Tom Nelson

Tom Nelson

Outagamie County Executive

A former state representative and Assistant Majority Leader of the Wisconsin State Assembly, Tom Nelson was elected Outagamie County Executive in 2011.

Commentary Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) stands between Sens. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and John Barrasso (R-Wyoming) during a news briefing following a Feb. 14, 2020 meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyivv, Ukraine. (Shutterstock)
Commentary Outagamie County Exec Compares Johnson’s Misuse of Senate Committee to McCarthy

Tom Nelson says the Twitter age won’t save Ron Johnson.

Tom Nelson Tom Nelson September 8, 2020 6:59 am CDT
Commentary Outagamie County Official: The GOP Needs To Step Up And Give Us a Pandemic Plan — Now
Commentary Outagamie Co. Exec. Demands GOP’s Pandemic Plan

Commentary from Tom Nelson on the benefits of public health policy.

Tom Nelson Tom Nelson June 1, 2020 8:32 am CDT

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Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) holds a press conference on April 13 where he demands Gov. Tony Evers accept severe restrictions on local health officials, schools, and the governor himself in exchange for tens of millions of dollars in federal supplemental COVID food aid. (Image via Wisconsin Eye.) Politics Evers and Timberlake Find a Way to Bypass Vos’ Willingness to Lose Millions in Food Aid for Families
An archival image of the Plainfield Tunnel Channel Lakes in Waushara County, which have experienced a reduction in water levels due to groundwater withdrawals for irrigated agriculture. (Photo credit: Wisconsin DNR) Natural Resources Clean Water at Stake as WI Supreme Court Hears Appeals to Take GOP Restrictions Off the DNR
Left: A sewer line under construction along St. Paul Avenue in Milwaukee in 1920. Right: Victor Berger, co-founder of the Socialist Party of America, editor of the Milwaukee Leader, and the first Socialist elected to Congress. Lower: Construction of a Milwaukee sewer line in 1932. (Photos courtesy: Wisconsin Historical Society and Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District. Graphic by Morgaine Ford-Workman.) Infrastructure Infrastructure Is Good Politics—Just Ask Milwaukee’s Sewer Socialists of 1904
The state Capitol in Madison is reflected off the windows of an office building across the street. (Photo by Julian Emerson) Politics Not Allowed: Nonpartisan Analysis Finds a Flaw in GOP Plans for Wisconsin Stimulus Money