Media Contact:  Jerad Albracht, Senior Communications Specialist, 608-224-5007 or Bill Cosh, Communications Director, 608-224-5020 MADISON – Last Friday, DATCP issued a consumer alert after seeing an influx in reports from the public about fake IRS phone calls. Today alone, the Consumer Protection Hotline has received at least four times as many calls

Contact: contact@maggieforgovenor.com, 715-610-0302 Many voters who cast their ballots in the just-completed partisan primary election are feeling dissatisfied, and that they will be stuck voting for the lesser of two evils in November.  Independent candidate for governor Dr. Maggie Turnbull wants to change that, starting with Wisconsin’s ballot system. Turnbull said

Contact: zroday@republicanags.com 203-640-9208 Hillary Clinton’s Lawyer is an Empty Suit, Not Ready to Lead The Republican Attorneys General Association released the following statement after Wisconsin Democrats selected Josh Kaul as their nominee for attorney general: “Josh Kaul should not be running for attorney general – he has zero interest in

MEDIA CONTACT Mike Browne, Deputy Director mike@OneWisconsinNow.org (608) 444-3483 People of Wisconsin Know We Can Do Better Than What We’ve Gotten From Scott Walker, GOP MADISON, Wis. — The following are the statements of One Wisconsin Now Executive Director Scot Ross on the Wisconsin Primary Election results: “It’s no wonder Scott Walker

Contact:     Donna Gilson 608-224-5130, donna.gilson@wi.gov Bill Cosh, Communications Director, 608-224-5020, William2.Cosh@wi.gov MADISON – The public can comment through Aug. 22 on a special pesticide registration that would allow Wisconsin corn growers to treat seed with a non-lethal repellant to stop sandhill cranes from feeding on planted corn. The special registration proposed by the Department

Contact: Sam Singleton-Freeman, 414-469-9206, sfreeman@vdlf.org MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN — Tuesday’s Wisconsin primary elections saw sweeping victories for candidates who made resistance to Trump’s attacks on immigrant families central to their platforms. In Milwaukee County, Earnell Lucas defeated ex-Sheriff David Clarke’s longtime assistant Richard Schmidt in a race that became a referendum on collaboration between the

Ryan Congratulates Bryan Steil On His Primary Victory; Says That He’s The Right Person To Fill This Seat JANESVILLE, WI — House Speaker and Wisconsin’s First District Congressman Paul Ryan issued the following statement after Bryan Steil was declared the winner in the Republican primary to fill the seat that he will

Contact: Jared Leopold, 202-772-5600 leopold@dga.net Tonight, Democratic Governors Association Chair Gov. Jay Inslee (D-WA) released the following statement on State Superintendent Tony Evers winning the Democratic nomination for governor in Wisconsin: “I congratulate State Superintendent Tony Evers on earning the Democratic nomination for Governor in Wisconsin. Tony has spent his

Contact: Jared Leopold, 202-772-5600 leopold@dga.net Tonight, Democratic Governors Association Executive Director Elisabeth Pearson released the following statement on Governor Scott Walker’s nomination in Wisconsin: “Scott Walker has spent the past 8 years putting his own political ambition ahead of the needs of Wisconsin’s families and small businesses. Wisconsin voters are

For Immediate Release: August 15, 2018 Contact: Julia Savel, 973-525-5579, juliasavel@randybryceforcongress.com Randy Bryce receives more votes than Bryan Steil in Speaker Ryan’s R+5 District RACINE, WI – For the first time in almost two decades the Democratic nominee earned more votes than the Republican nominee in Wisconsin’s 1st Congressional District Primary Election. Randy Bryce received

Contact: robynforwi@gmail.com Wauwatosa — After Tuesday’s primary, the crowded field of candidates vying for the District 14 Assembly seat has narrowed. Democratic candidate Robyn Vining shared this statement: “Democracy requires people willing to set aside their own lives and make sacrifices to step into the role of public service, not

Contact: Austin Altenburg media@scottwalker.com   [Madison, Wis.] – After concluding a 21-stop, 5-day bus tour across the state, Gov. Walker joined friends and supporters on Tuesday for an Election Day rally in Waukesha where he continued to talk about all that our bold reforms have accomplished, and what more we plan to

Contact:  strongerwisconsin@gmail.com  Today, A Stronger Wisconsin announced that it will be launching a new ad, “This Teacher.” The ad urges Wisconsinites to tell their political leaders to make schools, roads, and health care work for the people of Wisconsin. “This Teacher” highlights Tony Evers’ career as a Wisconsin public educator and contrasts Evers’ service