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    <title>Wisconsin Watch - Episodes Tagged with “Republicans”</title>
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  <title>‘This is a charade’: GOP senator, voting experts urge Wisconsin Republicans to halt election attacks</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Wisconsin Watch reports on how Senator Kathleen Bernier, the majority caucus vice chair, urged members of her own party to halt their attempts to discredit the bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission they created, while also calling on former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman to finish his partisan review of the election soon.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>Wisconsin Watch reports on how Senator Kathleen Bernier, the majority caucus vice chair, urged members of her own party to halt their attempts to discredit the bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission they created, while also calling on former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman to finish his partisan review of the election soon. Reporting by Brenda Wintrode and Jim Malewitz / Wisconsin Watch. Narration by Wesley Lethem for Wisconsin Watch. Originally published Dec. 13, 2021 on wisconsinwatch.org. 
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    <![CDATA[<p>Wisconsin Watch reports on how Senator Kathleen Bernier, the majority caucus vice chair, urged members of her own party to halt their attempts to discredit the bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission they created, while also calling on former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman to finish his partisan review of the election soon. Reporting by Brenda Wintrode and Jim Malewitz / Wisconsin Watch. Narration by Wesley Lethem for Wisconsin Watch. Originally published Dec. 13, 2021 on wisconsinwatch.org.</p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://www.wisconsinwatch.org/donate/">Support Wisconsin Watch</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Wisconsin Watch reports on how Senator Kathleen Bernier, the majority caucus vice chair, urged members of her own party to halt their attempts to discredit the bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission they created, while also calling on former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman to finish his partisan review of the election soon. Reporting by Brenda Wintrode and Jim Malewitz / Wisconsin Watch. Narration by Wesley Lethem for Wisconsin Watch. Originally published Dec. 13, 2021 on wisconsinwatch.org.</p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://www.wisconsinwatch.org/donate/">Support Wisconsin Watch</a></p>]]>
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  <title>Republicans keep grip on Legislature despite Democratic spending spree</title>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2021 19:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Democrats spent millions trying to hold and win back seats in the state Legislature in 2020. They barely made a dent. Blame gerrymandering?
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  <description>Democrats and Republicans in Wisconsin use different strategies to win seats in the state Legislature. Democrats have raised more money than ever from campaign fundraising. Meanwhile Republicans have consistently won a greater share of the seats in the state Legislature than their share of the total votes cast due to gerrymandering. 
Reporting by Peter Cameron in partnership with The Badger Project. Originally published March 31, 2021. 
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    <![CDATA[<p>Democrats and Republicans in Wisconsin use different strategies to win seats in the state Legislature. Democrats have raised more money than ever from campaign fundraising. Meanwhile Republicans have consistently won a greater share of the seats in the state Legislature than their share of the total votes cast due to gerrymandering. </p>

<p>Reporting by Peter Cameron in partnership with The Badger Project. Originally published March 31, 2021.</p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://www.wisconsinwatch.org/donate/">Support Wisconsin Watch</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Democrats and Republicans in Wisconsin use different strategies to win seats in the state Legislature. Democrats have raised more money than ever from campaign fundraising. Meanwhile Republicans have consistently won a greater share of the seats in the state Legislature than their share of the total votes cast due to gerrymandering. </p>

<p>Reporting by Peter Cameron in partnership with The Badger Project. Originally published March 31, 2021.</p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://www.wisconsinwatch.org/donate/">Support Wisconsin Watch</a></p>]]>
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