Tag: Dave Westlake

As Zach mentioned yesterday there is a special election coming up to select a new state representative in the 99th district to replace Chris Kapenga who was recently elected to the state senate. There are four candidates in the GOP primary and nary a Democrat to be found (so much…

As reported by Don Behm of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel four Republicans are vying for the vacant 99th District Assembly seat in Waukesha County. Given the fact that no Democrat has entered the race, the winner of Tuesday’s primary is all but assured victory in the general election on September…

For those of you not familiar with Christian Schneiders work, he has written some of the (unintentionally?) funniest stuff there is out of Wisconsin politics lately. Schneider came out with such gems as the well timed “alternate” story using “anonymous” sources that pointed out that Justice Bradley’s neck performed a…

SEIU and Democracy for America claim the GOP “…rolled back 50 years of civil rights…” It’s appalling that they equate the PRIVILEGE of collective bargaining to the God-given rights afforded us all regardless of gender, skin color, sexual orientation or religious affiliation. This is a gross mischaracterization of the facts…and…

I supposed I shouldn’t be surprised, but Dave Westlake, the arch-conservative “tea party” Republican who got crushed by Ron Johnson in the 2010 Republican U.S. Senate primary, is organizing an event supporting Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to take away collective bargaining rights from Wisconsin’s public employees. I never pegged Westlake…

Rumors of Sen. Herb’s retirement in 2012 may be dramatically exaggerated: Amid mounting speculation that he may retire, Sen. Herb Kohl pumped $1 million from his personal funds into his campaign committee account at the end of 2010. While the $1 million loan is not a sure sign that Kohl,…

I’ve heard it speculated that 2010 Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dave Westlake, who was drubbed by Ron Johnson in the Republican U.S. Senate primary, is thinking about another run for the U.S. Senate in 2012, but if Westlake is thinking about running, he might not find much support. A recent…

Just a few predictions on some important races today, keeping in mind that this list is far from exhaustive: Chris Larson v. Jeff Plale (Democratic primary in 7th State Senate District): A lot of money has been spent in this race, including scads of money from outside groups on both…

Given that we’re less than a week away from the 2010 partisan primary election, we here at Blogging Blue figure it’s time we make some official endorsements. Some of these endorsements will be made as a group (Zach, Paul, Ed, Greg, and Proud Progressive), while others may be made on…

Last month I noted the general unwillingness of candidates for elected office to engage each other in debates, so I was happy to see Sen. Russ Feingold has agreed to six debates with his Republican opponent in the general election. While Ron Johnson’s PR flack has said Johnson is focused…