Madison Mayor Paul Soglin took a dig at Dem guv rival Mahlon Mitchell in his speech to activists as he pitched himself as the only candidate in the field with the experience needed to defeat Gov. Scott Walker. Soglin told the convention hall he was “there on the first day” of the fight against Act 10, “standing up to the bully unlike one of my competitors writing glittering letters to Walker.” Act 10, which stripped most public employees of their power to collectively bargain, did not include firefighters. Mitchell, who took over as head of the state firefighters union shortly

Dem gubernatorial candidate Kathleen Vinehout vowed to put people first over corporate interests, illustrating the state’s $3 billion Foxconn deal as being equal to a path of $100 bills stretching from Racine to San Francisco. Instead of protecting corporate interests, Vinehout said she’s for people like Rachel, a woman in Racine who works 40 hours per week on minimum wage. She said it would take Rachel a lifetime of working just to walk a mile on a path of $100 bills. “After a lifetime of working, from 16 to age 70, Rachel will be less than a mile down the

U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Milwaukee, declared Donald Trump “totally and unequivocally unfit for the presidency.” But she avoided a “Samantha Bee moment” in her speech to Dem activists. Bee has drawn fire for calling Ivanka Trump a “feckless c***” during a segment on her TV show that focused on the migrant crisis on the U.S. border. It drew fire from the White House, and Bee has apologized. Moore has often delivered one of the more colorful — and longest — speeches as Dem conventions in the past. She noted the party is trying to keep this year’s convention on time

Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin warned that the stakes have never been higher this fall for working Wisconsinites. She cautioned that special interests and Republicans in a dysfunctional Washington are threatening the livelihood of the citizens of the state, and touted her work to put Wisconsinites first. “Let’s put these special interests and out of state mega donors on notice,” she said. “This year let’s organize, let’s take the fight for them, and stand up for Wisconsin.” With special interests pushing their agenda, Baldwin said healthcare costs will continue to rise, and warned that the GOP might again try to

Senate Minority Leader Jennifer Shilling asked Dem activists for their help in winning a special election in 11 days. The La Crosse Dem drew a parallel to Caleb Frostman’s race for the 1st SD June 12 to Patty Shachtner’s win in the 10th SD special election — “smack dab in the heart of Trump Country” — in January. Shilling said in that race, Dems proved they can win when they’re organized and energized. “With a narrow Republican majority in the Senate, a victory in the 1st Senate District on June 12th gets Democrats one seat closer to the majority —

Assembly Minority Leader Gordon Hintz called on Dems today to work hard to build off the momentum of a blue wave. With Democratic control of the governor’s office and the Legislature, he said lawmakers could pass progressive priorities such as paid universal family leave, protecting the state’s natural resources and aiding young people strapped with student loan debt. He urged Dems to keep an eye toward victory in the fall. “If we change the faces we can change the policies. We control our own destiny this fall,” he said. With Democrats in power, Hintz said the state would be home

Democrat Josh Pade touted his working class background as a qualification for governor. He said growing up in southeastern Wisconsin without a father, and a mother who struggled to make ends meet, plus having to pay his own way through college and law school gives him the understanding of what working class families need. He railed against establishment politics as having failed Wisconsinites, and said he’d bring a vision to the state that would give hope and a new choice to the state’s citizens. “Democrats are united for a change and we’re going to make that change happen for working