MADISON, Wis. -- There will be no special election to fill state Rep. Scott Jensen's seat after all, according to Gov. Jim Doyle.

Jensen, R-Waukesha, had announced on Monday his plans to resign his post after he was convicted of three felonies and a misdemeanor for misconduct last weekend.

Doyle originally said that he would call a special election to fill the seat.

However, Doyle changed course on Thursday and said that Waukesha officials told him that they preferred waiting until the regular election in November to fill the seat.

After three weeks of testimony and 17 hours of deliberations, a Dane County jury convicted Jensen and ex-Republican aide Sherry Schultz on Saturday of creating a secret campaign machine using state employees and resources. Jensen stepped down as Assembly speaker after he was charged

The jurors rejected Jensen's claims that he thought the workers were off the state clock when they performed campaign activities, and that Assembly Republicans had used workers to campaign for years.

Jensen was found guilty on three felony counts of misconduct in office and guilty on one misdemeanor count of intentional misuse of public position for private benefit.

He now faces a maximum sentence of 16 years in prison -- 15 years on the three felony counts, and one year on the misdemeanor count, respectively.