Black River Falls attorney and small business owner Mark Radcliffe said he will seek the Democratic nomination, along with Curtis Miller of Sparta, a pastor who unsuccessfully challenged Musser in 2006.

Radcliffe, who has opened up a campaign headquarters in downtown Black River Falls, said increasing gas prices, health care costs and rising taxes are overburdening people of the 92nd district.

“If there ever was a time for change, for a fresh look at how we serve people of Wisconsin, that time is now,” Radcliffe, 36, said.

Candidates have until July 8 to file nomination papers. The deadline for declaring noncandidacy is June 27.

Musser is perhaps vulnerable politically after he announced last year that he had misstated his service record and was not a former Green Beret, which was listed on his official biography in the state Blue Book.