Press Releases

New WisDems Web Ad Highlights Lack of Enthusiasm

MADISON-The Democratic Party of Wisconsin on Wednesday released a new Web ad highlighting the growing rift between Senate hopeful and Washington lobbyist Tommy Thompson and Tea Party Republican activists. Thompson’s recent troubles with Wisconsin’s self-fashioned Tea Party kingmakers in right-wing talk radio have put a crimp in his candidacy, with the talkers saying Thompson’s candidacy did not pass the “smell test.”

MADISON - Following is the statement of Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Mike Tate on Democratic victories in the historic Wisconsin State Senate recall elections.

MADISON – A new web ad recently released by the Holperin for Senate campaign features Jim Holperin discussing how time and time again Kim Simac has simply refused to face the voters and discuss key issues facing our state.

MADISON-Following is the statement of Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Mike Tate on the absence of Scott Walker from Republican recall campaigns heading into Tuesday's historic election.

MILWAUKEE – Speaking at the Milwaukee Newsmakers luncheon, Alberta Darling on Tuesday was unable to name a single job created in the 8th State Senate District as a result of the GOP’s radical legislative session.

MADISON-The Democratic Party of Wisconsin filed a complaint Monday seeking the immediate end to a Koch Brothers-funded scheme to suppress Democratic votes in upcoming recall elections and called on six recall Republican senators to denounce the tactic.

MADISON-Following is the statement of Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Mike Tate following the Republican Senate vote by six senators facing recall to require that job seekers wait a week for unemployment benefits.

MADISON-A week away from recall elections, the jobs-killing policies of Scott Walker and his GOP Allies in the Senate have put Wisconsin on the top of the heap in unemployment growth.

MADISON - Scott Walker himself has admitted the likelihood of losing control over the State Senate next month, and now right-wing extremist groups and the Republican Party are flooding Wisconsin with out-of-state special interest money to try to protect Scott Walker and his six recalled Republican rubberstamps.

MADISON-The Democratic Party of Wisconsin demanded Thursday that extremist Kim Simac produce state income tax records after a misleading commercial in which she brazenly wielded around pieces of paper meant to create the impression she had, in fact, paid state income taxes.