What happened — Democrats lose but was it THAT bad in Wisconsin?

Two weeks later, the dissection of the 2024 election continues. La Crosse County and 3rd Congressional District Democratic Party chair William Garcia breaks down how Wisconsin fit into the mix, both nationally and locally, in the past election. We break down how Donald Trump’s gains across the nat…

Vote "No" on Wisconsin Republican constitutional amendment question

Republicans in Wisconsin, again, are putting a confusing question on your fall ballot that could take away your voting rights. Multiple organizations, nonprofits and the Democratic Party are saying vote no on this question:  Voters must be prepared to answer this question on the November 5 ballot …

Wisconsin Republicans sending wild flyers attacking Onalaska's Steve Doyle

We take a look at the wild flyers from the Republican Party of Wisconsin on behalf of candidate Ryan Huebsch that are ending up in potential voters' homes attacking Democratic Assembly Rep. Steve Doyle. We also discuss how no debates are happening in Assembly races, as Republicans cite "scheduling …

Tom Vilsack, former Democratic Iowa governor, joins to talk about getting the rural vote

Tom Vilsack, former Democratic governor of Iowa, joined to talk about how Democrats can win back more of the rural vote. And he might know the secret formula, because, back in 1998, Vilsack was the first Democrat to be elected as governor in Iowa in over 30 years — plus he won a second term. Before…

Garren Randolph, coordinating Wisconsin's Democratic campaigns

Garren Randolph, Wisconsin Democratic coordinated campaign manager, joins to talk about near every level of government that's on the November ballot, including Donald Trump, the state Assembly and Senate races under new maps, and the US Senate race. Began the podcast on Trump, Project 2025 and Kama…

Trump's inflation bomb: the disastrous plan to tariff everything

Donald Trump has a plan to solve the US deficit. The only problem is, it won't fix the deficit and it will make the price of everything go up. We can't explain why Trump is obsessed with tariffs, but we do talk about why his plan to put tariffs on all foreign goods, especially China, will cost hous…

Garcia joins WIZM, takes calls after Harris-Trump debate

William Garcia, the La Crosse County and 3rd Congressional District Democratic Party chair joined La Crosse Talk on WIZM. He took some calls a day after the Kamala Harris-Donald Trump debate and his take on how things went down. Also, Garcia spoked about the visit from Gwen Walz, wife of Minnesota …

Former Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn on Kamala Harris, debate, fearmongering

Harry Dunn is a former Capitol police officer, who was on the job during the Jan. 6 riots. We discuss who he's endorsing as president, the irony of Donald Trump and Republicans being the "law & order" party, despite their actions, and the constant fearmongering that Trump continues. Dunn, who also …

Where were Republicans during Donald Trump's La Crosse town hall?

We rehash Donald Trump's quick visit to La Crosse, where he held a town hall that lasted 35 minutes. We also brought up the fact that, despite Trump being an hour and 15 minutes late, no Republican candidates in the area spoke to the 7,800 supporters in the crowd, who were left to their own devices…

Wisconsin election recap: Tara Johnson, Rebecca Cooke win, GOP amendments lose

We recap the August primary election in Wisconsin, including Tara Johnson moving on in the 96th Assembly District, Rebecca Cooke winning (12:00) the 3rd District for US House and Republicans losing (3:20) on the partisan constitutional amendments they put on the ballot. We also, at the end, talk a …