Wisconsin House Race, 8th Congressional District

Congressman Steve Kagan (D) v. Former Assembly Speaker John Gard (R)

The race for congress in the 8th District of Wisconsin is a rematch of the 2006 race. In 2006, Steve Kagen, a wealthy doctor from the Green Bay area and the Democratic candidate, beat the less well-funded John Gard, former Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly. Congressman Kagen is now defending his seat against Gard. Congressman Kagen appeared in the press briefly because of comments he made about an argument with Karl Rove. Even though the seat has historically been Republican, it very well may remain Democratic in November as Kagen is now an incumbent and still has a lot of money to spend on the race. The average of political ratings from Stuart Rothenberg, Roll Call, Congressional Quarterly, the Cook Political Report, and Robert Novak indicate that this race leans Democratic. A poll by Public Opinion Strategies has Kagen up, but only by 4 points and within the margin of error.