In 2006, Wisconsin Assembly Speaker John Gard and Washington State businesswoman Darcy Burner lost their races for Congress by about 7,000 votes each. This year, both candidates are back to run again, and political analysts put both near the top of the list of challengers most likely to knock off an incumbent.
Gard, a Republican, lost a previously Republican-held seat centered around Green Bay to Democrat Steve Kagen. After a series of missteps during his first two years in office, Kagen is seen as vulnerable, and a district that is likely to vote for John McCain could provide the GOP with one of their best pickup opportunities (A number of politically-savvy Republicans have told this columnist that Gard is the best candidate to have lost last year).
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