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THE DISTRICT
The 61st Assembly District covers the southwestern Milwaukee villages of Greendale and Hales Corners and parts of Greenfield. It is a toss-up district.
THE NUTSHELL
This district features a rematch from 2022. Freshman Rep. Bob Donovan, R-Greenfield, will once again face off against Democrat LuAnn Bird, whom he defeated by just a few hundred voters. Donovan served on the Milwaukee Common Council for 20 years and ran for mayor in April 2022. In the Legislature, he serves as vice chair of the Assembly Committee on Local Government. He’s running for re-election because the district “needs a tested fighter for public safety and the interests of the common man, woman, and child, to bridge the gap between Madison and local governments,” according to his campaign website. Bird, who is a former executive director and lobbyist for the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin, is running because “extreme MAGA politicians are taking away women’s rights to reproductive health care” and “blocking common-sense gun safety laws that would save lives and make our communities safer,” according to her campaign website. The district is one to watch to see if Republicans can hold on to their Assembly majority.
PRIMARY RESULTS
Donovan won his Republican primary and will face Bird who didn’t have an opponent. It is a rematch of a 2022 contest.
CANDIDATE INTERVIEWS
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