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2. No, there will be a special election, usually within 60 days of vacancy

Fri Sep 25, 2015, 10:15 AM

Sep 2015

It never stays vacant unless the election is near. Vacant Senate seats are appointed by the governor, but not House seats.

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Unlikely--the last Democrat to hold this seat left office in 1929. WI_DEM Sep 2015 #3

No. OilemFirchen Sep 2015 #4

The last time it went blue was 1933 on FDR's coattails Recursion Sep 2015 #5