Tag: Dan Kapanke

Late last week, organizers of an effort to recall Republican State Senator Dan Kapanke filed a petition with more than 21,700 signatures calling for a recall election of Sen. Kapanke, one of the “Republican 8” – the 8 Republican State Senators who voted in lockstep with Gov. Scott Walker’s bill…

Much has been written here and elsewhere about how about Scott Walker and Scooter Jensen’s favorite judge: David Prosser. Since there is always new and exciting information coming through, here are some new(and old/uncovered) Prosser stories. 1. Here is a history of one of David Prosser’s more extreme positions from…

A new ad was launched today to help keep up the momentum of the recall movement(as if it needed it) and it is a powerful one. “As a Republican my entire life I am appalled at what Scott Walker and the Republicans did,” says a corrections officer in the ad….

There are now recall efforts underway against all 16 Wisconsin State Senators who are eligible by law to be recalled, so I thought we’d talk about those efforts. Personally I see recall elections against Republican Sens. Dan Kapanke, Randy Hopper, and Alberta Darling being successful, giving Democrats back control of…

Whats more fun than making sure Dan Kapanke or Luther Olsen never get near Wisconsin Government again? Here are some coming recall events that will help ensure that very thing! Luther Olsen: Thursday: Portage: Recall Olsen HQ 216 W. Wisconsin open 9am-9pm, with canvasses at 4pm and visibility all day….

For all the talk from Republican Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald and Governor Scott Walker about how the 14 State Senate Democrats are falling apart at the seams, it certainly seems that the Republican caucus in the State Senate is falling apart with each passing day. For example, here’s what…

Appears to be Scott Walker! The story that hit the news this afternoon is, Proceeds from Governor-elect Scott Walker’s inaugural events will go toward his campaign and the state Republican Party. That’s a different approach than how outgoing Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle handled his inaugural festivities. Doyle’s events benefited Boys…

The Cook Political Report recently changed the assessment of Wisconsin’s 3rd CD from “Likely Democrat” to “Leans Democrat.” Republican candidate Dan Kapanke is bragging about the change, and includes this excerpt from Cook in a press release; This usually sleepy Western Wisconsin district has become a tantalizing target for GOP…

On wispolitics, they had a story State Sen. Dan Kapanke . The story read pretty normal with kapanke defending a decision to pay off a debt with money from his “Foundation”. (of course he did nothing wrong). Kapanke has also previously acknowledged unintentionally violating state ethics codes by using money…

A Republican state senator and baseball team owner acknowledged Wednesday that a charity controlled by his family had improperly used payments from groups that employ lobbyists to benefit himself and the team. Sen. Dan Kapanke (R-La Crosse), who is seeking to challenge U.S. Rep. Ron Kind (D-Wis.), said Wednesday that…