Press Releases

MADISON – In an effort to highlight key considerations for voters in South Central Wisconsin, the Democratic Party of Wisconsin is this week continuing its You Need to Know campaign. The series will share hard facts about Republicans Keith Ripp, Jack Cummings, Dan Henke, Evan Wynn and Amy Loudenbeck, facts voters must keep in mind when they go to the polls November 2nd.

MADISON – In an effort to highlight key considerations for Northwoods voters, the Democratic Party of Wisconsin is this week continuing its You Need to Know campaign. The series will share hard facts about Republicans Tom Tiffany, Mary Williams, Erik Severson, and Roger Rivard, facts voters must keep in mind when they go to the polls November 2nd.

MADISON – In an effort to highlight key considerations for voters in Western Wisconsin, the Democratic Party of Wisconsin is this week continuing its You Need to Know campaign. The series will share hard facts about Republicans Howard Marklein, Travis Tranel, Lee Nerison, Ed Brooks and Dennis Clinard, facts voters must keep in mind when they go to the polls November 2nd.

MADISON – In an effort to highlight key considerations for voters in Northwestern Wisconsin, the Democratic Party of Wisconsin is this week continuing its You Need to Know campaign. The series will share hard facts about Republicans Tom Larson, Kathy Bernier, and Warren Petryk, facts voters must keep in mind when they go to the polls November 2nd.

MADISON - The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel yesterday featured a questionable, far-fetched claim by two doctors from Eau Claire, Wisconsin.  The he-said, she-said story includes several holes in both Dr. Michael Smith’s and an unnamed doctor’s attack on Third District Congressman Ron Kind.  A spokesperson for the conservative pharma-funded 60 Plus Association, which ran $600,000 worth of ads against Ron Kind this cycle, Dr. Michael Smith has donated and held fundraisers for Kind’s opponent, Dan Kapanke.

Racine - Campaign finance reports filed this week with the state Government Accountability Board reveal out-of-state millionaires, banking, insurance and other business interests along with political action committees (PACs) and special interests are filling Van Wanggaard's State Senate campaign coffers.  In fact, a shocking 91% of Wanggaard's reported contributions from September and October are either from outside of Racine County or attributable to these special interest groups.

MADISON – Assembly candidate for the 5^th district, Jim Steineke, appears to have broken Wisconsin state law yet again.  Assembly Democratic Campaign Committee Director Nicholl Caruso filed two complaints against Steineke with the Government Accountability Board yesterday after discovering potential violations in Steinke’s recently filed campaign finance report.

MADISON - Damaging audits released Monday show how violent assaults spiked at Scott Walker's mental health hospital as he slashed budgets and staff, leaving patients dearly in peril, and how county buildings, including Mitchell Field and the War Memorial, have been left unsafe by Walker's reckless policy of cutting inspections, resulting in a "haphazard" approach.

MADISON - After embracing the toll roads pushed for by his fat cat patrons, Scott Walker is raising passenger fees by 50 percent at General Mitchell International Airport.

MADISON - Alarming new video released today directly contradicts Scott Walker's political claim that he has confronted security lapses at his mental health hospital "head-on" and highlight the steps he is taking to hide a report that directly addresses his security failures.