Wisconsin Senate President Mike Ellis (R), a 44-year veteran of the legislature, dropped out of his race for re-election after he was secretly recorded discussing how to create an illegal political action committee to defeat his challenger, Representative Penny Bernard Schaber (D).

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WISCONSIN SENATE PRESIDENT MIKE ELLIS (R), A 44-YEAR VETERAN OF THE LEGISLATURE, dropped out of his race for re-election after he was secretly recorded discussing how to create an illegal political action committee to defeat his challenger, Representative Penny Bernard Schaber (D). "There's no room for independent thinking and there's no room for compromise," the Associate Press reported Ellis said. "The art of the compromise, the ability to accept...