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SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. -- Goodwill Obieze announced his campaign for State Representative of the 48th Assembly District under the Democratic Party Sunday.

Political opponents unite in defeat Voters take down two fighters on Madison city council Expand Incumbent Alds. Rebecca Kemble and Paul Skidmore both lost to challengers in the April 6 election. The city council’s staunchest backer of the police was defeated in the April 6 election. So was one of the city’s most progressive reformers.  Political newcomer Nikki Conklin ousted 10-term incumbent Paul Skidmore with 56 percent of the vote in a contentious and expensive race on the city’s far west side. Skidmore was strongly backed by the Madison police union which in a February ...

Skidmore survives Nikki Conklin finished ahead of veteran Ald. Paul Skidmore in the Feb. 16 primary. Embattled Ald. Paul Skidmore survived his first challenge since 2013, but just barely, coming in second in the Feb. 16 primary to first-time candidate Nikki Conklin, receiving 651 votes to Conklin’s 701. Nino Amato, a former alder who has been active in city and state politics for 40 years, finished a close third with 626 votes. Democratic Party of Wisconsin operative and legislative aide Doug Hyant came in fourth with 301 votes. “District 9 voters have shown that we have a shared vi...

The Dane County Board on Thursday delayed a vote on a proposal that would have asked the sheriff to cut 50 jail beds in several years, once a seven-story tower is completed as part of a $148 jail construction project. On a 28-9 vote, the board sent the resolution to be workshopped in two county committees because some supervisors wanted the measure to have more power, but it was unclear how much that would cost and whether it would further delay the jail consolidation project. “It is nothing more than a recommendation from this board,” Sup. Patrick Miles, 34th District, said of the ...