The optimism and star-power that propelled Barack Obama into office four years ago was immediately met by challenging realities of the time: an economy struggling to regain its footing after the worst recession since the Great Depression and two wars in a volatile Middle East, among other issues.
U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., will become Wisconsin’s first female senator and the first openly gay senator in the country’s history after defeating former Gov. Tommy Thompson for the state’s open U.S. Senate seat Tuesday.
Compared to the 2008 presidential race, support for President Barack Obama decreased in Tuesday’s election and fewer students in the campus area showed up at the polls to vote Nov. 6.
On a night the world saw Wisconsin and the rest of the country elect President Barack Obama to a second term, Wisconsin citizens also voted to turn the Wisconsin state Senate over to Republicans, giving the GOP complete control of the Wisconsin state government.
State Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Madison, will take Democratic U.S. Rep. and newly elected Senator Tammy Baldwin’s seat in Congress after handedly defeating his Republican opponent Chad Lee in the 2nd Congressional District election Tuesday.
With an increased emphasis on the student vote in recent American political campaigns, international exchange students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are becoming increasingly interested in being a part of the American election process.
Voters across the country arrived at the polls Tuesday to cast their ballot for the next president of the United States, as well as various state offices. But some states also voted on referendums, including the legalization of marijuana and same-sex marriage. Here’s how it breaks down:
In an election being watched by the world, Wisconsin has become one of a handful of decisive political battlegrounds experts say could decide the election.
Developers presented changes to a proposed development in the Langdon Street area at a neighborhood meeting Monday.
Despite the critical role of Madison voters in deciding which candidate wins Wisconsin’s electoral votes, many University of Wisconsin-Madison students who are also Minnesota residents have opted to vote absentee for their home state in Tuesday’s election.
Although the cost of Monday’s rally for President Barack Obama was free to attend, the city of Madison will have to pick up the charges for much of the labor required to make the event possible.
The Faculty Senate voted Monday to postpone a decision on the controversial Human Resources redesign plan, citing concerns of insufficient details and a lack of communication.
The United Council of University of Wisconsin Students is offering the opportunity for students to find their polling location by texting on Election Day, Nov. 6.
The Associated Students of Madison’s Student Services Finance Committee met Monday evening to hear budget proposals from Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group and Atheists, Humanists and Agnostics.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate granted $19.6 million to the Wisconsin Institutes of Discovery Thursday for a Software Assurance Marketplace research center on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives will present the eighth annual Pass the Mic Hip-Hop Arts Series in memory of recently deceased UW-Madison student John “Vietnam” Nguyen.
In some ways, Bruce Springsteen’s presidential stump in downtown Madison Monday resembled his 2004 visit with Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry.
President Barack Obama made his closing argument for re-election in Madison Monday morning, the day before voters nationwide head to the polls.
U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., and several other of the state’s top Democrats fired up a crowd of 18,000 before President Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen take the stage in later this morning at a rally in Madison.
Thousands of Wisconsinites from Madison and surrounding areas packed Martin Luther King Blvd. Monday morning as early as 5:30 a.m. when doors opened to the Obama and Springsteen rally.
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