Could the socially conservative Upper Midwest be ripe for picking for the Republican Party? In a race I've looked at several times before, GOP candidate Sean Duffy is running a strong campaign in his effort to succeed Rep. David Obey in Wisconsin's 7th District. Michael Barone takes a look up north at the 7th and a couple of other races in the region:
As for Obey, he has chosen to retire this year at age 72, and Republican Sean Duffy is waging a serious campaign for the district. These are two American congressional districts that touch on Lake Superior, that huge and cold forboding body of water over which the great freighters filled with iron ore have sailed in the ice-free months, from Duluth to the steel factories in Gary, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland and Buffalo. In the third of these districts, Michigan 1, Republican Dan Benishek looks like the favorite to take the district being vacated by Democrat Bart Stupak.The other district that touches "Gitche-gumee" is Minnesota's 8th, where longtime Democratic incumbent James Oberstar faces a stong challenge from Republican Chip Cravaacke.
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