Van Hollen, who passed the job along to his Waukesha partner in GOP thinking, Brad Schimel, considered by many the “worst AG” in Wisconsin history – which may explain why so much dark money has been rushed in to his bid for re-election. His revenge was running a primary opponent against her in 2006, who won but then was defeated immediately by the GOP’s J.B. Jim Doyle, who had previously been attorney general under Republican administrations, requiring a metronomic approach to morality and political tactics, had never wanted Peg as his successor but was overruled in 2002 by the voters. attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin. | Labor Press photo by Dominique Nothīefore her tenure as AG, where she defended many principles today considered commonplace, she had served as a state representative, a local district attorney and the U.S. Peg Lautenschlager in 2002 speaking to a labor rally. She was arrested by police for drunken driving – or parking in this case. She had too much wine, drove off the road and fell asleep on her frequent nightly journeys from Madison to her home across the state in Fond du Lac. The late Peg Lautenschlager, a favorite of organized labor and of people’s campaigns throughout the state for her feisty speaking style and down-home politics, occupied the state attorney general’s office until early 2007 when done-in by internal Democratic politics and her own unfortunate brush with the law. It is an irony not much noted and deliberately not advertised by the candidate that the likely Democratic replacement for this elected office in November 2018 is the son of the previous people’s lawyer who occupied the state’s most important justice job. Josh Kaul with his 4 year old son Simon in front of a famous Milwaukee custard stand.įor 12 years Wisconsin has been deprived of a people’s lawyer at the top of its justice ladder, lacking a clear defender of open records, civil rights and basic access to justice for everyday people.
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