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Madison's 'Mayor for Life' Loses Reelection

Frederica Freyberg:
Now for an update on down-ballot races in Wisconsin. Madison’s long time mayor, Paul Soglin, lost his re-election bid on Tuesday. Once dubbed the city’s “mayor for life,” Soglin started his political career on the city council while in grad school at UW-Madison. He went on to serve as mayor for two non-consecutive terms in the 70s, 80s and 90s. He was elected to a third term in 2011, completing more than two decades in office. Soglin made an appearance on the statewide political stage last year, when he ran unsuccessfully in the Democratic primary for governor. The 73-year-old would not say what his post-election plans were, nor whether he had plans to run again in the future. Paul Soglin was defeated by Satya Rhodes-Conway, a former Madison city council member.