Last night, Wisconsinites in three different Democratic districts headed to the polls and overwhelmingly elected State Democratic Senator Dave Hansen as their candidate for the coming general elections in August. 

When Republicans won complete legislative control of many states last year, ALEC was right there with model legislation to help them push through a radical right-wing agenda.

Despite the Republican strategy to recruit fake democrats to run in Wisconsin’s primary elections, real Democrats won 70 percent of the vote.

Under Wisconsin state law, it is a felony to touch a judge, making it quite possible that David Prosser will be forced to resign.

The media has focused too much on Bachmann’s self-styled image and not enough on the far-right policy positions and neo-McCarthy politics she has embraced as a member of Congress.

It’s official—the high court of Wisconsin has re-instated Scott Walker’s union-busting "Budget Repair Bill" as the law of the land. 

The GOP is trying to create confusion by running "fake Democrats," which would force the state to hold primaries.

Unlike grassroots efforts to recall Republican state senators over their support for Governor Walker’s anti-labor bill, efforts by Republicans to recall Democratic state senators may have involved fraudulent methods.

Senate Majority leader Harry Reid has a plan to make sure Republicans give up on the Paul Ryan budget.

Princeton Professor Cornel West says the president has failed to deliver to the constituencies that voted him into office, The Nation‘s Melissa Hariss-Perry says that criticism is too vague.