Zein to be challenged by Kreitlow

State Senator Dave Zein will be challenged in the 23rd Senate District by Democrat Pat Kreitlow. Chippewa Valley blogger Sanna happened by the announcement this morning and brings us the news:

Sanna Central stopped by the courthouse this morning, which was mostly
surrounded by media and local Democratic luminaries. On a gorgeous, crisp fall
day here in Chippewa Falls, with the stately backdrop of the courthouse and to
the sound of applause and barking dogs, Pat Kreitlow used his former news anchor
training to give a nice, polished speech. Forgive your intrepid blogger if she
didn't hang around long, but there was not much in the speech about his
positions, other than that he is tired of "political insiders pretending that
they are outsiders." This will all come out in time.

It'll be interesting to see early poll numbers on this race. Kreitlow is a former news anchor for WEAU TV-13 in Eau Claire, probably the dominant station in the Chippewa Valley. The WEAU to state politics path was blazed by State Representative Rob Kreibich. Kreitlow will have very strong name recognition amongst voters in the 23rd by virtue of his time at WEAU.