Tag: Jeff Smith

Earlier tonight Jeff Smith, one of the five candidates vying to replace Mike Tate as Chair of the Democratic Party, released a statement withdrawing from the race and throwing his support behind fellow candidate Martha Laning. Here’s Smith’s release. Dear friends and supporters, This campaign has been an extraordinary adventure….

Facebook erupted late yesterday afternoon with intermittent outrage after some delegates to the DPW convention received a letter from the Jeff Smith campaign, a letter titled ” A Winning Coalition “, telling folks that if he’s elected he’ll offer Martha Laning the position of Executive Director of the DPW. The…

With the Democratic Party of Wisconsin’s 2015 convention fast approaching, there’s been a lot said and written about each of the five candidates for DPW Chair, including some not-so-nice attacks on some of the candidates. What I wanted to do is take a few minutes to outline the vision each…

UW Oshkosh Professor of Communications Studies and former candidate for state legislature Tony Palmeri has an excellent piece on the race for DPW Chair. It’s a mighty refreshing break from the rhetoric of the last couple of days. Here’s a relevant snippet: ” Of the five candidates running for DPW…

Jeff Smith has an hilarious new campaign video out. Great message too!

Earlier today Fighting Bob Fest founder Ed Garvey announced his endorsement of Jeff Smith for Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin. Here’s a snippet from the press release. Fighting Bob Fest founder Ed Garvey announced his support today for Jeff Smith’s candidacy to be the next State Chair of…

Ask any progressive in western Wisconsin’s Chippewa Valley who the hardest working activist in the Valley is and among the names you’ll hear is Eleanor Wolf, and she’s more than likely to be at the top of the list. So when Citizen Action of Wisconsin held their annual vote last…

First off, Jeff is the only candidate who has won a state level election against a multi-term incumbent Republican in rural Wisconsin. Jeff’s first race was in 2004 when he defeated a handpicked DPW candidate in the 93rd Assembly district primary and went on to lose in the general election….

From Wispolitics.com Findley Campaign: Announces candidacy for 1st Vice Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin 3/17/2015 Contact: Jeff Smith 715-579-9811 Milwaukee, WI- Former 4th Congressional District and Black Caucus Chair Stephanie Findley announced today she is running for First Vice Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin with Jeff…

Mike McCabe, former Executive Director of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign and author of the book ” Blue Jeans in High Places ” has endorsed Jeff Smith for Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin. Here’s what McCabe had to say: “Quite a few people who presumably are card-carrying members of…