Dems at today’s state party convention reelected Chair Ben Wikler and other party officers in uncontested races. Wikler in opening today’s convention noted last year’s convention took place just days after the overturning of Roe v. Wade and the state’s 1849
As the state Dem Party is ramping up its annual convention in Green Bay, Chair Ben Wikler despite recent victories, says Dems aren’t taking anything for granted when it comes to the U.S. Senate race.
Heading into 2024, President Biden’s job approval numbers have been upside down nationally and in the state. To keep Wisconsin in Biden’s column next year, state Dem Chair Ben Wikler says job No. 1 is to make sure people know
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La CROSSE — Democratic Party of Wisconsin conventioneers voting in a WisPolitics.com straw poll narrowly backed Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes over state Treasurer Sarah Godlewski for the party’s 2022 U.S. Senate nomination. Barnes was favored by 121, or 32.4 percent,
Dem U.S. Senate candidates on Sunday ripped U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, while pitching party activists on why they’re the right person to beat him this fall. Outagamie County Exec Tom Nelson called Johnson a “lying, treason-loving, woman-hating Putin stooge”
La CROSSE — State treasurer candidates stressed various campaign pillars such as climate addressing change, ensuring have access to safe abortions and past experience as reasons to elect them. West Allis Ald. Angelito Tenorio said his work on the West
La CROSSE — Dane County Dem Party Chair Alexia Sabor and longtime incumbent Doug La Follette today emphasized the importance of protecting secretary of state’s office from election meddling. La Follette is the only Dem incumbent to draw a challenger
Dem party activists voted Sunday to back a resolution opposing new fossil fuel infrastructure projects in the United States and backing green energy projects and job creation. The resolution also expressed support for “clean drinking water access, pipeline decommissioning jobs
La CROSSE — Gov. Tony Evers on Saturday promised Dem activists that he will do everything in his power to protect abortion access in Wisconsin and warned his GOP challengers want to divide the state with their extreme policies. Speaking
La CROSSE — U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin told Dem activists Saturday the U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down the right to an abortion is their sign “to get angry, to get active and to get involved.” Baldwin, D-Madison, told the
La CROSSE — AG Josh Kaul on Saturday said the U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning the right to an abortion has made women less safe and put them in a position where they’re less free than they had been for
La CROSSE — U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan warned there’s more riding on Wisconsin for Dems than any other state as the party tries to hang onto its slim congressional majority and key statewide seats. The Town of Vermont Dem said
La CROSSE — Senate Minority Leader Janet Bewley, D-Town of Mason, urged Dem activists to turn their “rage into hard work” and their despair into hope this fall. Like many speakers at this weekend’s state convention, Bewley touched on recent
La CROSSE — Dem lt. gov. candidates say their past experiences qualify them to hold the state’s second-highest office, but their upbringings offer a stark contrast. Dem Rep. Sara Rodriguez and CEO of The Hmong Institute Peng Her said their
