Category: Democratic Party of Wisconsin

In tomorrow’s special election in the Wisconsin 7th Congressional District. The election is between Republican State Senator Tim Tiffany and Wausau School Board Member Tricia Zunker. The eventual winner will replace Rep. Sean Duffy who resigned the position late last year. So the Democrats have a chance to send a…

From this morning’s email, Chris Walton, Chair of the Democratic Party of Milwaukee County, announced that his is running to replace newly elected Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley in the State Assembly’s District 17! Friend, I’m excited to let you know that I am exploring a run for the Wisconsin…

Then why are we talking about it in meetings with business leaders or in the press instead of just walking across the Capitol and getting it done? I am sure that somewhere in the governor’s suite of offices is a conference room large enough to meet in while socially distancing….

I don’t know how this got under our radar, but according to this morning’s print edition of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Senate Minority Leader Jennifer Shilling (D – La Crosse) is not running for re-election. Jennifer Shilling of La Crosse, the Senate’s minority leader, will retire at the end of…

from the email inbox: following the announcement from State Senator Fred Risser that he is retiring…the first hat in the ring for his seat comes from State Representative Kelda Roys! I’m thrilled to share the big news that I’m running for State Senate in Wisconsin’s District 26! Sen. Fred Risser…

Ok, this is something of a surprise and a big disappointment…but buried in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article about the retirement of Sen. Fred Risser is this tidbit: And in a further shakeup of Democratic politics in Dane County, state Rep. Chris Taylor announced Thursday she would not run for a seat…

The longest server elected state official in Madison, Wisconsin State Senator Fred Risser is finally retiring… Risser, 92, was elected to the Assembly in 1956 and the Senate in 1962. [sarcasm–>] maybe we can finally elect a boomer to that seat!

Well so far today I have gotten emails saying the 4th Congressional District Democratic Convention has been canceled. I was scheduled to attend on March 28 2020. I knew at minimum that they would have to move it since it was scheduled for a Milwaukee County facility that has been…

There has been an ongoing squabble in Wisconsin over 234,000 voters on a list of people who may have moved…or may have not. Several conservative voters are lending their names to conservative instigators, Wisconsin Institute of Law and Liberty, who started the initial complaints and lawsuits. You can read some…

From this week’s newsletter of the Democratic Party of Milwaukee County: If you are a lawyer or a law student, or if you know one or more, the following announcement is for you! The DNC’s Civic Engagement and Voter Protection (CEVP) department is actively recruiting lawyers and law students in…