Tag: Mike Tate

This is why Wisconsin Democrats just can’t have nice things… When officials from the state Democratic Party show up for their convention in Green Bay in a couple of weeks, they may have to pay in cash. That’s because they still haven’t paid the full bill from their 2009 convention…

Well isn’t this special…. The Democratic Party of Wisconsin has paid a $23,000 fine to federal regulators for campaign finance violations during the recall campaigns of 2011 and 2012. Those violations include failing to keep required payroll logs in 2011 and 2012 and underreporting its spending in 2011 by about…

As reported by Don Behm of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele has hired Democratic Party of Wisconsin spokeswoman Melissa Baldauff to serve in a similar role in his office. Wisconsin Democratic Party spokeswoman Melissa Baldauff will be leaving party headquarters in Madison next month to take…

This one’s for my good buddy Mike Tate.

I think this blog post sums up why so many progressive activists in Wisconsin are so fed up with Mike Tate and the Democratic Party of Wisconsin. Wisconsin is in danger of becoming the 25th “right to work” state by early March, with hearings held today, a Senate vote coming…

Mike Tate goes out with a dizzying array of cliche’s. He’s going to ” leave it all on the field ” the next DPW chair has to ” move the ball forward ” he’s not going to be a ” shrinking violet ” he’s going to hold Walker’s ” feet…

This isn’t really that surprising. Mike Tate, the face of the state Democratic Party for the past six years, will step down as party chief at the end of his current term. “This is not a job you do for a career, but one you have the honor of holding…

From the inbox comes this missive from the Democratic Party of Wisconsin’s Chairman, Mike Tate: Thanks for your membership in the Democratic Party of Wisconsin and your work on behalf of Democratic candidates this fall. Even though the midterm elections were hard on Democrats in Wisconsin and around the country,…

In an opinion piece published yesterday, former U.S. Rep. Dave Obey shared his view that the problems that led to the lackluster election results here in Wisconsin on November 4th were more a product of poor messaging on the part of the national Democratic Party, and not because of the…

So there’s been a lot of talk about why Mike Tate needs to “get out of Dodge” as Chairman of the DPW, but what I’d like to hear from you all is who you’d choose to replace him, along with some reasons why. Discuss.