SUPERIOR, Wis.– Two democrats vying for for Wisconsin Assembly Dist. 73 held a public forum in Superior this evening.

This comes after Republican Representative Angie Sapik announced she would not seek re-election after the redistricting maps were approved.

District 73 now covers the northern portion of Douglas and Bayfield counties.

Wednesday evening, Candidates John Adams and Angela Stroud answered submitted questions from residents.

The two appearing to agree on the majority of the topics. They both are against the proposed Nemadji Trail Energy Center, they agree there’s a serious need for affordable housing and are on the same page with tougher gun control regulations.

“This is a country with a 2nd amendment that the court has defined as an individual right. We have a strong gun culture, we also can absolutely regulate guns,” said Stroud. “There is nothing in statute that says that regulation is a violation of our second amendment.”

“I think the responsibly of a legislator is to finally craft those red flag laws that keep oversight on a judge that’s going to have to make that difficult decision to take away a person’s gun,” said Adams.

The republican candidate for District 73 is Frank Kostka, who says one of his goals is to support good paying jobs in Northern Wisconsin.

The primary election is August 13, the general election–November 5.

MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WBAY) – A man from Utah has been sentenced to over a year in prison for wire fraud and impersonating a federal officer.

Juan Carlos Martinez-Napoles, 38, of Utah was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison on Tuesday. He’s also been ordered to pay restitution to his victims and will serve two years of supervised release.

According to court documents, between September 2018 and December 2019, Martinez-Napoles posed as an immigration agent from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services and told victims he could assist them in achieving legal status in the U.S. for a fee. He convinced three Wisconsin families to pay him around $45,000, and threatened to have members of one of those families deported if they didn’t pay him.

“Fraudulently posing as a USCIS agent, Mr. Martinez-Napoles took advantage of vulnerable individuals, whom he convinced to pay a total of over $45,000 for his ‘help,’” said U.S. Attorney Haanstad. “In reality, he was simply lying to these individuals to line his own pockets. And when a victim questioned his activities, Mr. Martinez-Napoles even threatened to have the victim’s family deported. I commend the hard work of everyone who helped bring Mr. Martinez-Napoles to justice and commend the victims for their willingness to cooperate with the legitimate federal authorities in this matter.”

“Posing as a government official as Martinez-Napoles did for the purposes of exploiting and victimizing other individuals is intolerable,” said Special Agent in Charge Sean Fitzgerald of HSI Chicago. “HSI will continue to work with our law enforcement partners to hold such offenders accountable for their crimes.”

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MILWAUKEE – President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are tied among registered Wisconsin voters in the latest Marquette University Law School Poll, released Wednesday.

The poll found registered voters at 50% in favor of each candidate in a head-to-head matchup. However, among likely voters, Biden led Trump 51% to 49% – a flip of April’s results, which had Trump at 51% and Biden at 49% among likely voters.

The candidates were also tied at 44% among registered voters when given an “undecided” option. However, when including specific third-party candidates, Trump came in first at 43%. 

• Donald Trump, 43%
• Joe Biden, 40%
• Robert Kennedy, 8%
• Cornel West, 4%
• Chase Oliver, 2%
• Jill Stein, 2%

When it comes to Biden and Trump on the issues, the poll asked registered voters which candidate would do a better job as president on seven topics. The results were as follows:

• Immigration and border security: Trump 52%, Biden 28%
• Economy: Trump 52%, Biden 34%
• Israel-Hamas war: Trump 44%, Biden 30%
• Foreign relations: Trump 45%, Biden 39%
• Medicare and Social Security: Biden 43%, Trump 36%
• Health care: Biden 43%, Trump 34%
• Abortion policy: Biden 47%, Trump 33%

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Registered voters’ top-rated issues among those seven were as follows:

• Economy, 31%
• Immigration and border security, 19%
• Abortion policy, 15%
• Medicare and Social Security, 12%
• Health care, 6%
• Foreign relations, 5%
• Israel-Hamas war, 4%
• Don’t know, 8%

Among registered voters who identified as Republicans, the top issue was the economy (48%), while Democrats ranked abortion policy as their top-rated issue (27%). Independent voters also considered the economy their top issue (36%).

In the Wisconsin Senate race, incumbent U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (52%) leads Republican challenger Eric Hovde (47%). The results were the same among likely voters. 

The poll also found 55% of respondents said Trump was guilty in his New York hush-money trial, as the jury found, while 36% said he was not guilty and the jury made the wrong ruling. Nine percent said they did not know.

Additionally, the poll found views of public schools are less positive now than they were last fall.

Complete results and methodology can be found on the Marquette Law School Poll website.