The Democratic Party of Wisconsin has named the son of prominent Democratic political figure to lead its public relations efforts during a pivotal election season.
Alec Loftus, a former spokesman for two state agencies and a former political reporter, will be the state party’s communications director. His appointement comes as Democrats try to make a clean sweep of the state government this fall by gaining the Assembly majority, which has eluded them for 14 years. Success on that front would give Democrats, if they can maintain their majority in the Senate, a monopoly on setting the state’s policy agenda.