State Sen. Fred Risser, D-Madison, has represented Madison, including the UW-Madison campus, since 1964. On Saturday, the 84 year old announced he will seek a thirteenth straight election.
In a statement Saturday, Risser stressed the need for Wisconsin to “get back on track” as a progressive and innovative state and pledged to work to remove the “radical right wing agenda” being pursued by the current administration.
Risser, an influential and outspoken anti-Gov. Scott Walker figure, was one of the 14 Democratic Senators who fled the state last spring in reaction to Act 10, which, among other things, eliminated collective bargaining rights for public employees.
In an interview with The Daily Cardinal in February, Risser said Act 10 and the strong public reaction to it is “extremely unique.”
“I’ve been in the Senate now for 50 years and nothing like this has happened before and nothing like this will ever happen again,” Risser said.
