by WRN Contributor | Jan 11, 2012
As the price of gasoline continues to creep up, U.S. Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) is calling on President Obama to take steps to lower costs. During a stop in Chippewa Falls this week, the first-term Senate Republican discussed rising gas prices. Johnson, who supported...
by WRN Contributor | Dec 16, 2011
A U.S. Senator from Wisconsin is confident that Congress will extend a payroll tax cut before lawmakers leave for the holiday recess. Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) says the measure is likely to pass, even though he does not support how it’s being handled. The...
by Andrew Beckett | May 2, 2011
Wisconsin’s freshman U.S. Senator says his fellow lawmakers need to get serious about cutting federal spending. To make that happen, Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) says Congress needs to set priorities and reform entitlement programs. Johnson says the public...
by WRN Contributor | Nov 3, 2010
The state’s first Republican to win a U.S. Senate race in 24 years says he’s going to Washington to try and control spending. Republican Senator-elect Ron Johnson didn’t offer many specifics about his plans to cut spending while on the campaign...
by Andrew Beckett | Nov 1, 2010
Wisconsin’s senior U.S. Senator is making the case for keeping his colleague in office. Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI) was on the campaign trail Monday in Milwaukee for fellow Democrat Russ Feingold. Kohl says Feingold has passed every test for being effective and...
by Andrew Beckett | Oct 29, 2010
U.S. Senator Russ Feingold says cutting off embryonic stem cell research would be an inhuman thing to do. Feingold is attacking Republican opponent Ron Johnson over his opposition to embryonic stem cell research. The Middleton Democrat says Johnson’s support for...
by WRN Contributor | Oct 15, 2010
U.S. Senate Democrat Russ Feingold says “don’t believe the polls.” Multiple polls have shown the three-term incumbent trailing Republican Ron Johnson, but Senator Feingold says you can’t trust those numbers. He says many of them are done by...
by WRN Contributor | Oct 11, 2010
The Republican and Democratic U.S. Senate candidates in Wisconsin hold their second debate tonight in Wausau. Democrat Russ Feingold and Republican Ron Johnson will square off for the second time in four days at the UW Marathon County campus. Moderator Glen Moberg of...
by Andrew Beckett | Oct 8, 2010
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...
by Andrew Beckett | Oct 1, 2010
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ron Johnson says our troop deployments shouldn’t be used as a political tool. The Oshkosh businessman says military deployments are something he might question as a Senator, but not in a way that “grandstands” on the...
by Andrew Beckett | Sep 8, 2010
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...
by Andrew Beckett | Sep 2, 2010
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...
by Andrew Beckett | Sep 1, 2010
You can expect the negative campaign ads in the race for US Senate to only get worse after the primary. UW Political Scientist Charles Franklin says incumbent Democratic Senator Russ Feingold has already been targeting the GOP front-runner hard, and he’s not...
by Andrew Beckett | Aug 13, 2010
U.S. Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) responds to criticisms of his campaign ads. Feingold’s campaign has come under fire for ads targeting one of his Republican opponents, Oshkosh businessman Ron Johnson. The Wisconsin Democrat says the ads are based on comments...
by WRN Contributor | Aug 12, 2010
Wisconsin members of the United Steelworkers Unions are speaking out against comments made recently by a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate. Union workers protested outside of Ron Johnson’s office in Oshkosh Wednesday, after the business owner recently...
