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The attacks from both sides echoed many of the campaign ads that have filled the airwaves for the past several months, as the two candidates vying for one of Wisconsin’s U.S. Senate seats met Friday night in their first debate.
The debate between incumbent Democrat Russ Feingold and Republican challenger Ron Johnson saw both candidates take questions on a wide range of topics, including health care, Social Security, energy policy, and the war in Afghanistan. [Read more...]
With many of them holding “Feingold for Senate” signs, about 80 people attended what was billed as a “Get out the Vote” rally Monday on the lawn of Racine’s City Hall.
Feingold told the crowd not to be discouraged by the polls that show Republican Ron Johnson in the lead, saying other polls show a different story. He says the GOP is counting on Democrats staying home on Election Day, and he expects them to be proven wrong in November. [Read more...]
U.S. Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI)
Despite widespread reports that U.S. Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) would not be in Madison Tuesday for President Obama’s visit, the Wisconsin Democrat was able to make it back in time.
Feingold was expected to miss the rally on the UW-Madison campus due to votes going on in the Senate Tuesday. However, Feingold indicated late that afternoon through twitter that he was done voting and would make it back after all. [Read more...]
U.S. Senator Russ Feingold says he’s willing to participate in several debates with his eventual Republican opponent.
Feingold has accepted invitations to six candidate debates, and wants the eventual Republican nominee to join him. The Wisconsin Democrat says such debates are part of the Wisconsin tradition, and TV ads alone should not be used to decide the election.
Feingold will likely face Oshkosh businessman Ron Johnson, who is seen as the Republican front-runner heading into the primary. Johnson, Dave Westlake of Watertown and Stephen Finn of Milwaukee are all seeking the GOP nomination in next Tuesday’s primary.
Johnson has run several negative ads attacking Feingold as a career politician, which the Senator says he would look forward to addressing. Feingold says he’d like him to explain to his face why being a career politician makes him unworthy to continue to serve in the Senate.
The debates could take place in several locations around Wisconsin. Invitations he’s accepted include for debates in Eau Claire, Milwaukee, Wausau, Oshkosh, and Madison.
Johnson’s campaign says the candidate looks forward to debating Senator Feingold, if he wins the nomination. However, a spokeswoman would not comment on a specific number of debates Johnson would be willing to participate in.
An effort is underway to get a former U.S. Senate candidate’s name back on the ballot. A website launched this week is urging voters to support Terrence Wall in the Republican primary later this month, by pledging to write-in his name on the ballot.
Wall dropped out of the race earlier this summer after Oshkosh businessman Ron Johnson received the Republican endorsement. The Madison-area developer says he has nothing to do with the write-in effort. [Read more...]
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