Soon to be former Democratic State Rep. Jason Fields lands on his feet thanks to Scott Walker

Note: The title of this post has been edited. What a shock this is…(not) Gov. Scott Walker appointed Rep. Jason Fields (D-Milwaukee) to the Social Development Commission Thursday. Fields, first elected to the Assembly in 2004, was defeated in the August Democratic primary by Mandela Barnes. Fields’ appointment to the…

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My thoughts on tonight’s election results

So the results are in, and it looks like tonight was a great night for progressives here in the Milwaukee area. Mandela Barnes beat incumbent Democrat Jason Fields for Assembly seat 11 Evan Goyke won in an 8 person field for open Assembly seat 18 Danny Riemer beat incumbent Democrat…

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These Democratic candidates have the “Scott Jensen Seal of Approval”

So it appears the American Federation for Children (AFC), the right-wing education “reform” outfit tied to disgraced and convicted former Republican Assembly Speaker Scott Jensen, is pouring an awful lot of money into helping elect African-American Democrats in Milwaukee. According to the GAB-7S linked to above, the AFC has spent…

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Mandela Barnes Means Jobs and Education.

One of the more exciting side effects of the biased redistricting of Wisconsin’s various political units has been the appearance of new progressive voices on the scene. One of the most visible races in this new environment is the Wisconsin 11th Assembly District. The newly drawn lines for the 11th…

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Why is Democratic State Rep. Jason Fields taking money from disgraced Republican Scott Jensen?

On Saturday Ed had an excellent writeup about the bevy of challengers to African-American Democratic elected officials in Milwaukee and the negative reaction of at least one of those elected officials (State Rep. Jason Fields) as well Stephanie Findley, the chairperson of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin’s Black Caucus, to…

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Milwaukee Democrats Playing Badly

Many of you probably know that the Democratic Party of Wisconsin has an ongoing conversation on how to select candidates for public office. One group prefers selecting a single Democratic candidate and going all in to support that candidate and avoiding a primary. We saw a bit of this when…

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