Hey, how are you?
I'm Steven Potter
a political reporter
with PBS Wisconsin news.
As the candidates will tell you
there's no shortage of issues in
this year's midterm elections:
Immigration
drug pricing
on manufacturing
and on agriculture
tough for small farms
Epstein files.
And for the voters in the
state's largely rural
7th Congressional District
in northern Wisconsin
there's also no shortage
of candidates.
On the Republican side
of the primary election ballot
there's five of them:
a financial planner
an accountant
a public relations executive
a marketing specialist
and a homebuilder.
On the Democratic side
there's an attorney
a former state lawmaker
and a small business owner.
Up first in this contest
voters will choose a candidate
from each political party in the
Aug. 11 primary election.
After that, the remaining
two candidates will have
a couple of months to
make their case to voters
before the general election
on Nov. 3.
Nationally, Republicans
are trying to hold on to
their majorities in the Senate
and the
U.S. House of Representatives.
So they very badly want
to lock down this seat
in the 7th district
and election experts expect
them to do so.
After all, in the 2024 election
voters in the 7th district
went for Republican
President Donald Trump
by a 20-point winning margin.
Because of that
many are watching this race
to see which Republican
wins the primary election.
So to learn more about
the five Republicans running
in this race and
to see my story about them
make your way over to
pbswisconsin.org
and click on the news tab.