{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=8D805315-A59B-4F2E-A830-9DB336A79711", "Wisconsin Senators Provide Recommendations to White House for District Court Vacancy", "2019-12-13", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Ron Johnson", "J000293", "www.ronjohnson.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON  U.S. Senators Ron Johnson and Tammy Baldwin announced on Friday their agreement to recommend to the White House four Wisconsinites for consideration to fill the vacancy on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin created by the retirement of the late Judge Rudolph Randa. \r\nThe candidates, Joseph Bugni, Samuel Hall, Jr., Brett Ludwig and Daniel Vaccaro, were recommended by a bipartisan federal nominating commission that the Wisconsin senators established in April 2013 to move federal nominations forward, including nominations to vacant federal judgeships in Wisconsin.\r\nThe full text of the Wisconsin senators' letter of recommendation to the White House is here and below.\r\n\r\nDecember 13, 2019\r\n\r\nThe President\r\nThe White House\r\nWashington, DC 20500\r\n\r\nDear Mr. President:\r\n\r\nWe are pleased to recommend the following individuals to fill the vacancy on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin created by the retirement of Judge Rudolph Randa:\r\n\r\n Joseph Aragorn Bugni\r\n Samuel Craig Hall, Jr.\r\n Brett H. Ludwig\r\n Daniel Jay Vaccaro\r\n\r\nThese candidates were recommended by our Wisconsin Federal Nominating Commission that we established to screen applicants. Thank you for your consideration.\r\n\r\n Sincerely,\r\n\r\nRon Johnson  Tammy Baldwin\r\nUnited States Senator United States Senator\r\n\r\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=8D805315-A59B-4F2E-A830-9DB336A79711"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5495098195970058, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}