Senator Fred Risser, who represents Wisconsin District 26, is currently the longest-serving state senator in the U.S. Earlier this year, he announced that he would not be seeking re-election, and there is a new crop of seven Democratic candidates running to fill the seat, which represents most of the city of Madison and the village of Shorewood Hills.

Today on the show, Tuesday host Carousel Bayrd conducts the final interview for this race with Amani Latimer Burris.

Wisconsin is holding its partisan primary election on Tuesday, August 11. The general and presidential election will be held on Tuesday, November 3. More information from the Wisconsin Elections Commission here.

Full list of Wisconsin State Senate District 26 candidates (in alphabetical order): Brian Benford, William Davis III, Nada Elmikashfi, John Imes, Amani Latimer Burris, Aisha Moe, Kelda Roys.

We have now spoken with all candidates with ballot access in this race. You can find WORT’s ongoing election coverage here.