Mobley fourth Republican to join 8th SD race

Thiensville Village President Van Mobley tells WisPolitics.com he’s getting into the race for the 8th SD. Mobley, in his fourth term as village president, is the fourth Republican to announce plans to run for the seat in the spring special

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Rewind: Your Week in Review for Dec. 2

On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Wakesha County Judge Jennifer Dorow’s entry into the Supreme Court race, the special election for the 8th SD, former GOP guv candidate Tim Michels’ recent comments about his loss to Gov. Tony Evers and more.

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Baldwin, Johnson vote for bill to avert rail strike

U.S. Sens. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, and Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, have qualms with Congress getting involved in a conflict between freight railroads and most of their unions. But both ultimately approved a bill to avoid a strike, which passed the Senate yesterday 80-15.

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Baldwin praises Senate passage of same-sex marriage bill

U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin says passage of legislation to provide new legal protections for same-sex and interracial couples shows the U.S. government and American people “see them and respect them.” The Senate yesterday approved the bill 61-36 on final passage, clearing the way to send it back to the House, which had passed an earlier version

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Mobley fourth Republican to join 8th SD race

Thiensville Village President Van Mobley tells WisPolitics.com he’s getting into the race for the 8th SD. Mobley, in his fourth term as village president, is the fourth Republican to announce plans to run for the seat in the spring special election. Alberta Darling was the longtime state senator representing the

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Rewind: Your Week in Review for Dec. 2

On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Wakesha County Judge Jennifer Dorow’s entry into the Supreme Court race, the special election for the 8th SD, former GOP guv candidate Tim Michels’ recent comments about his loss to Gov. Tony Evers and more.

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Baldwin, Johnson vote for bill to avert rail strike

U.S. Sens. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, and Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, have qualms with Congress getting involved in a conflict between freight railroads and most of their unions. But both ultimately approved a bill to avoid a strike, which passed the Senate yesterday 80-15.

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Baldwin praises Senate passage of same-sex marriage bill

U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin says passage of legislation to provide new legal protections for same-sex and interracial couples shows the U.S. government and American people “see them and respect them.” The Senate yesterday approved the bill 61-36 on final passage, clearing the way to send it back to the House, which had passed an earlier version

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Darling to retire Dec. 1 after 32 years in Legislature

GOP state Sen. Alberta Darling, who led the powerful Joint Finance Committee for a record-tying six terms, announced today she will retire Dec. 1 after 32 years in the Legislature. Her departure will open up a vacancy in her strongly GOP seat representing the Milwaukee suburbs. Darling, 78, didn’t cite

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Loudenbeck concedes to La Follette in secretary of state race

Republican Amy Loudenbeck today conceded to Dem Doug La Follette after the final county canvasses found the longtime secretary of state beating his GOP challenger by 7,442 votes. That’s a margin of 0.28 percent of all votes cast in the race, just outside the margin of 0.25 percent needed for

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