Wisconsin Senate

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  Presidential race buffets Senate battle

  By Alan Fram  |  October 22, 2012

  The party that runs the Senate next year may be decided by how well President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney do in toss-up states like Nevada, Ohio, Virginia and Wisconsin, where ballots feature parallel Senate races about as tight as the presidential contest.

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  Wisconsin recall is high-stakes bet for unions

  By Sam Hananel, Scott Bauer  |  April 11, 2012

  Unions are facing a make-or-break moment in their campaign to drive Wisconsin's Republican governor from office.

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  Ohio vote shows unions still a political force

  By Sam Hananel  |  November 9, 2011

  Labor unions are celebrating one of their biggest victories in decades after turning back an Ohio law that curbed collective bargaining rights for the state's public workers. The vote showed unions are still a potent political force that can't be ignored.

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  Unions adjust to new reality under Obama

  By Sam Hananel  |  September 4, 2011

  In the early days of the Obama administration, organized labor had grand visions of pushing through a sweeping agenda that would help boost sagging membership and help revive union strength.

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  6 Republican senators face recall in Wisconsin

  By Scott Bauer  |  August 9, 2011

  Six Republican Wisconsin lawmakers fought Tuesday to survive recall challenges stemming from the political backlash against GOP Gov. Scott Walker's move to strip public employee unions of most collective bargaining rights.