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Feingold proposes six debates with GOP opponent

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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.

AUDIO: Andrew Beckett reports (1:11)

Write-in campaign launched in Senate race

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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…]

Gearing up for a negative Senate race

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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 likely to let up with several recent polls showing a close race between him and Oshkosh businessman Ron Johnson. Franklin says that means voters are probably in for a number of negative ads from both candidates, assuming Johnson wins the Republican nomination. [Read more…]

Feingold says ads state the facts (VIDEO)

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Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI)

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 Johnson has made on the campaign trail.

Johnson’s campaign says Feingold is twisting his words.  The candidate has also said some of the ads are based on mistatements he’s made while adjusting to being on the campaign trail for the first time.

Feingold says everything in the ads is about the issues and Johnson’s objections come from trying change his positions after the fact. Feingold says Johnson is simply going back on unpopular opinions he’s made in public and the ads don’t distort anything.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRy37nX_Ao0

Johnson is running in the Republican primary against Watertown businessman David Westlake.

AUDIO: U.S. Senator Russ Feingold (:13)

Union protests Johnson’s Oshkosh office

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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 referred to job losses under NAFTA and other trade agreements as “creative destruction.” [Read more…]