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The last time Jerry O’Brien faced incumbent Patrick Downing in a race for the District 30 seat on the Dane County Board, in 2014, Downing beat the challenger by exactly two-to-one, racking up 66.6 percent of the vote. O’Brien is trying again this spring, and will face Downing on the April 5 ballot. We recently checked in with the incumbent to see where he stands on the issues. O’Brien declined to answer any of our questions.

Downing, 72, lives in Blanchardville. When not working on county government matters, he is a piano tuner/technician and luthier. He previously served as the...