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Posted: Wed 4:25 PM, Nov 07, 2012
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Mark Miller Steps Down From Leadership Post

Posted Wednesday, November 7, 2012 --- 4:25 p.m.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Mark Miller has decided to step down from his post as Senate Democratic leader.

Miller's office issued a statement Wednesday saying he plans to quit his post when the current legislative session ends in December.

The Monona Democrat ran unopposed in Tuesday's elections. The statement doesn't say why he chose to quit his leadership position and his spokeswoman didn't immediately return telephone messages.

Miller served as Senate Democrats' leader when they fled the state in 2011 to protest Republican Gov. Scott Walker's contentious law that strip most public workers of nearly all their union rights. He helped Democrats seize the Senate majority last June in recall elections stemming from the union law fight.

Republicans took the chamber back in Tuesday's elections, though.

Copyright 2012. The Associated Press.

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  • by Tom Location: Portage on Nov 7, 2012 at 04:45 PM
    Senator Miller has been an advocate for the hard-working middle-class. Let's remember that Walker's "contentious law that strip most public workers of nearly all their union rights" was the focus of protests for about two days, after which it became a battle over this administration's attacks on the environment, seniors, health care, kids, education, the working class, etc., etc. I thought the media had gotten over this thing about it being about "union rights".
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