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Jeff Plale’s Social Security fib

Zach — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:31:20 +0000

Over at Uppity Wisconsin, xoff has done a heck of a job outlining all the reasons why voters in the 7th State Senate District should be casting their ballots for Chris Larson, who’s challenging incumbent Democratic State Sen. Jeff “Pay to” Plale. In xoff’s latest, he notes that he recently received a voicemail from [...]

Patrick McIlheran likes Senator Plale too?

Ed Heinzelman — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:44:35 +0000

It gets really interesting when the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s resident Mad Hatter, Patrick McIlheran throws in with a Democratic candidate. In this case he is siding with State Senator Jeff Plale who is facing a very tough Democratic primary campaign for his senate seat from County Supervisor Chris Larson [...]

Jeff Plale garners the support of Charlie Sykes, Scott Jensen

Zach — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:15:41 +0000

If there was ever even the smallest amount of doubt about which Democratic candidate should earn the support (and votes) of Democratic voters in the September 14 primary here in the 7th State Senate District, the fact that former Republican State Assembly Speaker Scott Jensen and local right-wing radio hack Charlie Sykes are supporting [...]

GOP campaign office in Cudahy vandalized

Zach — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:37:31 +0000

On Saturday, a Republican campaign office in Cudahy was vandalized when an unknown individual punched out a glass window, which is now boarded up. In his statement condemning the vandalism, RPW Chair Reince Priebus, ever the partisan hack, took the opportunity to attack Democrats for the mess he asserts they’ve made in Madison and [...]

Tom Michalski endorsed by WEAC

Zach — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 02:17:24 +0000

Earlier today Tom Michalski, the Democratic candidate for State Representative in the 21st Assembly District, announced the endorsement of his campaign by the Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC), which represents approximately 98,000 public education employees in Wisconsin: “I am truly honored to have received the support of WEAC on behalf of our amazing public [...]

21st Assembly District news & notes

Zach — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:19:38 +0000

Last week Tom Michalski, the Democrat running against Republican State Rep. Mark Honadel in the 21st Assembly District, received the endorsement of the Clean Wisconsin Action Fund: “Tom Michalski is committed to protecting the Great Lakes and making Wisconsin cleaner and stronger by promoting clean energy,” said Gary Goyke, board chair of the Clean [...]

A recap of the Plale/Larson debate

Zach — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 04:07:34 +0000

Having had a day to fully digest Tuesday night’s debate between State Sen. Jeff Plale and Milwaukee County Supervisor Chris Larson, who happens to be challenging Sen. Plale for the right to be the Democratic Party’s nominee for the seat in the 7th Senate District, one thing is abundantly clear: there was no clear [...]

A few thoughts on the Plale/Larson debate

Zach — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 10:41:43 +0000

State Senator Jeff Plale and his opponent in the Democratic primary, Milwaukee County Supervisor Chris Larson, had a debate last night. I’ve got a lot of thoughts to share about the debate, but not nearly enough time to get them all gussied up, so here’s just a few quick thoughts:

There was no clear [...]

Larson announces more endorsements and two debates

Zach — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 10:57:23 +0000

According to an email I received from the campaign of Chris Larson, the Milwaukee County Supervisor who’s hoping to unseat incumbent State Senator Jeff Plale in September’s Democratic primary, Larson has received the endorsements of both the Milwaukee Deputy Sheriff’s Association and AFSCME. In announcing Larson’s endorsement by the Milwaukee Deputy Sheriff’s Association, Roy [...]

Blogging Blue interviews Tom Michalski

Zach — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 10:13:54 +0000

Much to my delight, State Rep. Mark Honadel (R-South Milwaukee) has a viable Democratic challenger in the 21st Assembly District, in the form of Oak Creek Common Council President Tom Michalski. I recently had a chance to sit down and talk with Michalski about his campaign, and our conversation started with the one [...]