Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Late returns from Democratic strongholds push her over the top against Thompson.
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin claimed victory in Wisconsin’s hotly contested U.S. Senate race, defeating former Gov. Tommy Thompson by a small margin and helping her Democratic Party hold on to its narrow national majority. Baldwin, at her Election Night gathering in Madison, by then a victory part, said, "Thank you, thank you, thank you," to her supporters there and around the state just before 11:30 p.m. “It's that battle for Wisconsin's middle class that this has all been about since this journey began 14 months ago,” Baldwin said. "Everywhere that I've gone in our beautiful state, people have told me that they want a senator who will listen to the middle class when they need help... A senator who will wake up every morning and fight for …
Monday, November 5, 2012
Though their names are separated by just a vowel, Republican Tommy Thompson and Democrat Tammy Baldwin have vastly different visions for the future. It's resulted in one of the most bitter and tightly contested races for a Wisconsin U.S. Senate seat.
Editor's Note: This article was updated at 4:50 p.m. Monday to include comments from Tommy Thompson after they were received. The most expensive U.S. Senate campaign in Wisconsin history, and one of the most watched in the nation, is down to its last day — and by most accounting is down to the wire, with no significant advantage to either candidate. Polls on the race between Gov. Tommy Thompson and U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin swung wildly since Thompson emerged as victor in the Republican primary. Thompson initially built a double-digit lead, only to see that reversed in Baldwin's favor. But within the past month of the campaign, those numbers have drawn back to a near dead heat, with perhaps a slight edge toward Baldwin but falling within the…
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
45 days after the attack at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin, Harpreet Singh Saini spoke of his mother, Paramjit Kaur, who was killed at the temple, before a U.S. Senate committee hearing on hate crimes.
At the start of last month, Harpreet Singh Saini couldn't have imagined he would be sitting where he was on Wednesday afternoon. But there he was, speaking in front of a U.S. Senate hearing on violent extremism, 45 days after a gunman with white supremacist ties took the life of his mother, Paramjit Kaur, and five others inside the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin. Saini told the committee he was there on behalf of all the children of the Sikh temple who lost parents and grandparents on Aug. 5. "He killed my mother while she prayed," he said of Wade Michael Page. "He shot and killed five more men. All of them were fathers, and all of them had a turban like me. "This was not supposed to be our American story. This was not my mother's dream." In …
The U.S. Senate has called a hearing on hate crimes and the threat of domestic extremism following the Aug. 5 attack at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin.
A U.S. Senate hearing on violent extremism, held in the wake of the Aug. 5 attack at the Oak Creek Sikh temple, is scheduled to get under way about 1:45 p.m. central time. The hearing can be seen on C-SPAN and will be streamed online. But if you're not able to watch, follow along on Oak Creek Patch for the latest on the hearing, and check back later tonight for a full story. Here's a previous Oak Creek Patch story on the hearing, which will include testimony from Oak Creek temple member Harpreet Singh Saini, who lost his mother in the attacks. Several other temple members and Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele are attending the hearing and have submitted written testimony.
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Chris Abele will submit testimony about the impact the shooting had on the Milwaukee area and the need to find solutions to prevent another tragedy from happening.
Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele will be among those attending Wednesday's U.S. Senate hearing on violent extremism, held in the wake of the Aug. 5 shootings at the Oak Creek Sikh temple. Abele will also submit testimony about how Milwaukee County came together after the attack, as well as the need to explore solutions to prevent another tragedy from happening, according to remarks released Tuesday in advance of the hearing. "The deadly and senseless shooting at the Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin last month had a big impact on our community and the nation. It was not only an act of extreme violence; it was also an inexcusable act of evil. All these weeks later it is still difficult for me to put into words my sorrow," Abele says…
Monday, September 17, 2012
An Oak Creek Sikh temple member, who lost his mother in the Aug. 5 shootings, is among those scheduled to testify Wednesday.
National Sikh community leaders and a member of the Oak Creek Sikh temple are preparing for a U.S. Senate hearing Wednesday on violent extremism, held in response to the Aug. 5 shootings at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin. Harpreet Singh Saini, whose mother was killed in the attacks, will be among those speaking at the hearing. In his testimony, Saini will request the FBI give his mother "the dignity of being a statistic" and start tracking hate crimes against Sikhs, according to the New York-based Sikh Coalition. The FBI does not keep track of hate crimes against Sikh-Americans, as it does other religious and racial groups, and national Sikh groups renewed calls for that to change following the attack at the Oak Creek Sikh temple, including …
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
A Marquette University Law School poll shows that more Wisconsin voters support President Barack Obama than his opponent Mitt Romney. But the race is definitely tightening.
President Barack Obama is up by 3 percentage points over Mitt Romney in the presidential race in Wisconsin, according to a Marquette University Law School poll released Wednesday. However, the race is tightening and polling officials warned candidates not to take Wisconsin for granted. This is the first Marquette University Law School poll in Wisconsin since Mitt Romney tapped U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan to be his running mate, and the poll shows that the GOP candidate didn't get enough of a bump to swing Wisconsin from blue to red after the announcement. “The two-point shift in Romney’s direction is within the margin of error for the poll, but suggest Ryan’s addition to the ticket may have slightly increased Romney’s chances in Wisconsin,” said …
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Former congressman and U.S. Senate candidate joins the Tea Party bus on a statewide tour just days before the Republican primary election.
With just five days before the primary election, U.S. Senate candidate Mark Neumann continued his trip around Wisconsin Thursday with the Tea Party Express bus, making a stop in Waukesha County. Neumann's first stop of the day-long tour was at the Country Springs Hotel Thursday morning where, in front of a modest crowd of supporters, he outlined the three key issues he’ll address if elected to the open Senate seat. “The first thing that we need to do to restore this great nation is we need to restore the government to the principles that are in the constitution of the United States of America,” Neumann said. According to Neumann, that includes the right to bear arms. Second, he says he fully intends to repeal the Affordable Care Act and …
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Hovde claims the "elite liberal media" are baselessly attacking him based on a few seconds from a 14-minute speech. He said the left is labeling him as anti-poor, and he's challenging Huffington Post founder to a debate any time and any place.
U.S. Senate hopeful Eric Hovde isn’t afraid to step outside the political boxing ring to debate - anywhere at any time. In fact, on Wednesday he challenged Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington to debate about who has done more for the less fortunate in America. “I will gladly debate Ms. Huffington any time and any place in front of a room full of journalists on what she has done for the less fortunate versus what I have done,” Hovde stated Wednesday. Hovde put out the challenge to Huffington after the online media outlet posted a story about the Wisconsin real estate developer’s comments pertaining to the media’s portrayal of the poor in America. In the Huffington Post article Hovde is quoted as saying: "I see a reporter here," he …
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Campaign manager says former governor backed out of debate as soon as he heard Hovde would be there, but Thompson aide says Hovde is being "hypocritical."
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde Tuesday took former Gov. Tommy Thompson to task Tuesday for not appearing at a candidates forum in Madison. Hovde, who is opposing Thompson and two other Republicans in the Senate primary, said the no-show is denying voters the chance to hear where the former governor stands on fiscal issues. “It’s certainly disappointing that, once again, Gov. Thompson is denying Wisconsin voters a good, honest debate," Hovde campaign press secretary Sean Lansing said in a statement. Thompson, along with Assembly Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald, will not participate in Dane County Young Republicans event on Tuesday night. The event, originally designed as a debate between the four candidates, is now a forum with only …
James R Hoffa
11:26 pm on Thursday, November 15, 2012
@William Eib - What do any of your recent postings on this board have to do with Baldwin beating Thompson in the Wisconsin Senate race? Is your reading comprehension really that bad and worthless, or do you just like spamming blogs with random off-topic ramblings? more ›