People complain that they are not enough good candidates running for public office. When one comes along, we should pay attention. Kurt Schlicht is running for State Senate in the 27th district against Jon Erpenbach. Most years this would be a long shot, but 2010 is one of those rare years that [...]
Kanavas press release announcing he is not running for senator:
(Brookfield, WI) – State Senator Ted Kanavas (R-Brookfield) today issued the following statement regarding his decision not to run for the United States Senate:
“Since I announced my retirement from the Wisconsin State Senate in January, my family and I have been humbled by the encouragement and [...]
Time to assess the carnage of the 2009-2010 legislative session, especially the end. It had very little good, a lot bad, and some really ugly moments, and show which was which over at the MacIver Institute.
With the close of the legislature also came the effective end of Governor Jim Doyle’s power in office. Doyle [...]
With the state legislature is meeting today for the final scheduled time this term (other than some mop up in May), I added two feeds to the side bar to help readers keep track of what’s going on: The MacIver Institute Twitter feed and the WisPolitics.com Quorum Call feed.
Speaking of the MacIver Institute, Brian Fraley [...]
State Representative Spencer Black blames the State Senate for not having the votes, the State Senate says it’s the Assembly’s fault because the bill is too expensive.
To give you an idea of why it’s so hard to pass the bill in the Senate, Senator Jeff Plale in the video says he’s reluctant to support it, [...]
Supporters of the proposed global warming bill in Wisconsin have been hyping an “analysis” by the Public Service Commission which claims the bill will actually lower energy costs. Nobody else is buying it.
In the hours after the substitute amendment was introduced, the Public Service Commission quickly passed judgment on the 150 page substitute announcing it [...]
With passage by the State Senate of a ban on offensive Native American nicknames for Wisconsin’s Public Schools, the state legislature is a step closer to finally restoring peace between Native Americans and the White Devil. On to the Assembly to rescue us from naming anything even remotely after Native Americans – except for casinos.
When [...]
State Representative Jeff Wood countered the efforts to oust him from the state assembly with an amendment to the expulsion resolution that listed the arrests of every state legislator since the birth of the republic, pointing out none of them were expelled.
Wood actually drafted a wildly entertaining 12-page amendment to Nass’ resolution, in which he [...]
Are we having fun yet? Cory Liebmann, formerly of the self-described “partisan” organization One Wisconsin Now, has launched another fishing expedition, this time going after Mayor Ed Thompson of Tomah Wisconsin.
“Copies of all email from any email account that you use for official city business from 11/5/08 through 2/5/10 that fit the [...]
Early last year, Democratic sources were wondering whether Vukmir would give up her Assembly seat to challenge Sullivan. They had a right to be concerned.
Despite an Assembly ban on fundraising during the state budget deliberations last year, in the last campaign finance reporting period Vukmir raised over $73,000 more than the incumbent Sullivan. Worse for Sullivan, 60 percent of Vukmir’s contributors live in the Senate district. Only 18 percent of Sullivan’s contributors live in the district.
Sullivan has a slight lead in cash on hand, $94,310.71 to Vukmir’s $84,212.02, but Vukmir has already spent $37,770.78. Sullivan’s report shows a campaign not yet up to speed. In the same reporting period, Sullivan only spent $6,571.30.
In an interview Tuesday night, Vukmir said, “Even in this difficult economy, people are eager to give.”
