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The 17th District of the Wisconsin Senate is located in south-western Wisconsin, and is currently composed of all of Grant, Lafayette, Juneau, and Richland counties, and parts of Iowa, Sauk, Green, Monroe, and Vernon counties (based on 2011 Wisconsin Act 43). ==Current elected officials== Dale Schultz is the senator serving the 17th district. He was elected to the senate in a special election in September 1991, and has been re-elected ever since. Before serving as a senator, he held an office in the State Assembly from 1982 to 1991. Senator Schultz is retiring after the 2014 session. The 2014 campaign to replace Dale Schultz features Ernie Wittwer, a Democrat from the Richland Center area, who worked at the Wisconsin Department of Transportation in executive level positions for 24 years before retiring according to (www.wittwerforsenate.com ) and his campaign literature. Other candidates for this office include Pat Bomhack and Howard Marklein. Ernie Wittwer and Pat Bomhack will face off in a primary on the Democratic ballot on Tuesday August 12, 2014. Tea Party Republican Howard Marklein announced he would challenged Dale Schultz to a primary, after Senator Schultz made several "No" votes to block legislation in 2012 and 2013 on changes to collective bargaining and a bill to relax mining regulation. By voting for the interest of the district, over the interest of the Republican party, Senator Schultz's reputation as an independent voice in the senate grew, as did his opposition from the tea party. Senator Schultz announced his plan to retire after being challenged to a primary contest by conservative Howard Marklein. Marklein is much further to the right than Schultz. Senator Schultz has been highly critical of the Republican Party since announcing his retirement plans. On the Devil's Advocates Radio Show in early March 2014, Sen. Schultz stated, "I am not willing to defend them anymore," in regards to the Republican Party of Wisconsin's effort to force voters to present an ID at the polls.〔http://host.madison.com/news/local/writers/jack_craver/dale-schultz-i-am-not-willing-to-defend-them-anymore/article_7c3598f2-ae16-11e3-8097-0019bb2963f4.html〕 The area of the 17th Senate District contains three State Assembly Districts: * The 49th (represented by Travis Tranel) * The 50th (represented by Edward Brooks) * The 51st (represented by Howard Marklein) The district is also located partly within Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Mark Pocan, and partly within Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Ron Kind. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wisconsin Senate, District 17」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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