Election Preview: Wisconsin 4th State Senate District
Incumbent state Sen. Lena Taylor is being challenged in the 4th State Senate District by independent candidate David King.
David King says Lena Taylor hasn't seen a real opponent since she was first elected to the state Senate nearly eight years ago. Democrat Taylor has in fact run unopposed in the last two general elections, but King, an independent, hopes to serve as that true challenge on Tuesday when the two face off in a race for the 4th State Senate District. Taylor, 46 of Milwaukee, was first elected to the state Assembly in 2003, and the 4th Senate District in 2005. She ran for Milwaukee County executive in 2008 and lost to now Gov. Scott Walker. She was recently appointed as co-chair of the Legislature's powerful Joint Committee on Finance — the first African-American woman ever to do so. For Taylor, "No question the No. 1 issue facing the district is…
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