by James Wigderson | Oct 13, 2022 | News
So I did a thing. I wrote an op-ed for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (and the other Gannett newspapers in Wisconsin): I’m a lifelong Republican but sometimes party loyalty asks too much. I’m voting for Mandela Barnes and Tony Evers. The gist, if you...
by James Wigderson | Aug 15, 2022 | News
The political news/commentary website Mediaite reported on the conversation Charlie Sykes and I had for the Bulwark Podcast regarding the U.S. Senate race between Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes and the incumbent Sen. Ron Johnson. “So give me your read on how Mandela Barnes...
by George Mitchell | Aug 12, 2019 | Features
Republicans and Democrats have something on which they can agree: Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes will be an anchor on Gov. Tony Evers if Barnes seeks re-election. While GOP leaders must hope Barnes hangs in there, Evers and his braintrust almost certainly are grappling with...
by jameswigderson | Aug 8, 2019 | Features
The Racine County Register of Deeds is claiming an “honest mistake” caused her to post a promotion of a Democratic Party event on the county office’s Facebook page. “I have asked our new Register of Deeds to take down the post,” said M....
by Jerry Bader | Jan 22, 2019 | Features
Wisconsin Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes employed a now discredited narrative of a confrontation at the Lincoln Memorial Friday during a Martin Luther King Day event at the UW-Madison Campus Monday. The confrontation was between a Native-American elder and students from...
