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With the world mesmerized by the United States' presidential race this year, the race for control of the US House of Representatives and Senate has been largely overlooked. But the outcome of the congressional elections could make or break the next president's agenda.
Gov. Scott Walker said Tuesday that his support for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump hasn't changed, despite the release of a 2005 video in which the New York billionaire boasted about forcing himself on women and allegations that Trump groped or sexually assaulted several women over the past few decades. Walker said Trump 's comments about women are inexcusable but that his support for him hasn't changed since he first made the case at the Republican national convention that electing Trump was better than a Hillary Clinton presidency.
Wisconsin's U.S. Senate candidates debated for the first time Friday night in Green Bay. Incumbent Republican Ron Johnson and Democrat Russ Feingold answered questions from a media panel in a one hour debate sponsored by the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association.
Republican Sen. Ron Johnson and former Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold are preparing for the first of two televised debates in their tightening race. When they first shared a debate stage six years ago, Feingold came in as the more experienced, polished politician and Johnson the underdog newcomer.
House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell are scrambling to protect Republican majorities in Congress from being wiped out by the backlash following a string of women alleging that Donald Trump sexually assaulted them. Ryan, who has not withdrawn his endorsement of Trump, told donors on a private call Wednesday that he doesn't want to go to war with the Republican presidential nominee.
Countless former Democrats in Ohio'... . Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016, in Lakeland, Fla.
In this May 12, 2016, file photo, House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, following his meeting with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence emerged Monday after a weekend out of the public eye reaffirming his relationship - awkward as it may seem - with Donald Trump. After canceling a weekend campaign appearance and leaving Trump alone to deal with a video of sexually predatory remarks, Pence was campaigning again - and praising Trump's Sunday debate performance.
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson waves as he takes the stage at the 1st Congressional District Republican Party of Wisconsin's annual Fall Fest event held in Elkhorn, Wis., on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016. less U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson waves as he takes the stage at the 1st Congressional District Republican Party of Wisconsin's annual Fall Fest event held in Elkhorn, Wis., on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016.
It's long been clear that House Speaker Paul Ryan is, shall we say, not wholly comfortable with Donald Trump's presidential candidacy. The announcement of Ryan's and Trump's first joint appearance of the campaign on Saturday in Wisconsin - just four weeks before the election - was simply the latest reminder.
First Trump-Ryan appearance derailed by Trump tape Already tricky, Ryan relationship wth Trump just became even more fraught Check out this story on pressconnects.com: http://on.jsonl.in/2eb6RWY Donald Trump is under fire after a video from 2005 surfaced in which he can be heard making lewd comments about women. If the politics of sharing a stage with Donald Trump weren't complicated enough, they became untenable Friday for Wisconsin's top three GOP politicians, House Speaker Paul Ryan, Gov. Scott Walker and U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson.
About 1 in 3 absentee ballots cast in Wisconsin so far have come from the state's largest and most heavily Democratic counties, giving Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign a reason to be optimistic about its chances here, even as polls show a tight race with Republican Donald Trump. Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook, in a conference call with reporters on Thursday, singled out Dane and Milwaukee counties as places around the country where early voting turnout was strong.
Sanders: Clinton aims to unite, Trump divides Bernie Sanders urged voters in Green Bay to support Hillary Clinton for president. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2dQ2DQ8 Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks Wednesday at a rally on behalf of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton at the The Salvation Army Kroc Community Center in Green Bay.
In fact, beneath the sound and the fury of the Trump campaign, normal Republicans are having a pretty good year. Pence had an exemplary introduction on the national stage.
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., was among the Republican senators facing re-election who unsuccessfully tried to get bills passed. Republican senators on the 2016 ballot left the Capitol last week without quite as many accomplishments to tout as they would have hoped.
Perhaps the most anticipated event of Oktoberfest is the Maple Leaf Parade, bringing in an estimated 100,000 people to it's two mile route each year, and this year's parade was no exception. On Oct. 1, members of the News 19 crew were out in full force to celebrate the event, by dancing and passing out candy.
Bombings in New York and New Jersey - and a stabbing attack in Minnesota the same day - underscore that homegrown attacks inspired by violent extremists are as much a threat to the United States as those directed by terrorists, the nation's Homeland Security chief says. While all attacks are difficult to detect and prevent, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said the United States and its allies continue to "take the fight militarily to terrorist organizations overseas" 15 years after the Sept.
The GOP's chances of holding the Senate just got a big push: Sens. Mark Kirk of Illinois and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin moved into striking distance of the long-favored Democratic nominees, according to recent polls. A poll from Emerson College showed the race in Illinois was close - with Democratic Rep. Tammy Duckworth leads Kirk by only 41 percent to 39 percent among likely voters.
In this July 15, 2016, file photo, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Russ Feingold talks in Middleton, Wis. Feingold and his Republican challenger, incumbent Sen. Ron Johnson, are on opposite sides of the immigration debate.
In the 22 years since the 1994 Republican midterm landslide, the landscape of partisan power in state governments has changed dramatically. The Republican Party was the minority party in state government for almost seventy straight years before the Gingrich Contract with America transformed not only control of Congress but vitally control of state legislatures, long the hardest bastion of Democrat power in politics and quietly the key to Democrat dominance of American politics.