District 85

Mandy Wright, a Wausau Democrat, represented the district that covers Wausau and southeastern Marathon County from 2013-2014. She was unseated by Rep. Dave Heaton, R-Wausau, who is currently ending his first term in elected office and helped increase the Legislature's Republican majority.

Heaton, a reinsurance consultant, beat Wright, an English teacher who has since worked for the Wisconsin Institute for Public Policy and Service, by a margin of less than 100 votes. Wright announced in October that she will run again. Months later, Heaton announced he would not seek re-election.

The race has no primary challenges. Wright will face former WSAU radio host Pat Snyder, a Wausau Republican who recently worked as U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy's outreach director.

District 94

Rep. Steve Doyle, D-Onalaska, faces a challenge from Holmen Republican Julian Bradley to represent the district that includes Holmen, Onalaska, West Salem and Bangor. Doyle, a lawyer, has been in office since 2011. The seat was previously held by Public Service Commissioner Mike Huebsch, a Republican who was appointed in 2011 as secretary of the Department of Administration.

Bradley's name was last on the ballot in 2014, when he ran an unsuccessful race against Democrat Doug La Follette to serve as secretary of state. He also lost a primary race in 2010 to represent the 95th Assembly District. Bradley was also considered to replace Tia Nelson when she resigned as executive secretary of the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands last year.

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