Dem activists decry national groups backing candidates ahead of primaries

Activists expressed frustration with national party organizations endorsing ahead of primaries but fell short in their effort to amend the WisDem constitution to allow local units to back candidates as well. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has endorsed Rebecca Cooke in her bid for a rematch with U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Prairie du Chien, and it has become an issue in the thre...