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Mon Jan 2, 2017, 09:57 AM Jan 2017

Wisconsin Assembly Democrats hoping to offer a 'more focused message' in upcoming session

Assembly Democrats will have a "more focused message" in the coming legislative session, Minority Leader Peter Barca said Wednesday.

"I think at times as Democrats we tend to have too many messages and priorities get lost to some degree," the Kenosha Democrat told the Cap Times.

Barca was re-elected by his colleagues last month to serve a fourth term as Assembly Democratic leader, despite the party losing seats in the November election. Republicans now hold a 64-35 majority in the Assembly, the largest edge they have had since 1957.

Democrats will continue to introduce legislation and make efforts to demonstrate how things would be different under their leadership, Barca said.

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