Attorney General Candidate In La Crosse

Wisconsin residents will not have an incumbent attorney general to vote

for in 2014…

With J-B Van Hollen announcing his retirement, candidates are already jumping into the race more than a year before the election.  One of those candidates, Assemblyman Jon Richards, traveled to La Crosse over the weekend to meet western Wisconsin voters.  Richards is a Milwaukee Democrat who serves on the Joint Finance Committee.  He argues that while the state justice department’s main focus is on crime, the A-G works on many other issues:

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Richards announced his campaign last week, as did Republican Brad Schimel, the district attorney of Waukesha County.