LISTEN: State Assembly candidates on the Civic Media airwaves
Featuring Joe Sheehan, Duane Shukoski, LuAnn Bird, Yee Leng Xiong, Steve Doyle, Jodi Emerson, Alison Page, Joe Plouff, Christian Phelps and more.
The Recombobulation Area is a thirteen-time Milwaukee Press Club award-winning weekly opinion column and online publication founded by longtime Milwaukee journalist Dan Shafer. The Recombobulation Area is now part of Civic Media.
We’re getting closer and closer to Election Day, early voting is now well underway, and there’s a whole lot going on in and around Wisconsin.
With new, fairer maps, there so many more competitive elections happening down ballot in the Wisconsin State Legislature. At The Recombobulation Area and Civic Media, we have put together a comprehensive, district-by-district preview of every race in both the Senate and Assembly, and you can see that full guide here at civicmedia.us/voter-guide.
Many of the candidates running in these races have also made appearances on Civic Media radio shows and podcasts. We’re rounding up a few of them here. Each link will take you to the Civic Media page where you can listen to the full episode, and we’ve also embedded podcasts and videos where we can below.
Assembly District 26: Joe Sheehan
Assembly District 53: Duane Shukoski
Assembly District 61: LuAnn Bird
Oct. 22 on “The Dom Salvia Show” (22:30)
Oct. 16 on “Matenaer On Air” (22:55)
Assembly District 85: Yee Leng Xiong
Assembly District 94: Steve Doyle
Assembly District 30: Alison Page
Assembly District 91: Jodi Emerson
Assembly District 92: Joe Plouff
Assembly District 93: Christian Phelps
PLUS: Tara Johnson on “The Maggie Daun Show” on Aug. 23 with guest host Matt Rothschild (23:10),
If you missed any of the State Senate candidates on the airwaves, check that out here.
Be sure to explore Civic Media and The Recombobulation Area’s comprehensive, district-by-district guide to the elections in the Wisconsin State Legislature, the first happening under new, fairer maps. It’s all here.
Dan Shafer is a journalist from Milwaukee who writes and publishes The Recombobulation Area. In 2024, he became the Political Editor of Civic Media. He’s also written for The New York Times, The Daily Beast, Heartland Signal, Belt Magazine, WisPolitics, and Milwaukee Record. He previously worked at Seattle Magazine, Seattle Business Magazine, the Milwaukee Business Journal, Milwaukee Magazine, and BizTimes Milwaukee. He’s won 18 Milwaukee Press Club Excellence in Journalism Awards. He’s on Twitter at @DanRShafer.
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