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ICYMI: Have Democrats Found a Way to Win Over Rural America? Look at What’s Happening in Wisconsin. MADISON, Wis. — This week, POLITICO reported on the strength of Democratic presence in rural Wisconsin under new, fair maps. Gerrymandered districts that were drawn to disproportionately advantage Republicans are now competitive, with Democratic candidates making inroads in rural areas […]

‘Abortion is Child Sacrifice:’ Eric Hovde’s Closing Message on Abortion One Week From Election Day MADISON, Wis. — There’s one week to Election Day, and Eric Hovde is setting his closing message on abortion: campaigning with the endorsement of one of the most extreme anti-abortion groups. Hovde is ending his campaign by campaigning with the endorsement […]

ICYMI: Assembly Democrats Kick Off “Flippin’ Tour” With Weekend Stops in Central, Western Wisconsin MADISON, Wis. — This weekend, State Representatives Francesca Hong, Tip McGuire, Mike Bare, and Assembly Democratic Leader Greta Neubauer kicked off their statewide “Flippin’ Tour” to energize voters and drive them to the polls in the week leading up to Election […]

MEMORY LANE: Derrick Van Orden’s Extreme Position on Abortion MADISON, Wis. — Derrick Van Orden has long taken an extreme stand on reproductive freedom, including saying that women should “have enough strength of character” to give birth and calling for a 15-week abortion ban. When Roe v. Wade was overturned by Trump-appointed Supreme Court justices, Wisconsin women […]

Eric Hovde Hits the Campaign Trail Following Endorsement from Group that Compared Abortion to ‘Child Sacrifice’ MADISON, Wis. — As Eric Hovde continues on the campaign trail this week, it will be his first week campaigning with the endorsement of an “unapologetically” anti-abortion group that believes medication abortion is ‘baby pesticides,’ believes in fetal personhood, equates abortion with child sacrifice, and wants a total ban […]

On This Day: Eric Hovde Called Wisconsin Men and Women ‘Deplorable’ MADISON, Wis. — Today, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported how LuAnn Bird’s to flip the 61st Assembly District. LuAnn Bird ran the closest Assembly race in 2022, and thanks to fair maps, she now has the chance to help deliver the Assembly for Democrats come […]

On This Day: Eric Hovde Called Wisconsin Men and Women ‘Deplorable’ MADISON, Wis. — On this day in 2016, Eric Hovde called Wisconsin men and women “deplorable,” criticizing women for “spending too much time focused on what’s going on in Hollywood” and men for “engrossing themselves too much in sports.” Hovde has spent his entire campaign insulting […]

Questions Eric Hovde Needs to Answer About The Anti-Abortion Group That Endorsed Him MADISON, Wis. — Yesterday, Eric Hovde was endorsed by an anti-abortion group called the ‘Campaign for Working Families,’ which supports fetal personhood, which would end all abortions, believes life begins at conception, said that medication abortion is ‘baby pesticides,’ and just last month compared abortion to ‘child sacrifice.’ Despite Hovde continuing to lie about […]

NEWS: Eric Hovde Endorsed by Group that Wants to Ban All Abortion; Compared Abortion to Child Sacrifice MADISON, Wis. — Yesterday, Eric Hovde was endorsed by an anti-abortion group called the ‘Campaign for Working Families’ which supports fetal personhood, which would end all abortions,  believes life begins at conception, and just last month compared abortion to ‘child sacrifice’.  After lying for […]