%INCUMBENT U.S. SENATOR RON
%JOHNSON FOR AN INTERVIEW.
%DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES FOR THE
%THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
%MADE THEIR CASE TO WEST CENTRAL
%WISCONSIN VOTERS THIS WEEK.
%DEBATE PARTNERS INCLUDED
%WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO.
%THE SEAT IS UP FOR GRABS
%FOLLOWING RON KIND'S
%ANNOUNCEMENT THAT HE'S STEPPING
%DOWN.
%TAKE A LISTEN TO MODERATOR
%ANTHONY CHERGOSKY EXPLAIN THE
%RACE.
%>> OUT OF ALL THE 435 SEATS IN
%THE U.S. HOUSE OF
%REPRESENTATIVES, THIS UPCOMING
%ELECTION IN THIS SEAT HERE IN
%WISCONSIN IS ABSOLUTELY ONE OF
%THE MOST CLOSELY WATCHED IN THE
%NATION.
%CONGRESSMAN RON KIND HAS
%ANNOUNCED HIS INTENTION TO
%RETIRE AT THE END OF HIS CURRENT
%TERM IN OFFICE, AND DEREK VAN
%ORDEN IS THE ONLY CANDIDATE IN
%THE RACE ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE
%TO BE HIS PARTY'S NOMINEE IN
%THIS NOVEMBER'S ELECTION.
%ALL OF THAT BRINGS US HERE TODAY
%TO THE CAMPUS OF THE UNIVERSITY
%OF WISCONSIN-LACROSSE.
%WE HAVE THE FOUR DEMOCRATIC
%PARTY CANDIDATES WITH US WHO ARE
%COMPETING IN THE UPCOMING
%PRIMARY ELECTION ON AUGUST 9TH.
%AND EACH CANDIDATE IS SEEKING TO
%BE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S
%NOMINEE IN THE NOVEMBER
%ELECTION.
%THE CANDIDATES JOINING US ARE
%REBECCA COOKE, MARK NEWMAN, DEB
%MCGRATH, AND BRAD PFAFF.
%>> YOU CAN HEAR THE ENTIRE
%DEBATE AT WPR.ORG/ELECTON 22.