Day: September 15, 2010

Last night in the primary, for Joe Biden’s old seat, GOP handpicked candidate and moderate republican Mike Castle, lost to tea party darling Christine O Donnell. O’Donnell is so far to the extreme that even Karl Rove can\'t stand her. This is not the first time though, Another sane Republican…

I would like to thank Chris Moews, Henry Sanders, Tim John, Dave Westlake, Paul Morel, and all of the other first time candidates in this year’s Wisconsin primary! Thanks for showing that democracy and citizen participation is still alive and well in our state.

With the exciting(for some of us) primary election going on in Wisconsin last night, sometimes we forget that there were many primaries last night throughout the country not just ours. We saw in delaware how one of the first true “tea party” candidates, Christine O\'Donnell won the Republican nomination much…

Instead of giving a little bit to a few candidates, I pick one every election cycle to give all of my donations too. It doesn’t have to do with who I agree with the most, as I have never given money to Tammy Baldwin. Instead of giving money to someone…

It’s no secret incumbent U.S. Senator Russ Feingold has a tough re-election fight ahead of him, with his multi-millionaire opponent, Oshkosh businessman Ron Johnson, having pledged to spend $15 million of his personal fortune to beat Sen. Feingold. Most polling has shown the race between Sen. Feingold and Ron Johnson…

Just a few random thoughts on the results of last night’s primary elections: In the Democratic primary here in the 7th State Senate District, Chris Larson beat incumbent State Sen. Jeff Plale, setting up a matchup between Larson and Republican Jess Ripp in November. While I wasn’t surprised Larson beat…

So let’s talk about last night’s results. What are your thoughts about the results, and what surprised you about last night’s results?