The spokesman for outgoing Assembly Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald, R-Horicon, announced Wednesday he plans to run for an open Assembly seat in the next election.
John Jagler, who has served as Fitzgerald’s communications director since 2011, is running for the seat currently held by Rep. Andy Jorgensen, D-Fort Atkinson, a seat soon to be vacant due to newly redrawn district lines.
Republican legislators redrew the lines as part of the annual redistricting process last summer. Jorgenson, who was drawn out of his current district, plans to run against neighboring Republican Rep. Evan Wynn of Whitewater.
Referencing his former job as a Milwaukee radio personality, Jagler pledged to be the district’s “voice” at the Capitol, promising in a statement to “maintain the conservative momentum” started during last year’s tumultuous legislative session.
“It will be my goal to keep Wisconsin moving forward, to stand up against special interests who seek to halt economic expansion, and to bring commonsense solutions to a fractured state legislature,” Jagler said.
