Senate District 33 Special Election Is Tuesday

State Rep. Paul Farrow will be elected on Tuesday as the next state senator.

Paul Farrow will be elected as the next state senator on Tuesday – pending any write-in candidates. Farrow is running unopposed on the Republican ticket for the 33rd Senate District. Farrow, who beat Republican Chris Kapenga in the primary election in November, will replace State Sen. Rich Zipperer after Zipperer resigned to take a top position with Gov. Scott Walker’s administration. It’s been a busy year at the polls. Farrow’s election on Tuesday will be the seventh month with an election in Waukesha in 2012. Because turnout is expected to be low, all voters in Waukesha are casting ballots at City Hall. The city is expecting to save at least $12,000 by having one central polling location for the election. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 …

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Election Preview: Wisconsin 33rd State Senate District

Two Waukesha County legislators – Paul Farrow and Chris Kapenga – are running for vacant seat in a special primary election on Nov. 6.

The road to Tuesday’s election has been a long partisan battle as voters will pick either Mitt Romney or Barack Obama for president. But for some in the Sussex and Waukesha area, one race will be between two Republican candidates. State reps. Paul Farrow and Chris Kapenga are running for the 33rd Senate District seat that was vacated earlier this year by former Sen. Rich Zipperer. Zipperer was appointed as the deputy chief of staff and senior counsel for Gov. Scott Walker in July. Because the election is to fill the remainder of Zipperer’s term – through 2014 – a special election will be held Dec. 4. While Tuesday’s election is a Republican primary, there is no Democratic candidate, which signals for a win for whoever emerges from Tuesday’…

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Farrow Vs. Kapenga: 33rd Senate District Forum Friday Night

Waukesha County Business Alliance is holding a forum between the two Republican candidates seeking election to seat vacated by State Sen. Rich Zipperer.

33rd Senate District Candidates Forum Being Held Oct. 26

Chris Kapenga and Paul Farrow face each other in the Republican primary election Nov. 6 to fill the 33rd Senate District seat.

Special Election for 33rd Senate District Will Be Dec. 4

Primary election will be held on Nov. 6 if necessary.

A special election to replace Sen. Rich Zipperer, R-Pewaukee, who left the Senate to take a top administrative position with Gov. Scott Walker’s staff, will be held Dec. 4. Walker announced Tuesday that interested candidates for the 33rd Senate District can begin circulating nomination papers for the election. The deadline to file the signatures is 5 p.m. Oct. 9. The district includes residents in Waukesha and Sussex, in additon to communities in Lake Country. Two Republicans – Rep. Chris Kapenga and Rep. Paul Farrow – have already announced they are running in the election. If a primary is necessary, it will be held on Nov. 6. “By holding the primary on the same day as the General Election, we will reduce the cost to taxpayers,” Walker …

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