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Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., speaks as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, holds a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Oct. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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GOP's Cheney endorses Michigan Democrat Slotkin in a first
By THOMAS BEAUMONT - Associated Press
Thu,10/27/22-10:00AM , 123 Reads
Republican Rep. Liz Cheney on Thursday endorsed and plans to campaign for Rep.
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Wisconsin U.S. House candidate Brad Pfaff, a Democrat, speaks at a labor union meeting in Bangor, Wis., Oct. 11, 2022. Pfaff is trying to make Republican Derrick Van Orden’s attendance at the protests in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021, the defining issue in Wisconsin’s 3rd District race, though it is gaining little traction in the closing weeks of the campaign. (AP Photo/Thomas Beaumont)

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In Wisconsin, voters shrug off GOP candidate’s Jan. 6 tie
By THOMAS BEAUMONT - Associated Press
Sun,10/16/22-9:25AM , 161 Reads
LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — Derrick Van Orden was among the thousands of people who went to Washington for the “Stop the Steal” rally headlined by then-President Donald Trump on Jan. 6, 2021. Afterward, Van Orden was photographed on or near the grounds of the U.S.
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Iowa Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Michael Franken greets supporters with his wife Jordan, right, after a rally in West Des Moines, Iowa, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. Franken is facing an uphill final month in his challenge of seven-term Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley. (AP Photo/Thomas Beaumont)

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Once hopeful Iowa Democrats running uphill vs. Sen. Grassley
By THOMAS BEAUMONT - Associated Press
Sat,10/08/22-8:43AM , 354 Reads
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — When Michael Franken won the Democratic nomination for the Senate in June, many in Iowa's disillusioned party thought they landed on a candidate who could maybe — possibly — reverse their
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Sarah Motiff, from politically competitive Columbia, County, Wisconsin, works from home in Columbus, Wis., on Sept. 13, 2022. The 52-year-old city council woman and political independent says testimony that Republican Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson's office offered a fake slate of Wisconsin electors for the 2020 election "put a bad taste in my mouth." She is among independent voters nationally who have drifted toward supporting Democrats this fall. (AP Photo/Thomas Beaumont)

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GOP's election-year standing with independents at risk
By THOMAS BEAUMONT - Associated Press
Mon,09/19/22-11:01AM , 200 Reads
COLUMBUS, Wis. (AP) — Sarah Motiff has voted for Sen. Ron Johnson every time his name appeared on the ballot, starting in 2010 when the Wisconsin Republican was first elected as part of the tea party wave. Fond of his tough views on spending, she began the year planning to support his reelection again.
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