Friday, January 4, 2013
After seven terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, Baldwin's ascendance to the Senate marks Wisconsin's first female senator and the country's first openly gay senator.
As the 113th Congress begins this year's session, Wisconsinites will have a new U.S. senator in Tammy Baldwin. Baldwin, a Democrat, was sworn in Thursday during the first Senate session of the year. After seven terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, Baldwin's ascendance to the Senate marks Wisconsin's first female senator and the country's first openly gay senator. The 113th Congress includes a record number of women, along with the country's first Buddhist senator, first Hindu representative and first bisexual member of Congress, according to the New York Times. According to her U.S. Senate page, Baldwin serves on the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), the Senate Budget Committee, and the Committee on …
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Instead of targeting Democrat Tammy Baldwin or attacking Obamacare, GOP candidates for senate here in Wisconsin are going after each other, but Eric Hovde said he's going to try and stay positive.
With only a month to go before the Aug. 14 partisan primary for US Senate, GOP candidates this week unleashed a series of negative ads against each other. Up until a few days ago, the candidates predominantly took shots at Democrat Tammy Baldwin and Obamacare. But, since the results of polls from Public Policy Polling and Marquette University were released and a new ad from Club for Growth, which supports former US Rep. Mark Neumann, hit the airwaves, Republicans have come out swinging. The poll from PPP shows businessman Eric Hovde leading the GOP field with former Gov. Tommy Thompson a close second. Results from the Marquette poll put Thompson on top with Hovde in second. Former US Rep. Mark Neumann and state Rep. Scott Fitzgerald trail …
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Results from a new Marquette University Law School poll put the president and former Governor tops with likely voters from around the state.
If the 2012 Presidential and US Senate elections were held today, President Barack Obama and former Gov. Tommy Thompson would win in Wisconsin. The results were released today as part of the Marquette University Law School poll project during "On the Issues" with Mike Gousha and Professor Charles Franklin. According to the numbers, Obama leads presumed Republican challenger Mitt Romney 49 to 43 percent, down from 51 to 43 percent on May 30. In a match-up against both his Republican senate rivals and Democrat Tammy Baldwin, Thompson takes both races. Against former US Rep. Mark Neumann, newcomer Eric Hovde, and Republican speaker of the State Assembly Jeff Fitzgerald, Thompson comes in with 34 percent of support from likely voters compared …
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