Retiring Guy's Digest: 26th Wisconsin Senate District UPDATE: Kelda Roys wins Democratic primary

Thursday, August 13, 2020

26th Wisconsin Senate District UPDATE: Kelda Roys wins Democratic primary

Former Rep. Kelda Roys wins 26th Senate District race. (Wisconsin State Journal, 8/11/2020)

With no Republicans running for the district, Roys is poised to take the seat that Sen. Fred Risser — the longest serving lawmaker in the nation's history — has held for more than five decades.

"He has been our senator since long before I was born," Roys, who served four years on the state Assembly from 2009-13, said Tuesday. "I'm thrilled and incredibly honored. These are big shoes to fill and I promise that I will do my best."

Original 4/4/2020 post, "Who's running in the 26th Wisconsin Senate District now that Fred Risser is retiring after 64 years as a legislator?", starts here.

Photo credit: Wisconsin State Legislature

Reported in After six decades at Capitol, Madison Sen. Fred Risser announces his retirement. (Capital Times, 3/26/2020)

The 26th is a solidly Democratic district. No Republican need apply, as he or she will get crushed.

Map source: Ballotpedia

Kelda Roys to run for State Senate. (Media release, 3/27/2020)

A Madison native,, Kelda’s passion for public service was inspired by her mother, a social worker, father, a prosecutor, and stepfather, an environmental lawyer. Graduating from college in 3 years, while working full time during the last year to help pay for her education, Roys earned a B.A. magna cum laude in Politics, Drama, and Cultural Studies from NYU. In 2004, Roys earned a JD magna cum laude from UW Law School, where, as part of the Wisconsin Innocence Project, she helped pass landmark criminal justice reforms to prevent wrongful convictions.

Thursday, August 13, 2020

26th Wisconsin Senate District UPDATE: Kelda Roys wins Democratic primary

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