LACROSSE, Wis. — Democrats are stepping up their game to defeat Congressman Derrick Van Orden, who hasn’t had a single public forum with his western Wisconsin constituents in 11 months. Democratic organizers announced that former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will be in LaCrosse on Tuesay for, you guessed it, a town hall meeeting. The site wasn’t announced but will be at 5 p.m. Registration required. Internal Democratic analyses show VanOrden among the most vulnerable Trump Republicans in Congress. Although Van Orden has held a few at-a-distance video conferences with constituents, he has turned down invitations for eyeball-to-eyeball town halls. Organizers said Buttgieg, a front-line Democratic campaigner, will be in LaCrosse to discuss the cost of housing, child care, health care —and “the need for leadership that actually listens.”

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