Elections
Onalaska’s Ryan Huebsch earns leadership role with 3rd District Republican Party
Two former student Republicans at UW-La Crosse have been chosen as leaders for the 3rd District GOP. Hannah Testin is now chairwoman of the district Republican Party and Ryan Huebsch is vice-chair.
The two were elected to the posts over the weekend, during a party caucus held in Osseo, Wis. Both will serve in those positions for two years.
Testin served as vice-chair of the district GOP for five years. She’s married to Wisconsin state Sen. Patrick Testin (R-Stevens Point). She had been part of the College Republicans, while attending UW-L.
Huebsch lives in Onalaska, and has been a Republican candidate for state Assembly in 2022 and ’24. He’s also the son of former Assembly Speaker Mike Huebsch.
Testin succeeds former district chair Bill Feehan, who is now a vice-chairman with the Republican Party of Wisconsin.
walden
April 16, 2025 at 11:46 pm
Change in local GOP leadership was desperately needed. Recent past effort was worse than pathetic.
Bob N.
April 19, 2025 at 11:45 am
I’m not sure that these two have what is needed in the months/years ahead. I hope that they do, but Huebsch was unsuccessful in ousting Doyle twice and both are pretty young. I envision a craggy, media-shy schemer, good at finding damaging hypocrisy as the type needed.
The area Democrats are battle-seasoned, flush with money and control the la Crosse County Board, La Crosse Mayor, La Crosse Common Council, La Crosse School Board, 3 Assembly seats and a State Senate seat. Overcoming this requires uncommon skill, money and devastating plotting. Are these two that sort?