Thursday, January 17, 2013
State Democrats are using the techniques learned during President Barack Obama's successful run for a second term in hopes of retaking Madison in 2014.
Touting it as a calculated risk they think will pay off big in 2014, state Democrats are putting "boots on the ground" now to start reaching out to voters in an effort to take back the Capitol building. In a conference call with reporters Thursday, Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair Mike Tate, Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca (D-Kenosha) and State Minority Leader Chris Larson (D-Milwaukee) unveiled plans of attack to swing the 2014 gubernatorial and state representative races back to blue. In a nutshell, Dems are looking at establishing a dynamic ground game in all 72 counties because party leaders recognize that they'll need a strong presence outside the major Democratic strongholds of Milwaukee and Dane Counties. "We know this is a …
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Democratic students pass out recall petitions while Republican students sell cookies and wear T-shirts supporting Scott Walker.
Sen. Chris Larson, D-Milwaukee, urged students at University of Wisconsin-Waukesha to sign the recall petition against Gov. Scott Walker during a rally Tuesday afternoon. A campus official warned students eating lunch in the HUB to be respectful to Larson, even if they didn’t agree with his message. The rally was peaceful and Larson's talk was uninterrupted. Larson talked about Walker’s first few months in office when protests were the norm in Madison after Walker’s budget repair bill was first introduced. Walker didn’t listen to the workers in Wisconsin, Larson told the students at the two-year college. “Instead, we got somebody who decided to, instead of working together, try and take our state as far to the right as it could go,” Larson…
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Thursday, April 28, 2011
Chris Larson, D-Milwaukee, who represents Oak Creek, shares his thoughts on the budget repair bill process.
State Sen. Chris Larson, D-Milwaukee, recalled his time with the other 13 Democratic senators who left the state to go to Illinois to prevent Gov. Scott Walker's budget repair bill to move forward to a group of college students in Waukesha on Thursday. It wasn't all glamorous, Larson said, as he stayed in a house for a week, sometimes sleeping on the floor and sometimes on an inflatable mattress. And they were away from their friends and families as they tried to keep Republicans from voting on a bill all 14 senators abhorred. "I can tell you we were not living in luxury," Larson said. A group of about 50 students, faculty members and staff at University of Wisconsin-Waukesha gathered at the two-year college for the College Democrats event…
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Mike Itzenhuiser
8:26 am on Thursday, January 31, 2013
Democrats had the freedom of choice when they voted, but they don't have a choice from the consequences of their decisions. more ›