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Ed Garvey

Ed Garvey a Madison lawyer and publisher of FightingBob.com, a political opinion website. In 1986, he was the Democratic nominee in Wisconsin for U.S. Senate and in 1998 he was the Democratic nominee for Wisconsin governor. Garvey served as executive director of the National Football League Players Association union from 1971 until 1983.

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