John Nichols: Wisconsin Democrats already elected a socialist for governor

In the last months of World War II, when Wisconsin Democrats voted in the Aug. 15, 1944, gubernatorial primary, they gave 63% of the vote to Daniel Webster Hoan, the longtime Socialist Party mayor of Milwaukee who, after finishing his final term in 1940, chose to make his next move in the Democratic Party of “New Deal” President Franklin Roosevelt.

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Bill Barth: Not surprising, but outrageous

The U.S. Department of Energy, in an official court document, admitted that 284 federal grants totaling $7.6 billion were terminated in several states for the sole reason that a majority of voters there had supported Democrat Kamala Harris for president in 2024.

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LIBRE Initiative-Wisconsin: Latino org endorses five state legislative candidates ahead of November election

Milwaukee, WI — The LIBRE Initiative-Wisconsin, the largest center-right Latino organization in the state, announced the endorsement of five candidates for the Wisconsin State Legislature, backing a slate of policy champions committed to expanding opportunity for families, small business owners, and working Wisconsinites across the state. The endorsements come as Hispanic

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John Nichols: Wisconsin Democrats already elected a socialist for governor

In the last months of World War II, when Wisconsin Democrats voted in the Aug. 15, 1944, gubernatorial primary, they gave 63% of the vote to Daniel Webster Hoan, the longtime Socialist Party mayor of Milwaukee who, after finishing his final term in 1940, chose to make his next move in the Democratic Party of “New Deal” President Franklin Roosevelt.

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Bill Barth: Not surprising, but outrageous

The U.S. Department of Energy, in an official court document, admitted that 284 federal grants totaling $7.6 billion were terminated in several states for the sole reason that a majority of voters there had supported Democrat Kamala Harris for president in 2024.

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