Wisconsin Democrats

Dems File Bribery Complaint Against Romney, Ryan

Shorewood Patch | Adam W. McCoy | Posted 04.03.2012

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The Democratic Party of Wisconsin is alleging that Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney and U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan committed election bribery ...

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GOP Lawmaker Proposes End To Wisconsin-Style Tactic

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 04.03.2012

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A Republican legislator in New Jersey has introduced a bill that she said would not allow her colleagues to repeat the actions of Democrats in Wiscons...

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Wisconsin: Laboratory of Democracy?

Ruth Conniff | Posted 04.09.2012

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In Wisconsin, a group of progressive activists are calling on whichever Democratic candidate emerges to run against Governor Scott Walker to eschew big money in the recall race.

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Anti-Scott Walker Recall Races in Wisconsin Take Shape

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 02.01.2012

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With a heavy reliance on current and former legislators, Wisconsin Democrats have announced candidates against three of the four Republican state sena...

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Problem Looms As Dems Ready To Declare Victory Against Walker

AP | SCOTT BAUER | Posted 03.17.2012

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MADISON, Wis. — Supporters of a push to oust Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker from office are prepared to declare victory in their effort to force th...

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Dems Using Walker Aides' Scandal To Raise Money

The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 01.12.2012

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Wisconsin Democrats are using a recent scandal surrounding former aides of Governor Scott Walker (R) to raise money. Supporters received an email o...

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Wisconsin Democrats Set Start Date For Scott Walker Recall

AP | SCOTT BAUER | Posted 12.11.2011

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MADISON, Wis. — Democrats who may challenge Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker in a recall election next year include the Milwaukee mayor who lost to W...

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Wisconsin Voting Controversy: No Free Photo IDs Unless You Ask

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 11.08.2011

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WASHINGTON -- An internal memo sent around the Wisconsin Department of Transportation went public this week, sparking controversy over its instructio...

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Wisconsin -- It's Your Future, It's Your "Third Party," It's Ground Zero for an "American Spring"

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 10.04.2011

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People watching the news this past week might have thought that Congress was the only place where battles for our future were fought. That's wrong. There are other battles, better battles, battles far from the glare of the Beltway spotlights.

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Watch: Progressive Groups Run New Ads In Wisconsin Recall Elections

HuffingtonPost.com | Paige Lavender | Posted 10.04.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Three progressive groups are set to launch a six-figure television ad buy in the days leading up to the eight remaining Wisconsin state ...

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Russ Feingold Raises More Than $130,000 For Wisconsin Dem Recall Candidates

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 08.08.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Russ Feingold has raised more than $130,000 in less than a week for the nine Democrats running in Wisconsin's recall elections. The fund...

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Dems Complain Of 'Shots For Signatures' Deals In Wisconsin Recall Fight

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 06.21.2011

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WASHINGTON -- In an effort to gather enough signatures to trigger recall elections of state senators in Wisconsin, some backers are turning to peculia...

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WI Dem Senators Should Stay in Illinois: Republicans Must Repeal the Law They Just Passed

Paul Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011

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There is nothing that happened that changes the equation, or Wisconsin Democrats' ability to get what they have been fighting for. Stay the course.

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Wisconsin Democrats Propose Border Meeting With Scott Walker

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Democratic state Senate leader in Wisconsin has written a letter to Gov. Scott Walker asking him to hold a meeting to resolve differ...

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Greetings From the Great Wisconsin Toolshed!

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

MILWAUKEE -- Because it's all so important, because so much is at stake, because the issues on the line here in the Badger State go right to the hear...

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Wisconsin GOP Senators Look To Take Control Of Absent Democrats' Staffers

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Wisconsin's Republican state senators are attempting to commandeer the staffs of the 14 Democrats who have been camped out in nearby Ill...

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Wisconsin Democrats Launch Recall Effort Against GOP Senators

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Wisconsin Democratic Party has launched a fundraising campaign to recall state Senate Republicans who have supported the budget bill...

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Wisconsin GOP Leader Goes After Democratic Senate Staffers

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Wisconsin's Democratic state senators have now been camped out across state lines for a week and a half, preventing Gov. Scott Walker (R...

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Entrapment as Journalism

Matt Kane | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Democrats' move to flee the state is embarrassing. Instead of impassioned pleas, they've fled Madison like some 18th century monarch escaping an angry populace.

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Wisconsin Democratic Senators Have 'Pretty Much Given Up On The Governor'

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Wisconsin's public employee unions have agreed to cuts to their health care and pension funds, and a moderate Republican state senator h...

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Would Democrats Have Been Better Off Letting Scott Walker's Bill Pass?

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Perhaps the greatest challenge facing those 14 Wisconsin Democrats who fled the state in order to prevent a vote on an anti-union measur...

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Wisconsin Protests Surge, Pitting Labor Against Lawmakers

Posted 05.25.2011

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Protests in Wisconsin continue to surge Friday, even as reports from Thursday evening claimed as many as 25,000 demonstrators had taken to the state's...

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Labor Movements Under Attack in Madison, Wisconsin

Rev. Al Sharpton | Posted 05.25.2011

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Republican Governor Scott Walker is wasting time attacking working folks instead of seeking honest, sustainable solutions to his budget shortfalls. It is a con game, pure and simple.

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Police Dispatched As Democratic Lawmakers Flee Wisconsin

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011

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Wisconsin Democrats on Thursday fled the statehouse in an effort to prevent legislators from reaching a quorum and passing a bill put forth by Gov. Sc...

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WATCH: Fox News Crew Scolded At Democrats' Meeting

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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A Fox News camera crew showed up unannounced at a Democratic meeting in Wisconsin Monday, prompting a confrontation that eventually forced the show's ...

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