Here & Now; 317

October 29, 2004

Here and Now, One-hour election season show with co-anchor Dave Iverson, Bush - Kerry campaigning in Wisconsin,Presidential race and the racetrack known as Wisconsin. Art Hackett gets us started with highlights from an exciting week on the Wisconsin campaign trail. , First Congressional District campaign, Wisconsin's First Congressional District encompasses much of the southeastern portion of the state. Including Rock, Walworth, Racine Kenosha and some of Milwaukee County. The incumbent has held the office since 1998. He is Republican Paul Ryan. Democratic challenger in this race, Dr. Jeffrey Thomas. , First Congressional District campaign, Wisconsin's First Congressional District encompasses much of the southeastern portion of the state. Including Rock, Walworth, Racine Kenosha and some of Milwaukee County. The incumbent has held the office since 1998. He is Republican Paul Ryan. Democratic challenger in this race, Dr. Jefrey Thomas. , us senate race, United States Senate candidates one last chance to appear statewide and make their closing arguments, perhaps to some of the undecided voters we were hearing about. Senator Feingold was unable to schedule an appearance, but Republican Tim Michels could and joins us live from Milwaukee. Mr. Michels is also the co-owner of a construction company and served in the U.S. Army for 12 years. Tim Michels, happy to have you here. , college vote, What will the college vote mean to the outcome of next week's races? There are nearly as many theories about that as there are students themselves. Those who do turn out at the polls are likely to have studied the issues, issues some journalism students at UW-Madison helped us track in this report filed. Wisconsin Public Radio's Jonathan Overby provided the narration. Story was produced for 'Here and Now' by Ryan Engel, Tyler Freitag, Jessica Miller and Caroline Peterson. They are members of Patty Loew's Broadcast Journalism class. , Reality Check TAPE - Tim Michels and Russ Feingold ads about tax votes,Reality Check Reporter WISC-TV's Colin Benedict looks at the claims made in the Tim Michel's and Russ Feingold's ads about tax votes, Third Congressional District campaign,questions about weapons of mass destruction; accountablility of congress in decision to go to war; china and free trade; moderate democrat, Third Congressional District campaign,mistakes - not doing more about gambling; cooperation and collaboration; china and free trade, home stretch panel, Here is the menu of questions that we put before the group this evening. Why is the presidential race so close in the Badger State? What will we wake up to on Wednesday morning? What changes or differences should take place in the electoral process before we do this all again. And will there be any election night surprises?