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The article examines Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama's chances of winning the November 2008 election against his Republican opponent John McCain in Wisconsin. The paper provides information on the state's congressional politics and number of delegates and electoral votes for the presidential election.

Profiles Wisconsin's Grand Old Party Representative F. James Sensenbrenner Jr. Sensenbrenner's personality; Background on Sensenbrenner's career in legislature.

Reports on how Wisconsin Senator Russell D. Feingold's efforts to prevent outside interest groups and his own party from running issue advocacy advertisements in his behalf during the run-up to the November 1998 elections in the United States. Benefit gained by Republican challenger Mark W. Neumann from issue ads; Reason why political parties like to run issue ads; Amount spent on issue ads in the 1998 election cycle.