Topic: Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis (Reuters) - Former Wisconsin governor Tommy Thompson officially launched his campaign Thursday for the Senate seat being vacated by four-term Democratic Sen. Herb Kohl.Thompson, a Republican, served four terms as governor and then as Secretary of Health and Human Services ...
Voters tilted in favor of Republicans in Wisconsin recall elections that were closely watched for signs of a backlash against Tea Party conservatives in a presidential battleground state, results showed Wednesday.Republican candidates successfully defended four seats in the Wisconsin state senate in ...
Eight months ago Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., appeared to be on cruise control for a fourth term.. The GOP nomination went to a political novice and Tea Party fan named Ron Johnson, owner of an Oshkosh plastics company called Pacur.. Johnson then ...
Eight months ago Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., appeared to be on cruise control for a fourth term.. The GOP nomination went to a political novice and Tea Party fan named Ron Johnson, owner of an Oshkosh plastics company called Pacur.. Johnson then ...
Early European Exploration Father Jacques Marquette and fur trader Louis Joliet sailed towards the Mississippi River in 1673 on a river that the local Native American tribes called Meskousing. Afterward, Joliet used the name Miskonsing on a map he drew; a later ...
I don't know if things are heating up in your town but they are in mine. I have already received a phone call asking my opinion on President Obama and what I think about those who are running for governor in my ...
In 1955 the sociologist Daniel Bell edited a volume of essays under the title The New American Right. The essays addressed, from various standpoints and with the tools of various disciplines, the phenomenon of McCarthyism and related expressions of far-right-wing politics. McCarthyism, ...
Wisconsin's Democrats have got the blues as they fend off resurgent RepublicansUntil recently, Wisconsin seemed to be a Democratic strategist's dream — a blue state getting bluer. Its two U.S. senators were well-established liberal Democrats. The governor's office and both houses of ...
On this day when many are celebrating the passage of health care reform, I thought it would be appropriate to acknowledge a lesbian who has been fighting for LGBT issues in congress as an openly-gay elected official.. Tammy Baldwin is the first ...
Wisconsin Senate Democrats unveil proposal to create jobs, bolster economyDemocrats who control the Wisconsin state Senate have unveiled a proposal they say will help create and retain jobs and businesses and improve worker education and training.The head of the state Republican Party ...
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