WisDems: Screnock’s defeat is a loss for Walker

Contact: Melanie Conklin, 608-260-2409 MADISON: With the backdrop of mounting national attention focused on Wisconsin, Judge Rebecca Dallet overcame a typically lower-turnout, more conservative election cycle with her message of fairness, justice and putting the people of our state before

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GOP state rep loses re-election bid as Mondovi mayor

GOP state Rep. Treig Pronschinske, who pulled a surprise upset in the 2016 election for his western Wisconsin Assembly seat, lost his re-election bid as Mondovi mayor Tuesday. According to results posted at the Buffalo County Clerk’s office, Pronshniske took

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Voters shoot down effort to eliminate state treasurer

Voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected a bid by Republicans to eliminate the state treasurer’s office, which backers of the constitutional amendment argued is an unnecessary use of taxpayer dollars. The group Save Our Fiscal Watchdog, which did an $85,000 TV buy urging

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WisDems: Screnock’s defeat is a loss for Walker

Contact: Melanie Conklin, 608-260-2409 MADISON: With the backdrop of mounting national attention focused on Wisconsin, Judge Rebecca Dallet overcame a typically lower-turnout, more conservative election cycle with her message of fairness, justice and putting the people of our state before special interests. Dallet, a Milwaukee circuit court judge and former

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American Majority: 32 American Majority trained new leaders win

Media Contact: Nate Nelson nate@americanmajority.org   Mequon, WI – Following last night’s Spring Election, 32 American Majority Trained New Leaders were elected. Congratulations to all of the winners on well-run campaigns. American Majority trained New Leaders had an excellent win ratio this year as 44 ran for office and 32

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NextGen America: Tom Steyer statement on remembering Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s mountaintop speech, life, and legacy 50 years later

CONTACT: NGA Press Office, 415-802-2423 or press@nextgenamerica.org On the 50th anniversary of the “Mountaintop Speech” and the assassination of civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Tom Steyer issued the following statement: “Today, we stand in solemn reverence of the man who, more than any President or politician, stands

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Dallet elected to Supreme Court, Walker warns of blue wave

Milwaukee County Judge Rebecca Dallet called her victory a message from voters that the special interests can’t buy a seat on the state Supreme Court. Meanwhile, Gov. Scott Walker cited Dallet’s win to warn backers Wisconsin is at risk for a blue wave this fall. Also, voters overwhelmingly rejected an

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GOP state rep loses re-election bid as Mondovi mayor

GOP state Rep. Treig Pronschinske, who pulled a surprise upset in the 2016 election for his western Wisconsin Assembly seat, lost his re-election bid as Mondovi mayor Tuesday. According to results posted at the Buffalo County Clerk’s office, Pronshniske took 35.6 percent of the vote, while Brady Weiss won 63.5

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Screnock tells backers he’s unsure of his long-term plans

Sauk County Judge Michael Screnock thanked supporters for their support and prayers through the campaign in his concession speech Tuesday night. He said “as grueling of a task as running a statewide campaign is, and as fierce as some of the attacks were” he and his wife weren’t frustrated or

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Voters shoot down effort to eliminate state treasurer

Voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected a bid by Republicans to eliminate the state treasurer’s office, which backers of the constitutional amendment argued is an unnecessary use of taxpayer dollars. The group Save Our Fiscal Watchdog, which did an $85,000 TV buy urging voters to keep the office, called on lawmakers to restore

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AP projects Dallet victory in Supreme Court race.

Milwaukee County Judge Rebecca Dallet will win the race of state Supreme Court, The Associated Press is projecting. She becomes the first candidate backed by liberals to win an open Supreme Court seat since 1995. When she takes her seat in August, it will shift the court to a 4-3 conservative

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