Press Releases

Following the announcement that Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen is requesting that the Wisconsin Supreme Court reinstate the Walker Administration’s flawed voter ID legislation in advance of the November elections, Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Mike Tate released the following statement.

Scott Walker's campaign received a copy of all the recall signatures submitted against him on Friday. GAB's decision does not change the timeline and it does not interfere with Scott Walker's ability to review the signatures. Supposedly, Scott Walker's campaign has volunteers signed up to verify our signatures. They have until February 26 to contest any of the signatures and GAB has until March 19 to complete its review. 

MADISON – After reports that an estimated 65,000 Wisconsinites, about half of them children, stand to lose healthcare coverage under Scott Walker’s disastrous cuts to Medicare and Medicaid, yet another morally repugnant example of Walker’s misplaced priorities has emerged as the Department of Justice braced statewide service providers for a 42.5% cut to the Sexual Assault Victim Services program.

MILWAUKEE-Following is the statement of Democratic Party of Wisconsin Black Caucus Chair Stephanie Findley following news that Scott Walker ally J.B. Van Hollen declined to assist Milwaukee prosecutors in a corruption probe of Scott Walker, after jumping at the opportunity to help in investigating former Milwaukee Ald. Michael McGee.

MADISON-Following is the statement of Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Mike Tate following a judge's decision to strike down Scott Walker's so-called "budget repair bill.":

MADISON-Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Mike Tate on Thursday asked the Government Accountability Board to investigate an apparent discrepancy in vote totals in Waukesha County that showed a discrepancy of more than 17,000 votes - in a statewide election decided by 8,859 of more than 2.12 million cast.

MADISON- In a reversal of his previous position, Republican Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen is now walking back his statement that federal health care reform was "dead" in Wisconsin.

MADISON-Partisan Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen is outrageously using the same "nullification" logic preferred by figures such as George Wallace in declaring health care reform "dead."

MADISON-Following is the statement of Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Mike Tate following the breaking news that J.B. Van Hollen was embarking on a partisan political errand to stop federal health care reform and thereby add to the federal deficit.