Seizing the Moment: An Open Letter to the Democratic Party of Wisconsin

Dear DPW, A quick perusal of your website suggests that defeating Ron Johnson in 2022 is one of your top priorities, and I wholeheartedly agree. In fact, I recently penned a post on this Blog regarding the matter, urging Aaron Rodgers to run against Johnson. #RoJo Gotta Go # NoMoRoJo,…

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A Little Damn Late: Evers Calls For Legislature To Halt In Person Voting For April 7

Governor Evers called the legislature into session tomorrow to take up changing the April 7th Presidential Primary and State/Local General Elections to an entirely mail in election. Election changes should have been part of his emergency declaration bundle three weeks ago. And he should have called the legislature into session…

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Wisconsin Dems Scale Back on Conventions

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…

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Wisconsin GOP Doesn’t Trust Anyone To Vote

I was reading an article about how the chairman of the Republican Party of Wisconsin was stepping down after eight years at the helm. Newsworthy to us political nerds but as I got into reading it further…I got a bit of a cold vibe from the article. Halfway through the…

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DPW Chair Martha Laning Not Running for Reelection.

In her weekly newsletter, Martha Laning, the current chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, announces that she will not run for reelection: Four years ago, I ran to become Chair because I knew that Wisconsin Democrats needed a strong party infrastructure, a robust and engaged grassroots network, and a…

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Well, Chaz Who?

Over the past few months I have been averaging about 3 emails a week from Raj Shukla who is running for mayor of Madison. That’s cool. They’ve all come from team@rajshukla.com and are signed simply, Raj. They are typical campaign emails….putting out policy, asking for participation in questionnaires, and of…

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WI Gubernatorial Candidate Mike McCabe Picks a Fight With Democratic Party

Independent Mike ‘I’ve never belonged to a party’ McCabe is running for Governor of Wisconsin as a Democrat. He admits that he doesn’t belong to the Democratic Party of Wisconsin. But he’s in a snit because the DPW won’t bend the rules for him and give him access to the…

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A Personal Note from Martha Laning, Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin

This arrived in my inbox last Friday: Dear fellow Wisconsin Democrats, Two days ago, the opioid crisis touched the Wisconsin political world in a very personal way. People from both political parties were reeling from tragedies that left lives and families shattered. My heart breaks for the three children of…

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Has the Democratic Party of Wisconsin reached “dumpster fire” status?

Just a little while ago I came across this tweet from FOX6 Milwaukee political reporter Theo Keith: NEW: @wisgop reports having about 47 times more cash on hand than @WisDems in July finance filing — $1.7 million vs $36,000. — Theo Keith (@TheoKeith) July 19, 2017 While I understand it’s…

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Madison Mayor Paul Soglin to Run for Wisconsin Governor?

Please, no! The Wisconsin State Journal is saying that Madison Mayor Paul Soglin is considering a run for governor against Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker in 2018. Madison Mayor Paul Soglin said Saturday that he’s considering seeking the Democratic nomination for governor in 2018, the winner of which likely will challenge…

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