/2019)
Blair County/Altoona.  (4/28/2019)
Cambria County/Johnstown.  (6/3/2017)

Dauphin County. (4/22/2017)
Elk County.  (3/24/2019)

Erie County.  (10/11/2018 update)
Fayette County.  (7/25/2018)

Greene County.  (5/3/2017)
Lawrence County.  (2/5/2019)

UPDATE. Luzerne County.  (1/14/2017)
Mercer County.  (2/9/2019)

Northampton County.  (7/20/2017)
Old Forge (Lackawanna County).  3/18/2019)
Warren County.  (3/24/2019)
Wayne County.  (3/1/2018)

Williamsport.  (1/24/2017)

8th Congressional District.  (4/18/2017)

South Carolina

Spartanburg County.  (6/5/2017)

South Dakota

Lawrence County,.  (4/27/2017)

Tennessee
Campbell County.  (12/10/2017)
Lake County.  (12/22/2018)
Marion County.  (4/1/2017)
Maury County.  (10/31/2017)
Roane County.  (5/1/2018)
Union County.  (5/30/2017)

Texas
Gaines County.  (4/26/2017)
Shackelford County.  (2/26/2018)

Washington
Grays Harbor County.  (8/20/2017)

West Virginia
Berkeley County.  (3/25/2018)
Boone County.  (3/23/2018)
Brooke County.  (3/17/2019)
Cabell County.  (8/4/2017)
Doddridge County.  (3/19/2019)
Fayette County.  (1/24/2017)
Greenbrief County.  (12/14/2018)
Hancock County. (3/17/2019)
Harrison County.  (3/19/2019)
Jackson County.  (6/18/2017)
Lincoln County.  (3/21/2019)
Logan County.  (3/21/2019)
Marion County.  (3/18/2019)
Marshall County.  (2/7/2018)
Mason County.  (12/16/2017)
McDowell County.  (7/10/2017)
Mercer County.  (3/20/2019)
Mingo County.  (3/25/2018)
Summers County.  (3/25/2018)
Wayne County.  (3/24/2018)
Wetzel County.  (3/19/2019)
Wood County.  (1/15/2019)
Wyoming County.  (3/20/2019)

Wisconsin
6th congressional district.  (1/27/2018)
Adams County.  (2/6/2017)
Buffalo County.  (3/19/2017)
Burnett County.  (2/24/2018)
Clark County,.  (8/13/2018)
Crawford County.  (5/14/2018)
Fond du Lac County.  (3/7/2018)
Grant County.  (5/16/2018)
Green Lake County.  (1/26/2018)
Jackson County.  (3/8/2018)
Johnson Creek.  (1/21/2017)
Juneau County.  (2/23/2017)
Lafayette County.  (5/16/2018)
Manitowoc County.  (8/10/2017)
Monroe County.  (3/8/2018)
Oconto County.  (7/24/2018)
Oneida County.  (4/24/2017)
Pepin County.  (12/21/2017)
Price County.  (12/23/2018 update)
Richland County.  (11/10/2017)
Sauk County.  (5/14/2018)
Sawyer County.  (3/20/2017)
Taylor County.  (12/23/2018 update)
Vernon County.  (5/14/2018)
Waushara County.  (2/6/2017)
Winnebago County.  (11/27/2017)
Wood County.  (3/8/2018)