Democratic Party of Wisconsin

Democratic Party of Wisconsin
Chairman	Mike Tate
Senate Leader	Russ Decker
House Leader	Michael J. Sheridan
Headquarters	Madison, Wisconsin
Ideology	American Liberalism Progressivism Center-left
National affiliation	Democratic Party
Color(s)	Blue
Website	http://www.wisdems.org/

The Democratic Party of Wisconsin is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in Wisconsin. As of 2009, it is headed by state party chairman Mike Tate, who is the youngest chairman of a state party. ^[1] The party holds a majority in the Wisconsin State Senate and Wisconsin State Assembly. It has held the Wisconsin Governorship since 2003.

[edit] Current Democratic officeholders

State

• Governor: Jim Doyle
• Lieutenant Governor: Barbara Lawton
• Secretary of State: Douglas LaFollette
• Treasurer: Dawn Marie Sass

Federal

• U.S. Senate
  • Herb Kohl
  • Russ Feingold

• U.S. House of Representatives
  • Tammy Baldwin, 2nd District
  • Ron Kind, 3rd District
  • Gwen Moore, 4th District
  • David Obey, 7th District
  • Steve Kagen, 8th District

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Democratic Party of Wisconsin

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