Friday, January 4, 2013
Joe Fadness will succeed Stephan Thompson in that role effective March 1.
The Republican Party of Wisconsin announced Thursday that former Greenfield High School graduate Joe Fadness has been named Executive Director, succeeding Stephan Thompson in that role. Thompson is stepping down to serve as campaign manager of the Friends of Scott Walker Campaign Committee. The change is effective March 1. “I am honored with the opportunity to lead the Republican Party of Wisconsin,” Joe Fadness said in a statement. “We have an aggressive plan to grow the party, build our ground game, and expand our reach as we look ahead to the mid-term elections. I look forward to working with party leaders to achieve these results.” Fadness is currently the party’s political director. He has worked in politics at the local, state, and …
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Here are the latest updates from the campaign trail in the race to be the next U.S. senator from Wisconsin.
Leading up to the Aug. 14 primary, Patch will regularly bring you the latest news from the campaigns for Wisconsin's U.S. Senate seat in play this election cycle. Thompson Maintains Lead in New Poll; Hovde Gaining A new Marquette University Law School poll released Wednesday shows that former Gov. Tommy Thompson remains the frontrunner in the Republican primary but newcomer Eric Hovde is coming on strong. Thompson is in the lead among likely GOP primary voters with 35 percent to Hovde's 23 percent. In June, the same poll had Thompson at 34 percent and Hovde at 14 percent. GOP candidates Mark Neumann and Scott Fitzgerald each garner 10 percent or less in the latest poll. Patch's Heather Asiyanbi has a complete story on the poll, including …
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Here are the latest updates from the campaign trail in the race to be the next U.S. senator from Wisconsin.
Leading up to the Aug. 14 primary, Patch will regularly bring you the latest news from the campaigns for Wisconsin's U.S. Senate seat in play this election cycle. Wisconsin GOP, Thompson Blast Baldwin on New Medicare Ad Democratic Senate candidate Tammy Baldwin's latest ad, which rails against cuts to Medicare and Social Security, is drawing cries of dishonesty from Republicans. In the ad, titled "Rock," Baldwin says her upbringing by her grandparents taught her the value of those programs for the elderly. "When people in Washington talk about slashing Medicare benefits instead of asking millionaires to pay their fair share, I know it's wrong," Bladwin says in the ad. Republicans were quick to respond. After the ad was released Monday, the…
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
The Government Accountability Board rejected a challenge filed last week by the attorney for the Democratic Party of Wisconsin.
All candidates, including those dubbed “fake” or "protest” candidates, will be allowed a spot on the recall election ballots next month. The Government Accountability Board determined Tuesday that six Republicans running as Democrats in an effort to set up elections on the same day throughout the state, are eligible for the ballot, unanimously rejecting a challenge filed by the Democratic Party of Wisconsin. The Board rejected the challenge 6-0, leaving in place a list of candidates who will appear on the May 8 primary ballots. In a statement on the Republican Party of Wisconsin's website, Communications Director Ben Sparks said: "We're pleased with today's certification that all protest candidates will appear on the May 8 primary ballot. …
Friday, April 13, 2012
Could Wisconsin politics get any weirder? Wait, don't answer that question. Now, we've got a Republican primary because Arthur Kohl-Riggs, a guy running as a "progressive Republican" has thrown his hat into the ring.
Arthur Kohl-Riggs, a scruffy-haired 23-year-old political activist who used to serve pizza at the Children’s Museum in Madison until a few weeks ago, says he is not a "fake Republican." But he’s not a traditional Republican, either. Kohl-Riggs is running against Gov. Scott Walker in the Republican primary after he collected and turned in more than 2,200 signatures to the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board this week. If the GAB, which oversees elections in Wisconsin, votes to allow him on the ballot, Kohl-Riggs will be Walker's sole opponent in the May 8 primary. So, if he’s not a Democrat or traditional Republican, what political flag does Kohl-Riggs fly? He describes himself as a “progressive Republican,” following the political …
Friday, December 16, 2011
With election officials saying they wouldn't automatically toss out duplicate or fake names like Mickey Mouse or Adolf Hitler from petitions, GOP says the process of reviewing signatures is unconstitutional.
Gov. Scott Walker and the Friends of Scott Walker have filed suit against the state election board, arguing its process of reviewing petitions circulated in the recall effort against the governor is unconstitutional. Filed in Waukesha County Circuit Court on Thursday, the suit asks the Government Accountability Board, the state agency that oversees elections, to vet and strike duplicate signatures and fake names from petitions submitted in the ongoing recall effort against Walker. The lawsuit was filed after election officials said a few weeks ago, that there’s no prohibition on signing recall petitions more than once and the agency would not automatically strike names like Mickey Mouse and Adolf Hitler from the petitions — as long as …
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10:53 am on Friday, July 13, 2012
I am all for Club for Growth beating up on Tommy and Hovde while Tammy campaigns. http://wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=274600 more ›