We feature some one-on one time with seventh district congressional candidate State Senator Julie Lassa (D-Stevens Point), who is hoping to fill the seat being vacated by retiring Congressman Dave Obey. Discussion will revolve around her positions on the struggling economy and high unemployment, Wall Street financial reform, the oil spill in the Gulf and its impact on energy legislation, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, immigration reform, and political forecasts that predict Republican gains and Democratic losses in Congress. Lassa faces a Democratic primary challenge from author and internet consultant Joe Reasbeck. She will face either former Ashland District Attorney Sean Duffy or Portage County organic farmer Dan Mielke as her Republican opponent in the general election.
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