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The “Worst Moment from the Debate:” How People Reacted to Eric Hovde Losing the Debate to Tammy Baldwin MADISON, Wis. — After Eric Hovde stumbled through his lines and struggled to explain his extreme policy agenda, it’s clear the momentum is behind Tammy Baldwin in this race. From coming up blank on the farm bill to prying into women’s […]

WisDems Calls on Eric Hovde to Release His Laguna Beach Mansion Utility Bill MADISON, Wis. — After Eric Hovde pulled out a utility bill on the debate stage, WisDems is calling on Eric Hovde to release the utility bill for his $7 million Laguna Beach, California mansion on one of the only stretches of private beaches in California.  Reminder: Hovde […]

BREAKING: Big-Ag Buddy Derrick Van Orden Bullied Wisconsin Family Farmers in DC Meeting MADISON, Wis. — Today, the Wisconsin Independent told us what we already know: Washington’s schoolyard bully is too busy schmoozing with the rich agri-giants in Washington who fund his campaign to think about western Wisconsin farmers back home. Can’t cough up a check? He […]

ICYMI: Peter Barca: Send Me to Congress Again to Fight for Wisconsin Families MADISON, Wis. — In an op-ed in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Peter Barca lays out his plan to help working families in the 1st Congressional District. As a former teacher and lifelong public servant, Peter Barca knows that working families are the backbone […]

ROUND UP: Wisconsin’s Republican Candidates Are Hiding From… Wisconsin? MADISON, Wis. — For the past decade, Wisconsin’s Republicans have been able to hide from voters and escape true accountability due to gerrymandered maps. Now, thanks to new, fair legislative maps, casual observers would assume Wisconsin Republicans are being forced to take responsibility for their records […]

“We’ve Had a Couple of Bad Days:” Hovde’s Rough Start to Debate Day MADISON, Wis. — Debate day has barely even started, and Eric Hovde is already making headlines for supporting policies that are bad for Wisconsin. From pushing to end the Department of Education to slashing veterans’ benefits and Social Security, Hovde will have to answer for his out-of-touch agenda.  See below for […]

DEBATE RECAP: Do-Nothing Stacey Klein Doubled Down, Senator Brad Pfaff Highlighted Record of Action MADISON, Wis. — In the debate between Sen. Brad Pfaff and Stacey Klein in Wisconsin’s 32nd Senate District, Stacey Klein told voters her plan to address issues in western Wisconsin: do nothing. Last night, Klein told western Wisconsinites what they already […]

MEMORY LANE: Derrick Van Orden’s Frightening Farm Bill Failure: All Hat and No Cattle MADISON, Wis. — Around the bend of Van Orden memory lane, another fright lies in wait: the dead-on-arrival Farm Bill. Derrick Van Orden is screwing the family farms he claims to represent and leaving children to starve—just so he can bend […]

NEW: Eric Hovde’s Allies Caught Lying Again MADISON, Wis. — Senate Leadership Fund, Mitch McConnell’s corporate-backed super PAC pouring tens of millions of dollars into Wisconsin’s Senate race, was caught lying about Tammy Baldwin. An independent fact check of the PAC’s claims exposed the ad for being false, saying, “No, U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, has not stated support […]