Chris Larson named Senate Minority Leader

Congratulations to Democratic State Senator Chris Larson, the new Senate Minority Leader!

Democrats in the state Senate elected 32-year-old freshman Sen. Chris Larson of Milwaukee as minority leader on Tuesday — a surprise decision that Republicans instantly cheered.

Larson was first elected to the Senate in 2010 after beating a more conservative Democrat in a primary and since then has been a reliable part of the caucus’s liberal wing. With his relative youth and inexperience, some Republicans immediately signalled Tuesday that they thought he would be ineffective as a leader.

Shortly after Larson’s selection as Minority Leader was announced, Republican Rep. Robin Vos (R-Rochester), the incoming Assembly speaker, said, “Sometimes, God gives you a gift,” apparently blindly oblivious to statements he made earlier today calling for bipartisanship.

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  1. Thanks Zach.

    JS’ Pat Marley has a nice piece up on the wingnuts running our legislature. http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/nine-lawmakers-back-charging-federal-officials-who-implement-obamacare-here-n47kl10-179180251.html

    Scott Walker has ZERO excuse for not delivering on his 250,000 jobs promise. GOP controls all three branches of state government.

    Too early to say how much impact Grover Norquist’s appeasement with carbon taxes will have, but it’s a good sign that GOP beginning to read the polls on climate change.

    http://news.firedoglake.com/2012/11/13/norquist-quickly-reverses-course-on-viability-of-carbon-taxes/

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