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Tom Kertscher
By Tom Kertscher December 11, 2011

Did GOP U.S. Senate candidate Tommy Thompson end welfare in Wisconsin?

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Tommy Thompson Senate candidacy announcement video, Dec. 1, 2011

Email interview, Tommy Thompson campaign spokesman Darrin Schmitz, Dec. 5, 2011

Email interview, Wisconsin Department of Health Services spokeswoman Stephanie Smiley, Dec. 6, 2011

Email interview, Wisconsin Department of Children and Family Services spokeswoman Sara Buschman, Dec. 7, 2011

PolitiFact.com, "Thompson was a leader in welfare reform," June 1, 2007

Tommy Thompson for President 2008 Facebook page

New York University professor of politics Lawrence Mead,"Statecraft: The politics of welfare reform in Wisconsin," February 1999

Interview, New York University professor of politics Lawrence Mead, Dec. 6, 2011

Wisconsin Historical Society, "W-2 -- Wisconsin Works"

Wisconsin Historical Society, "Tommy Thompson and the conservative revolution"

Wisconsin Department of Health Services, "FoodShare Wisconsin program at a glance -- October 2011"

Wisconsin Department of Children and Family Services, "Wisconsin Works (W-2) critical indicators," October 2011

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, "A brief history of the AFDC program"

Interview and email interview, Wisconsin Council on Children and Families research director Jon Peacock, Dec. 5 and 6, 2011

National Journal, "Thompson announces Senate plans," Sept. 19, 2011

Governing, "Taking stock," February 2010

Wisconsin Legislative Fiscal Bureau, "Wisconsin Works (W-2) and other economic support programs," January 2011

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