87th District Assembly Election Conversation

A special edition of Route 51 features candidates running for the 87th Assembly District seat Wisconsin Public Radio’s Route 51 Thursday, September 1 at 10 a.m. The conversation was originally broadcast on The West Side on Monday, August 29.

Republican James Edming of Glen Flora and Democrat Elizabeth Riley of Hayward will debate pertinent issues facing the district with host Rich Kremer. The 87th District includes Rusk and Taylor Counties and parts of Sawyer, Marathon and Clark Counties. Cities in the district include Medford, Ladysmith, Hayward, Stanley, with the villages of Athens, Stestsonville, Gilman, Hawkins, Radisson, Sheldon, Weyerhaeuser, Exeland, Lublin, Tony, Glen Flora, Ingram, Couderay, and Dorchester also part of the district. The general election is set to take place Tuesday, November 8.