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The (reported) net worth of U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher, Republican from the Green Bay area
A former Marine with a Ph.D. in international relations from Georgetown, Gallagher was first elected to Congress in 2017. A frequent critic of the Chinese government, he chairs the new select ...
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The (reported) net worth of U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, Republican from Minocqua
U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany was first elected to Congress in 2020 after several years in the Wisconsin State Senate. His committee assignments: • Judiciary, with subcommittee assignments to Crime and ...
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Buckle up: Wisconsin will have a Supreme Court election every year until 2030
The April 1 election that will decide the ideological makeup of the court is almost here. But voters must elect a justice in ...
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THE TEAM
Peter is an award-winning investigative journalist. Before returning to Wisconsin to launch The Badger Project in 2018, he worked at daily newspapers in Scranton and Wilkes-Barre in Pennsylvania as ...
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The (reported) net worth of U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, Democrat from Madison
Pocan was first elected to the U.S. House in 2012 after serving 14 years in the Wisconsin State Assembly. He sits on the powerful House Appropriations Committee, which oversees government spending, ...
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Board of Directors
Nicholas is a Partner at the law firm Kramer, Elkins & Watt in Madison. He graduated from the UW-Madison Law School in 2010. He did his undergraduate work at the University of Illinois. Nicholas is a ...
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The (reported) net worth of U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden, Republican from western Wisconsin
Former Navy Seal Van Orden first joined the U.S. House in 2022, narrowly defeating his Democratic challenger in the western Wisconsin swing district. Van Orden sits on the committees overseeing ...
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8th Congressional District of Wisconsin
“The 8th Congressional District has historically been more competitive than the 6th, but it still usually produces a Republican Congress member. The redistricting reduced the size of the 8th, but did ...
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Our Funders and Donors
The Badger Project is a nonprofit funded mainly through reader contributions and grants. In March 2020, we received a matching grant of $7,713 from NewsMatch 2019 in coordination with our ...
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6th Congressional District of Wisconsin
“The redistricting after the 2010 Census did not change the partisan makeup of the 6th Congressional District. The 6th has been safely Republican for over 50 years. The last Democrat elected to ...
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7th Congressional District of Wisconsin
“The 2011 redistricting by the Republican-controlled legislature and governor was intended to increase the number and safeness of Republican state and congressional districts. Especially notable are ...