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The Party was the brainchild of Philip La Follette and Robert M. La Follette, Jr., the sons of the famous Wisconsin Governor and Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr. The party was established in 1934 as an alliance between the longstanding "Progressive" faction of the Republican Party of Wisconsin, led by the La Follette family and their political allies, and certain radical farm and labor ...
Wisconsin's political history also encompasses, on the one hand, Robert La Follette and the Classical Progressive movement, and on the other, the Republican and anti-Communist Joe McCarthy. From the early 20th century, the Socialist Party of America had a base in Milwaukee.
The History of Wisconsin, Vol. IV: The Progressive Era, 1893-1914 (Wisconsin Historical Society, 1998). Margulies, Herbert F. The Decline of the Progressive Movement in Wisconsin, 1890-1920 (1969) Margulies, Herbert F. "The Background of the La Follette-McGovern Schism." Wisconsin Magazine of History (1956) 40#1: 21–29. online; Stevens ...
That's leading to questions about whether the "uninstructed" movement could make Biden vulnerable in Wisconsin, a key November battleground state. In 2020, he won Wisconsin by a little over 20,000 ...
The La Follettes of Wisconsin: Love and Politics in Progressive America. Madison, Wis.: The University of Wisconsin Press. Yu, Wang. "'Boss' La Follette and the Paradox of the Progressive Movement" Journal of American History (March 2022) 108#4 pp 726–744. online
The La Follette family continued his political legacy in Wisconsin, publishing The Progressive magazine and pushing for liberal reforms. In 1934, La Follette's two sons began the Wisconsin Progressive Party, which briefly held power in the state and was for some time one of the state's major parties, often ahead of the Democrats. [6]
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday that officials can place ballot drop boxes around their communities in this fall's elections, overturning its own ruling two years ago limiting their use ...
Civic Media, the Wisconsin-based network of news/progressive-talk radio stations including WAUK-AM (540) in Waukesha, has finished retooling its midday programming lineup.