Feingold makes it official: He will seek 4th U.S. Senate term

Feingold makes it official: He will seek 4th U.S. Senate term

GANNETT WISCONSIN MEDIA • JUNE 2, 2010

MANITOWOC — U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold is seeking re-election to a fourth six-year term as the junior senator from Wisconsin — and he picked Manitowoc to make it official.

“I know it probably doesn’t come as a surprise, but I’m announcing right now, in Manitowoc, that I have taken out my nomination papers today and am running for my party’s nomination,” Feingold told the Herald Times Reporter’s editorial board Tuesday.

The Janesville native was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1992. Fellow Democratic Party Sen. Herb Kohl is in his fourth term representing Wisconsin. He was first elected in 1988.

Despite increasing rancor between Republicans and Democrats, Feingold promised to continue working in a bi-partisan manner, including on bills related to stimulating job creation and a green economy.

“That is still the character of Wisconsin — independence and bipartisanship,” Feingold said.

He was set to meet Wednesday with Lakeshore area business executives at Orion Energy Systems to discuss payroll tax credits for companies hiring new employees or increasing wages.