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(UNION member Painters and Allied Trades - IUPAT) Democrat Pocan elected to 2nd term in US House
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http://www.nbc15.com/home/headlines/Democrat-Pocan-elected-to-2nd-term-in-US-House-281547091.html
Posted: Tuesday, November 4, 2014 --- 9:33pm
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Democratic U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan has won a second term in the U.S. House seat representing the Madison area.
Pocan defeated Republican Peter Theron on Tuesday. Theron is a math teacher from Madison.
The 50-year-old Pocan was first elected to Congress in 2012 and has served on the House budget and education committees. He has been part of a group with U.S. Rep. Reid Ribble, a Wisconsin Republican, to try to build relationships and work across party lines.
Pocan lives in Vermont, Wisconsin, and owns a small printing business he started after college. He served in the Wisconsin Assembly for more than a decade before running for Congress.
Wisconsin state Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Madison, speaks to supporters after his win in a Democratic primary election for Wisconsin's 2nd Congressional District during a victory party at The Brink Lounge in Madison, Wis., Tuesday evening, Aug. 14, 2012. At right is Pocan's partner Phil Frank. (AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal, M.P. King)