Milwaukee Attorney Matt Flynn, a longtime fixture in Wisconsin’s Democratic party, is one of eight Democrats hoping to face Walker in the November Governor’s race. Flynn previously served as the chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin for two terms ...

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The Democratic candidates for governor remained mostly unified in criticizing Gov. Scott Walker and not one another in a debate on Wednesday, held just six days before the primary.

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Kelda Roys raised more money and had more cash on hand than any other Democratic candidate for governor in the month leading up to next week's primary election, even though she trails in recent polls behind state Superintendent Tony Evers.

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The eight Democrats running for governor of Wisconsin expressed support last week for giving more control to local governments and criticized the deal struck by the state to bring a huge Foxconn Technology Group plant to Wisconsin.

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Republican Gov. Scott Walker joined the growing bipartisan call Wednesday for Democratic candidate Matt Flynn to drop out of the race for governor because of his past legal work defending the Milwaukee Archdiocese against priest abuse lawsuits.

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Amid calls that he drop out of the race, the Democratic candidate for governor Matt Flynn on Monday again defended his work as attorney for the Milwaukee Archdiocese at is mired in a priest-abuse scandal in the 1990s, saying, "I'm not going to apologize for being a good lawyer."

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The much-expected ad war among Democratic candidates for governor is finally underway, as candidates begin releasing their first spots less than four weeks before the primary election scheduled for Aug. 14.

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Gov. Scott Walker raised nearly $5.5 million over the past six months for his re-election campaign and has nearly $6 million cash on hand, easily outpacing the eight Democrats who are seeking to challenge him this November.

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The eight Democratic candidates for governor were united on Thursday during their first broadcast debate against a pair of common enemies — the Foxconn Technology Group project in southeast Wisconsin and Republican Gov. Scott Walker.

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Finding meaningful differences in policy positions can be difficult in the Democratic primary race for governor, in which the eight candidates who are running have far more in common than not.

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