Tavern League of Wisconsin endorses Chris Sinicki over her tavern-owning opponent

On Wednesday Democratic State Rep. Chris Sinicki announced her reelection campaign has been endorsed by the Tavern League of Wisconsin. Rep. Sinicki’s endorsement by the Tavern League of Wisconsin is notable because her Republican opponent, Molly McGartland, is the owner of a tavern (The Country Club in Cudahy), and the…

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The WisconsinEye interviews: Chris Sinicki and Molly McGartland (or not)

Throughout this election season, Steve Walters of WisconsinEye has been sitting down with candidates both pre-primary and post-primary to ask them some questions about themselves, their campaigns, and the issues that matter in the 2014 election. As part of that ongoing series of interviews, Walters recently sat down with incumbent…

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Why won’t Molly McGartland debate Chris Sinicki?

In the interest of allowing residents of the 20th State Assembly district to have an opportunity to hear from the two candidates for that office – incumbent Democratic Rep. Chris Sinicki and her challenger Republican Molly McGartland – a resident of Cudahy who had previously organized/moderated candidate forums had attempted…

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Inside the numbers: the money race in the 20th Assembly district

As I mentioned in another post, Monday night was the deadline for campaigns across Wisconsin to file their campaign finance reports for the period spanning from January to July, and so I’ve been like a kid on Christmas morning. Given my interest in the race in the 20th Assembly district,…

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Rep. Chris Sinicki: “Protect Wisconsin’s Veterans by Rejecting AB 19”

From my email inbox comes a press release from Democratic State Rep. Chris Sinicki on AB 19, which would create barriers for individuals affected by asbestos-related illnesses (a group to which many veterans belong) from having their day in court and seeing justice done. MILWAUKEE – Rep. Sinicki issued the…

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Assembly Republicans to attempt to censure Rep. Sinicki?

On the heels of the manufactured outrage from so many on the right regarding Democratic State Rep. Chris Sinicki’s characterization of Gov. Scott Walker’s State of the State address as “full of shit,” it’s been widely rumored Rep. Sinicki’s seat would become a target for Republican. Last week Rep. Sinicki…

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State Rep. Chris Sinicki to hold fundraiser on February 17

From Facebook: Please join us at the City Lounge in Cudahy for an evening of drinks, conversation, music, and food with State Representative Christine Sinicki. Democratic State Representative Christine Sinicki is honored to represent the citizens of the 20th Assembly District in the State Assembly. Representative Sinicki has made a…

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So exactly WHO should be apologizing?!?

Lost in the completely contrived controversy surrounding Democratic State Rep. Christine Sinicki’s Facebook comment that Gov. Walker’s State of the State speech was “full of shit” was an inconvenient truth about Christopher Barber, the welder Walker applauded as an example of the improving economy in Wisconsin. That inconvenient truth? Christopher…

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Rep. Sinicki resigns from Select Committee on Common Core, citing deep bias and lack of local input

From my email inbox comes a copy of the resignation letter sent by Democratic State Rep. Chris Sinicki to Republican State Sen. Paul Farrow and Republican State Rep. Jeremy Thiesfeldt, the co-chairs of the Select Committee on the Common Core Standards. In her resignation letter, Rep. Sinicki cited the “deeply…

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Rep. Sinicki issues statement on awful Republican biennial budget

From my email inbox comes a statement from Democratic State Rep. Chris Sinicki on the 2013-2015 biennial budget. “Yesterday, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos attempted to usher a hurried vote on the state budget, claiming Republican changes were simply clauses in a “technical (i.e., non-substantive) amendment”. After Democrats challenged that ruse,…

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