The Political Taste Test

This is from 2010, but it’s hilarious. Tim John for Governor in 2014? Unlikely, but that sure would be fun!

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Now here’s a Democratic gubernatorial candidate I could get behind…

Perhaps Tim John’s timing was off…

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Black Men Can’t Get Into Oz

Black Men Can’t Get Into Oz Written by former gubernatorial candidate Tim John 53.3 % of metro Milwaukee’s working-age black males were not employed in 2009: either unemployed, or, for various reasons (including incarceration), out of the work force, Dr. Marc Levine of the UW-M Center for Economic Development reported….

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Tim John gets some positive press

Despite endorsing Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett in the Democratic gubernatorial primary, the editorial staff of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel had some nice things to say about Barrett’s opponent, businessman Tim John: But we write today not so much to recommend Barrett in a race that he is assured of winning…

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Tim John for governor – the last ad

With the September 14 partisan primary date looming, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tim John has a new ad out. Take a look:

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Why are Wisconsin’s candidates so unwilling to debate?

Here’s something I’ve been wondering about the 2010 statewide races here in Wisconsin: Why is it that with the exception of the Republican gubernatorial race, in which Scott Walker and Mark Neumann have actually gotten together to debate the issues, none of the other major contested races (Democratic gubernatorial primary,…

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Tim John: the other Democratic gubernatorial candidate!

I’ll admit that I don’t typically read Eugene Kane’s column in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, but upon noticing Kane’s most recent column was written about underdog Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tim John, I had to give it a read. As Kane notes in his column, John may not have a snowball’s…

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Tim John challenges Tom Barrett to debate

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tim John, the underdog in the Democratic gubernatorial primary, wants to debate Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, and despite repeated calls for a debate by John, Barrett’s campaign has been silent, prompting John to send out an email to supporters including this challenge: While my complaints are many,…

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Ciao Wisconsin

As I’ve said before, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tim John has one of the funniest YouTube channels I’ve seen from a candidate for elected office. In one of the latest additions to his YouTube channel, John has what has to be the first political campaign ad I’ve seen done entirely in…

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A conversation with Tim John

Have you heard the news??? Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett is running for governor! Well, that’s not really news, unless you don’t follow politics too closely, but what might be news to a lot of folks here in Wisconsin is the fact that Barrett has an opponent in the Democratic gubernatorial…

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