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Article: 8th Congressional District Newcomer Dettman turning up heat on GOP leader Prosser
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- September 2, 1996
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With a campaign theme stressing family values and a heavy
advertising blitz paid for mostly out of his own personal wealth,
Marinette businessman Chuck Dettman is heating up what had been
expected to be a very un-hot Republican primary race in the 8th
Congressional District.
But political newcomer Dettman faces a tough and savvy opponent in
David Prosser, currently speaker of the state Assembly, who has
represented his Appleton Assembly district since 1979. Prosser is
well known in this heavily Republican district and respected in
political circles as a thoughtful and effective policy-maker.
The winner of the Sept. 10 Republican primary will face the winner
of the Democratic primary in the ...