From the Wisconsin State Journal:

Wisconsin Republicans have accused a state senator of plagiarizing her husband’s writing on taxes.

The state Republican Party claims three essays written over the past three years by Sen. Kathleen Vinehout, D-Alma, lift passages nearly verbatim from columns written by her husband, Douglas Kane, once a consultant to former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Republicans say the similarities raise questions about Vinehout’s credibility.

“This is the definition of plagiarism,” said John Hogan, executive director of the Committee to Elect Republican Senators. “Does she have any original ideas?”

Kane said Vinehout was out campaigning on Monday and couldn’t comment. He said he wrote drafts of some of her columns, much like a campaign staff writer would write a candidate’s speeches. Some of the language from his works carried over, he said.

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