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The Hovde Plan: Slash Funding for Law Enforcement MADISON, Wis. — In the final weeks of the election, WisDems will be highlighting Eric Hovde’s extreme agenda for Wisconsin, and how his policies would be disastrous for Wisconsinites. The seventh edition will look at Hovde’s plan to cut funding for law enforcement.  California bank owner Eric Hovde’s budget […]

ROUND UP: What Wisconsinites are Reading About Democratic Candidates for the State Legislature MADISON, Wis. — With new, fair legislative maps, Wisconsin Democrats have a real shot at winning a majority in Madison this November and putting an end to Republican games that have held our state back.  Democratic candidates are getting their message out […]

ICYMI: Democrats Hold Roundtable Highlighting Their Fight for Reproductive Freedom MADISON, Wis. — Yesterday, Lieutenant Governor Sara Rodriguez, Senate Minority Leader Dianne Hesselbein, and State Senate candidate Jodi Habush Sinykin held a roundtable discussion with voters in the 8th Senate District about the perilous state of reproductive freedoms in Wisconsin under a Republican-controlled Legislature.  Speakers […]

MEMORY LANE: Derrick Van Orden’s Health Care Plan is Repealing the ACA MADISON, Wis. — Yesterday, the Badger Herald and WORT FM reported on UW–Madison college students calling out Eric Hovde for insulting young people and college students and demolishing the Silver Dollar Tavern, what once was one of the oldest family-owned bars in Madison. “He didn’t care about the history of the bar, the patrons, the […]

MEMORY LANE: Derrick Van Orden’s Health Care Plan is Repealing the ACA MADISON, Wis. — As Derrick Van Orden desperately tries to distract from his abysmal record three weeks from Election Day, we’re taking a trip down memory lane to revisit some of Van Orden’s most extreme positions.  Derrick Van Orden has no problem telling […]

The Hovde Plan: Let Corporations Rip Off Working Families MADISON, Wis. — In the final weeks of the election, WisDems will be highlighting Eric Hovde’s extreme agenda for Wisconsin, and how his policies would be disastrous for Wisconsinites if he wins. The sixth edition will look at Hovde’s plan to raise costs on working families.  California bank […]

ICYMI: Bryan Steil Dodges Question on His Support for a Nationwide Abortion Ban MADISON, Wis. — Yesterday, in an interview with WKOW’s Cap City Sunday, Bryan Steil gave a damning non-answer when pressed on whether he would support a nationwide abortion ban, refusing to answer and instead claiming that abortion has returned “primarily” to the states.  […]

WaPo: Eric Hovde Says His Political Opponents Are ‘Such a Curse to Our Society’ MADISON, Wis. — So much for “putting on the red, white, and blue jerseys.” This weekend, Eric Hovde said that his political opponents are “such a curse to society.” Hovde has insulted Wisconsinites of all stripes, saying people in nursing homes shouldn’t be allowed to vote, saying ‘females’ […]

ICYMI: Kristin Lyerly: Delivering for Northeast Wisconsin Requires Bipartisan Leadership MADISON, Wis. — In an op-ed in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Dr. Kristin Lyerly addresses the issues at the top of voters’ minds in the 8th Congressional District. As an OB/GYN, Lyerly has spent her career caring for her community and fighting for Wisconsinites’ freedoms, whereas […]