Four DNC members reelected

All four incumbent DNC members were reelected to new four-year terms. The four are: Senate Minority Leader Janet Bewley, D-Mason; Martha Love, a former state chair; Khary Penebaker, a businessman who ran for the 5th CD in 2016; and Andrew

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Baldwin says Trump has failed to lead

U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin knocked President Trump on Friday for a “failure to lead.” Baldwin, D-Madison, told Dem activists that Trump had failed to lead even before the COVID-19 pandemic. She said that includes pushing a tax break that ended

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In message to Dem state convention, Sanders call for unity

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, who won Wisconsin’s 2016 presidential primary but pulled just 31.7 percent of the vote against Biden in April, addressed the state Dem convention digitally with a call to unity. Sanders dismissed Trump as someone who appears to have never read the U.S. Constitution and said there

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Four DNC members reelected

All four incumbent DNC members were reelected to new four-year terms. The four are: Senate Minority Leader Janet Bewley, D-Mason; Martha Love, a former state chair; Khary Penebaker, a businessman who ran for the 5th CD in 2016; and Andrew Werthmann, an Eau Claire alderman. See more from the convention

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Evers, Barnes urge Dems to protect guv’s veto authority

Gov. Tony Evers and Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes urged Dem activists to ensure GOP lawmakers don’t reach two-thirds majorities in both houses of the Legislature after the fall elections. Both addressed the Dem state convention through virtual speeches, and the guv said Republicans have often put up roadblocks. Still, Evers

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Baldwin says Trump has failed to lead

U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin knocked President Trump on Friday for a “failure to lead.” Baldwin, D-Madison, told Dem activists that Trump had failed to lead even before the COVID-19 pandemic. She said that includes pushing a tax break that ended up benefiting the wealthy and a trade war she said

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