Moore’s message to Republicans: Go to hell

U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Milwaukee, said she’s been thinking about the directive from some that Dems need to talk the language of the “discontented,” many of whom she said voted for Donald Trump last fall. The best idea for a

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Laning says party ‘turning on the off year’

Dem Chair Martha Laning, up for re-election tomorrow, got to give activists an early pitch Friday as she delivered an update on the party’s progress to “turn on the off year.” The phrase has been party of Laning’s re-election pitch

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Erpenbach: ‘Bring on 2018’

State Sen. Jon Erpenbach, addressing a Dem state convention being held in his Senate district, told activists Dems believe in letting teachers teach, that health care is a right and that the Wisconsin they know is worth fighting for. He

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LA Mayor Garcetti: Dems ‘cannot win without Wisconsin’

LA Mayor Eric Garcetti highlighted the importance of Wisconsin nationally to the Dem movement in a speech to party activists tonight, saying they “need to remember we cannot win without Wisconsin.” “The days of us ignoring Wisconsin nationally, I hope, are laid to rest,” he said. Garcetti also urged convention-goers to “forget

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Moore’s message to Republicans: Go to hell

U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Milwaukee, said she’s been thinking about the directive from some that Dems need to talk the language of the “discontented,” many of whom she said voted for Donald Trump last fall. The best idea for a message she’s heard came from the Brown County Democrats: Republicans,

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Pocan says GOP is pushing a ‘false narrative’ on Dem guv prospects

U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan blasted the “desperate” state Republican party for pushing a “false narrative” about the Dem party’s gubernatorial prospects in the race against Gov. Scott Walker next year. And the Madison Dem told party activists with 17 months before the election, a “presidential campaign style death march” to Election Day

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Bewley: ‘We are a stronger party’ after November 2016

Sen. Janet Bewley touted a message of togetherness to party activists tonight, as she stressed the strength of the state party following the fall general election last year. The Ashland Dem, who spoke at the convention in place of Senate Majority Leader Jennifer Shilling, told activists while they all felt “angry and disappointed”

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Barca calls on party activists to be ‘ready for the fight’

Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca called on party activists tonight to keep up the energy heading into 2018. “When we Wisconsinites get knocked down, we get up smarter, stronger, ready for the fight to do what’s right,” he said.  He credited the Women’s March back in January in Washington, D.C. and

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Laning says party ‘turning on the off year’

Dem Chair Martha Laning, up for re-election tomorrow, got to give activists an early pitch Friday as she delivered an update on the party’s progress to “turn on the off year.” The phrase has been party of Laning’s re-election pitch as she has touted the party’s efforts to build its

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Erpenbach: ‘Bring on 2018’

State Sen. Jon Erpenbach, addressing a Dem state convention being held in his Senate district, told activists Dems believe in letting teachers teach, that health care is a right and that the Wisconsin they know is worth fighting for. He also got in a shot at President Trump in laying

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