State Legislature primaries set stage for November contests in Assembly, Senate

By: Erik Gunn

Outlets: Wisconsin Examiner

Published: August 12, 2026

Words: 1,952

Last Updated: 6 days, 6 hours ago

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Redistricting that has made many Wisconsin Assembly and Senate districts more competitive, combined with an unusually large number of retirements at the end of the current legislative session, set the stage for what may be the largest number of primary contests in recent history for seats in the Legislature in both the Republican and Democratic parties.

In what might be the only genuine upset, Milwaukee state Rep. Sylvia Ortiz-Velez lost her seat in Tuesday’s Democratic …

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