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Article: ELECTION MATTERS: MISTELE HAILED AS 'NIGHTMARE FOR DANE COUNTY LIBERALS'.(NEWS)
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- The Capital Times
- Article date:
- January 13, 2009
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Byline: John Nichols
CALENDAR: PRIMARY ELECTION: Feb. 17 GENERAL ELECTION: April 7
DANE GOP HEARTS NANCY MISTELE
The contest for Dane County Executive is, technically, a nonpartisan one. But former Madison School Board member Nancy Mistele's challenge to incumbent Kathleen Falk has the county's beleaguered Republican Party all excited.
Once upon a time, Republicans won elections in Dane County. As recently as the 1990s, Republicans were winning races for Dane County Sheriff and District Attorney. But the Bush era made politics matter, and Republican contenders started to find themselves on the losing end of the ballot -- to such an ...