The surprising announcement last month by Rep. Sean Duffy (R-WI) that he will resign from Congress on September 23 sets the stage for yet another special election in a Republican-held district that Democrats hope to flip from red to blue.
As the Wausua Daily Herald reported on August 30:
In a normally Republican stronghold, Democratic candidates are eyeing the 7th Congressional District after U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy announced he will be resigning next month.
Duffy, a Wausau-based Republican who has represented the district since 2011, said Monday he will be leaving Congress in September to spend more time with his growing family after learning his ninth child will be born with a heart defect.
Duffy will be replaced in a special election, for which Gov. Tony Evers has yet to set a date. Duffy said in a Monday Facebook post that he will step down on Sept. 23.
Several candidates from both the Democratic and Republican parties have expressed interest in the seat, but only Spencer Zimmerman has declared his candidacy. In an email, Zimmerman said he won’t decide which party he’ll represent until he knows who the Democratic presidential nominee appears to be.
Duffy’s announcement came just weeks before voters determine the results of the hard fought September 10 special election in North Carolina’s Ninth Congressional District. The seat has been empty since the 116th Congress convened in January, but was represented in the 115th Congress by a Republican, former Rep. Robert Pittenger (R-NC). The most recent polls in that district show the race between Republican Dan Bishop and Democrat Dan McCready is too close to call.
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THE SAME PEOPLE WHO SAID NO GUNS BECAUSE OF POLICE NOW WANT TO DEFUND THE POLICE!!!!
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They don't really care whether the truth gets out, because the public no longer knows what's meant by "the truth."
Well, I mean, no one can tell the difference anymore between what's real and what's fake.
Anyway, the point is, I can tell you all of this, right out in the open, because it doesn't matter who knows about it. They won't know whether to believe it or not.-
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A gun is a tool, Marion, no better or no worse than any other tool, an axe, a shovel or anything. A gun is as good or as bad as the man using it. Remember that.
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Jefferson Smith: You see, boys forget what their country means by just reading The Land of the Free in history books. Then they get to be men they forget even more. Liberty's too precious a thing to be buried in books, Miss Saunders. Men should hold it up in front of them every single day of their lives and say: I'm free to think and to speak. My ancestors couldn't, I can, and my children will. Boys ought to grow up remembering that . - MR Smith Goes To Washington-
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My oath to support and defend the constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic has no expiration date!!!
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