With elimination of GOP "packing" of the City of Kenosha, the district is likely to be a bit more competitive but will still lean blue. Democrat Ted Ohnstad won the 65th district by substantial margins and 2020 and 2022 and ran unopposed in 2012, 2014, 2016, and 2018.
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Headline: Kenosha News, 4/21/2024
Two more candidates from Kenosha have jumped into the race to fill Wisconsin’s 65th Assembly District seat, Brian Gonzales and Kyle Flood.
Earlier this year, longtime State Rep. Tod Ohnstad, D-Kenosha, said he will not seek re-election to the two-year seat in November. Gonzales, announced his candidacy for the seat on Friday.
A former Kenosha Police officer, he said he is “compelled to run for public office to help secure a safer and more stable future for the people of Wisconsin.”
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.On Saturday, former Kenosha Unified School Board member and local community organizer Flood announced his candidacy for the seat.
“Kyle will serve as the loudest voice in Madison for reasonable and data driven policy, while holding his colleagues accountable to constituent expectations of progress in a timely and transparent manner,” Flood’s campaign said in a prepared statement. “As your representative, Kyle Flood will always prioritize the issues you care about and will work with Democrats, Republicans and everyone in between to solve problems. He pledges to prioritize public education and supporting policy that increases affordability and values humanity. While solving the many problems faced by Wisconsin residents, Kyle will always defend your natural and constitutional rights and will work diligently to strengthen democracy and restore trust in our government.”
Democrat Ben DeSmidt has also announced his candidacy
Shortly after announcing his decision to retire last month, Ohnstad endorsed longtime local businessman and educator Ben DeSmidt.
“I think I’m uniquely qualified, being both a local businessman and an educator, to represent the diverse interests of the 65th Assembly district,” DeSmidt said in a statement. “Our state and our country are at critical points in our history, and I look forward to taking on the challenge of creating a better future for all our citizens.”
A Wisconsin native, DeSmidt joined the faculty of Carthage College in 2005, where he taught languages, literature and history. In 2015, he and a teaching colleague developed a grant-funded bridge program for underserved high school students in Kenosha and Racine, which expanded into a national program in 2022.
The new Senate and Assembly maps:
SD 1 and AD 1, 2, 3. (2/20/2024)
AD 1. (4/17/2024)
SD9 and AD 25, 26, 27. (2/22/2024)
AD51. (4/17/2024)
AD 53. (2/25/2024)
SD 20. (4/19/2024)
AD 62. (4/19/2024)
AD 66. (4/20/2024)
AD 68. (4/20/2024)
AD 87. (4/16/2024)
SD30 and AD 88, 89,90. (2/21/2024)
AD 90. (4/17/2024)
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