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Line 40: === State Assembly === After representing the district since 2011, representative Dean Knudson decided not to seek re-election, leaving the district open.<ref name="campaign">{{cite web |title=Welcome |url=http://deanknudson.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303190638/http://deanknudson.com/ |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |accessdate=November 30, 2020 |website=Dean Knudson for State Assembly |via=[[Wayback Machine]]}}</ref> In the race, Zimmerman ran for the nomination against local [[Hudson, Wisconsin|Hudson]]-based insurance After his election, Zimmerman drew criticism after comments he made in a 2013 lecture resurfaced where he was asked what language was the most challenging to translate, with Zimmerman responding "it's woman, right? Sometimes she says this, but she means this." With Zimmerman playing his remarks off as a joke.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Marley |first=Patrick |date=November 20, 2017 |title=Legislator Shannon Zimmerman joked in video that women don't say what they mean |url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2017/11/20/now-legislator-shannon-zimmerman-joked-video-women-dont-say-what-they-mean/882064001/ |access-date=October 1, 2024 |work=[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]]}}</ref> | |||