MILWAUKEE (AP) - Democratic U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan has won a second term in the U.S. House seat representing the 2nd Congress-ional District.
Pocan defeated Repub-lican Peter Theron on Tuesday. Theron is a math teacher from Madison.
The 50-year-old Pocan was first elected to Congress in 2012 and has served on the House budget and education committees. He has been part of a group with U.S. Rep. Reid Ribble, a Wisconsin Republican, to try to build relationships and work across party lines.
Pocan lives in Vermont, Wis., and owns a small printing business he started after college. He served in the Wisconsin Assembly for more than a decade before running for Congress.
Pocan received 8,310 votes in Green County to Theron's 6,551.
Pocan received 3,169 votes in Lafayette County to Theron's 2,660.
Third Congressional District
Democrat Ron Kind has won a 10th term representing western Wisconsin in the U.S. House in the 3rd Congressional District.
Kind, of La Crosse, defeated Republican Tony Kurtz on Tuesday. Kurtz is an Army veteran who now farms in Prairie du Chien. It was his first run for a major office.
Kind was first elected to Congress in 1996 after working as a prosecutor in La Crosse County. His district was redrawn following the 2010 census to make it more solidly Democratic.
Kind has been mentioned as a possible candidate to run for the U.S. Senate against Ron Johnson in 2016.
Pocan defeated Repub-lican Peter Theron on Tuesday. Theron is a math teacher from Madison.
The 50-year-old Pocan was first elected to Congress in 2012 and has served on the House budget and education committees. He has been part of a group with U.S. Rep. Reid Ribble, a Wisconsin Republican, to try to build relationships and work across party lines.
Pocan lives in Vermont, Wis., and owns a small printing business he started after college. He served in the Wisconsin Assembly for more than a decade before running for Congress.
Pocan received 8,310 votes in Green County to Theron's 6,551.
Pocan received 3,169 votes in Lafayette County to Theron's 2,660.
Third Congressional District
Democrat Ron Kind has won a 10th term representing western Wisconsin in the U.S. House in the 3rd Congressional District.
Kind, of La Crosse, defeated Republican Tony Kurtz on Tuesday. Kurtz is an Army veteran who now farms in Prairie du Chien. It was his first run for a major office.
Kind was first elected to Congress in 1996 after working as a prosecutor in La Crosse County. His district was redrawn following the 2010 census to make it more solidly Democratic.
Kind has been mentioned as a possible candidate to run for the U.S. Senate against Ron Johnson in 2016.