Monday, October 5, 2026

Another John Kennedy wants to be President (b/w "Foghorn Leghorn for President")

 
Headline:  NBC News, 10/4/2026

Megan Brand reports:
A slew of politicians on both sides of the aisle have acknowledged that they are considering running for president in 2028 or have declined to rule out the possibility. None, though, have formally announced yet that they are running. Kennedy, too, said that he has not made a decision. 
“On my side of the aisle, if a bunch of goobers run, and I think they’re goobers and one of the goobers might win, and I think I could do a better job, I would consider running,” he said. “But right now, I’m running for re-election.”
 
According to Merriam-Webster, the first known use of  'goober', as in a naive, foolish, or ignorant person, occurred in 1862.

  1. comradery
  2. day-to-day
  3. go begging
  4. Johnny Reb
  5. long-tailed weasel
  6. reb
  7. rebel yell
  8. talking point

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Wisconsin 2026 elections: Democrat Matt Philibert challenges freshman incumbent Republican Jim Piwowarczyk in 98th Assembly District

 
Prior to redistricting, the GOP gerrymandered 98th Assembly District included the cracked northern half of the City of Waukesha as well as the City of Pewaukee and Village of Sussex

Redistricting shifted the district north.  It now includes the Town of Lisbon, including the Village of Sussex, as well as the Village of Morton in Waukesha County and the towns of Richfield, Erin, and Hartford (including the City of Harford), as well as a little piece of southwestern Germantown Township in Washington County.

Maps and election results:  Ballotpedia

The 98th is not a hospitable district for Democrats.  Republican incumbent Jim Piwowarczyk will easily win a second term.  Democratic challenger Matt Philibert has a very steep hill to climb.
 

In their respective unopposed primaries, Piwowarczyk received more than twice the number of votes as Philibert.




Related reading:

Malia Jones explains:
Two core concepts of gerrymandering were central to the arguments presented to the high court: cracking and packing. A third process, known as stacking, also crops up in gerrymandered political maps, but was not the focus of Gill v. Whitford.
Cracking and packing both refer to specific ways of drawing legislative boundaries with the outcomes of elections in mind. These two processes operate in tension with one another, but both can be implemented by a party in power seeking to maximize its electoral chances through gerrymandering. 
Packing refers to the practice of drawing particular districts in such a way as to ensure that another party's candidate wins that seat by a tremendous margin. Although the opposing party is all but guaranteed the seat, packing makes surrounding districts less competitive, and thus tips the balance of power in the legislative body overall toward the ruling party. 
Cracking involves drawing districts in such a way as to divide a concentration of specific types of voters across several districts such that they are a minority in each one, with practically no hope of achieving representation in any of the districts. This practice also helps make districts less competitive. [emphasis added]

Other Wisconsin 2026 election posts:
1st Assembly District.  (6/11/2026)
2nd Assembly District.  (6/14/2026)
3rd Assembly District.  (6/15/2026)
4th Assembly District.  (6/17/2026)
5th Assembly District.  (6/18/2026)
6th Assembly District.  (6/20/2026)
7th Assembly District.  (6/21/2026)
8th Assembly District.  (6/21/2026)
9th Assembly District.  (6/22/2026)
10th Assembly District.  (6/23/2026)

11th Assembly District.  (6/23/2026)
12th Assembly District.  (4/17/2026)
13th Assembly District.  (6/25/2026)
14th Assembly District.  (6/25/2026)
15th Assembly District.  (6/25/2026)
16th Assembly District.  (4/17/2026)
17th Assembly District.  (6/30/2026)
18th Assembly District.  (6/30/2026)
24th Assembly District.  (4/19/2026)
26th Assembly District.  (4/17/2026)
29th Assembly District.  (7/10/2026)

30th Assembly District.  (7/11/2026)
31st Assembly District.  (7/12/2026)
33rd Assembly District.  (7/15/2026)
34th Assembly District.  (4/24/2026)
35th Assembly District.  (4/15/2026)
36th Assembly District.  (7.16.2026)
37th Assembly District.  (4/20/2026)
39th Assembly District.  (7/18/2026)

40th Assembly District.  (7/19/2026)
41st Assembly District.  (7/20/2026)
42nd Assembly District.  (7/21/2026)
45th Assembly District.  (7/23/2026)
46th Assembly District.  (7/24/2026)
47th Assembly District.  (7/25/2026)
48th Assembly District.  (7/27/2026) 
49th Assembly District.  (7/28/2026)

50th Assembly District.  (7/29/2026)
51st Assembly District.  (7/30/2026)
52nd Assembly District.  (7/31/2026)
58th Assembly District.  (4/12/2026)
59th Assembly District.  (4/10/2026)

61st Assembly District.  (8/16/2026)
62th Assembly District.  (8/11/2026)
63rd Assembly District.  (8/16/2026)
64th Assembly District.  (8/17/2026)
65th Assembly District.  (8/18/2026)
67th Assembly District.  (8/24/2026)
68th Assembly District.  (8/25/2026)
69th Assembly District.  (8/26/2026)

70th Assembly District.  (8/27/2026)
72nd Assembly District.  (8/29/2026)
73rd Assembly District.  (8/31/2026)
78th Assembly District.  (9/14/2026)
79th Assembly District.  (9/15/2026)

80th Assembly District.  (9/16/2026)
81st Assembly District.  (9/17/2026)
83rd Assembly District.  (9/20/2026)
84th Assembly District.  (9/21/2026)
85th Assembly District.  (9/22/2026)
86th Assembly District.  (9/23/2026)
87th Assembly District.  (9/24/2026)
88th Assembly District.  (9/25/2026)

90th Assembly District.  (9/27/2026)
91st Assembly District.  (9/28/2026)
92nd Assembly District.  (9/29/2026)
93rd Assembly District.  (9/30/2026) 
94th Assembly District.  (10/1/2026)
96th Assembly District.  (10/3/2026)
97th Assembly District.  (10/4/2026)
99th Assembly District.  (4/18/2026)

17th Senate District.  (4/14/2026)
23rd Senate District.  (4/15/2026)
31st Senate District.  (4/15/2026)

Visit to newly expanded Sun Prairie Public Library

 
As seen from Linnerud Drive.



Sun Prairie formally unveiled a $26 million remodel and expansion of its public library Friday that adds a key children’s space and nearly doubles the library’s size. 
Planning for the project in the fast-growing Madison suburb technically began in 2018, but Library Director Svetha Hetzler said the genesis for the project dates to space-needs studies completed in 2005 and 2012.
Project timeline
 

Floor plan (majority of photos taken in area highlighted; arrow indicates entrance to library)



Passage to new youth services area

Aquarium


Early literacy play structure
 

Youth program room


Caregiver room


Shelving for materials



Amphitheater


Atrium (stunning addition)



Walking into the library looks pretty much the same as it always has.