Good morning,
Whitewater’s forecast calls for a mostly sunny day with a high temperature of twenty-six.
The Wisconsin Historical Society recalls that on this day in 1938, Joseph McCarthy began a race for a judgeship that he fought with all the integrity and honesty that he exhibited throughout his life:
On this date future senator Joseph McCarthy announced his candidacy for the Wisconsin 10th Circuit Court judgeship, a position that had been held for 24 years by Edgar V. Werner. The 30-year-old McCarthy used Werner’s age against him, claiming that Werner was 73 while secretly knowing he was 66. In the election, held in April of the following year, McCarthy earned 15,160 votes to Werner’s 11,154. Although McCarthy’s campaign tactics and spending practices were investigated, he was cleared of wrong-doing. [Source: Legal Affairs]