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3rd Congressional District Democrats say they’ll represent regular people better than Van Orden

In the six years since U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden first entered Wisconsin’s political landscape, Democrats have often run against the Prairie du Chien Republican by pointing to hi...

WisDems: ICYMI: Derrick Van Orden should man-up and take responsibility for his actions instead of lying like a coward

MADISON, Wis. — This morning, new reporting from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel called out Derrick Van Orden for cowering from his record of cutting Medicaid. In response to consti...

WisDems: FLASHBACK FRIDAY: One year ago Van Orden called for VA cuts

MADISON, Wis. — One year ago today, Derrick Van Orden called for VA staffing cuts at a congressional hearing, asking Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins, “So when are we going...

WisDems: Van Orden continues to support costly Iran war

MADISON, Wis. — Yesterday marked 3 months since Donald Trump launched an illegal war with Iran, leading to 13 service members losing their lives and skyrocketing gas prices. Derric...

U.S. Rep. Van Orden: Praises Workforce Pell Grant rule as win for Wisconsin workers

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Derrick Van Orden today praised the U.S. Department of Education’s final rule implementing the Workforce Pell Grant program, following Education Secr...

Exclusive — Rep. Derrick Van Orden: GOP Can Hold House by Focusing on ‘Gas, Groceries, and Grandkids’

Rep. Derrick Van Orden used an appearance on Breitbart News Saturday to praise President Donald Trump’s counterterrorism posture, challenge his Democratic opponent’s claim to be a...

WisDems: Van Orden votes to reinforce SNAP cuts, crushes family farms in farm bill

MADISON, Wis. — While Derrick Van Orden shamelessly tries to take a victory lap over the House passage of the Farm Bill, thousands of working-class Wisconsin families now face incr...

Wisconsin 3rd Congressional race has focus on Chinese connections

(The Center Square) – Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District represents a rural area running from the Minnesota and Iowa borders to Eau Claire and a strip that ends between Wausau...

Van Orden the congressman isn’t as independent as Van Orden the candidate promised

In 2020, Rep. Ron Kind was criticized for voting in line with his party leader 95% of the time, but Van Orden’s voting record shows he’s become the more predictable partisan. The p...

VandenPlas campaign: Jacob VandenPlas announces candidacy for Wisconsin State Senate District 1

Sturgeon Bay, WI — Jacob VandenPlas, a combat veteran, farmer, and former leader of a veteran’s nonprofit organization, today announced his candidacy for Wisconsin State Senate Dis...

WisDems: CAUGHT IN A LIE: Derrick Van Orden claims Medicaid hasn’t been cut despite Medicaid being cut by $1 trillion in...

MADISON, Wis. — Derrick Van Orden is lying through his teeth, knowingly and falsely claiming that there have not been cuts to Medicaid, despite him and the entire GOP delegation vo...

WisDems: Whine Wednesday: Van Orden’s Twitter use wrapped

MADISON, Wis. — Van Orden has had quite the head-spinning week as evidenced by his 122 tweets. From incoherent attempts at disses to lying about saving BagderCare again, you can fi...

Van Orden campaign: Meet Rebecca Cooke: Another D.C. insider conning their way into office

LA CROSSE, WI. –  New reporting from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel exposes that Rebecca Cooke’s entire campaign is built on a lie, and now it’s unraveling. Cooke campaigns as a “f...

Milwaukee alderman announces congressional run

(The Center Square) – One of Milwaukee’s aldermen is jumping into the race for Congress in southeast Wisconsin. Alderman Peter Burgelis on Sunday said he’s running...

Van Orden Forgets He Voted For Medicare Cuts, Insults Voters

Rep Drunken Van Orden is feeling the heat from being behind in the polls and in fundraising, and it shows as he snaps at his constituents who are upset about cuts to Medicare and M...

Bill Kaplan: Van Orden and Trump threaten U.S. security

Van Orden and Trump oppose helping Ukraine and have surrendered to Putin.

McMahon endorses Tiffany, urges support for GOP House candidates

Education Secretary Linda McMahon at the WisGOP state convention joined Donald Trump in endorsing U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany for governor as she urged GOP activists to support candidate...

Milwaukee alder enters 1st CD race to challenge Steil, frustrating another Democrat’s backers

A Milwaukee alder is throwing his hat in the ring to seek the Democratic nomination for Wisconsin’s 1st Congressional District, saying that he’s been told he’ll get aggressive fina...

Rep. Donovan: Announces reelection campaign for Assembly

WisDems: VA Secretary says Wisconsin VA hospitals are hiring, after Trump administration cut 30K positions

MADISON, Wis. — Reporting last week from WPR details how DOGE cuts to the VA under the Trump administration, which Derrick Van Orden personally called for, has resulted in 30,000 V...

GOP House members tout Trump’s effort on border, urge support for Tiffany in governor’s race

Members of Wisconsin’s congressional delegation during a WisGOP state convention panel touted President Donald Trump’s work on illegal immigration, saying he has restored order fol...

Pfaffenbach campaign: Dylan Pfaffenbach announces campaign for Wisconsin state Assembly in the 21st District

A Better Wisconsin Together: ICYMI: Tom Tiffany casts deciding vote to continue unpopular war in Iran

MADISON, Wis. — On Thursday, MAGA Republican Congressman and gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany cast the deciding vote to allow Trump’s unpopular and costly war of choice in Iran...

New Wisconsin Polling Shows That Michael Alfonso Could Be Part of the New Generation of ‘America First’

Brand-new polling conducted by TIPP Insights for my League of American Workers reveals a commanding +14% lead for Michael Alfonso in the Republican primary for the U.S. House of Re...