Sun Prairie loses its second state rep

Sun Prairie is back to having only one representative in the Assembly. John Gard is moving back to the district he wants to represent in Congress.

WisPolitics reports:

Speaker and 8th CD GOP candidate John Gard has sold his house in Sun Prairie and will move with his family back to Peshtigo, his wife, Cate Zeuske, said today. Gard, who represents a district in northeastern Wisconsin, has been criticized by opponents for having the second home in the Madison suburb and sending his kids to schools in Sun Prairie.

State Rep. Terri McCormick, who is challenging Gard for the GOP nomination in the 8th CD race, took a few subtle jabs on the residency issue Monday night during a debate at UW-Green Bay.

But Zeuske says the congressional race had nothing to do with the family move. Their daughter, Libby, will be a freshman at Marquette University this fall, while their son, John Vincent, will be a freshman at Notre Dame High School in Green Bay. The home, assessed at $170,500 in 2005, was listed at $194,000, Zeuske said.

“We have spent summers at our home in Peshtigo, and we knew that with this legislative session ending in May and Libby’s high school graduation … the timing was right to do this,” said Zeuske, a former lawmaker and state treasurer who now works as administrative director for the Taxpayer's Network in Green Bay.