MILWAUKEE – Milwaukee County Board Supervisor Supreme Moore Omokunde today announced his candidacy for the 17th District of the Wisconsin State Assembly.   Supervisor Moore Omokunde stated, “I’ve spent more than a decade working on the most pressing issues in our community as a member of the Milwaukee County Board since 2015 and as a Community Organizer, including five years, right here, in the Sherman Park Community.   “During this great pandemic health and economic crisis, this 2020 election is arguably the most important election in the history of the United States. The expansion of health care, economic recovery, economic

MADISON — ​Gov. Tony Evers announced today that he is seeking applications for appointment as Jefferson County District Attorney. The new appointee will fill the vacancy created by the resignation of District Attorney Susan Happ. The new appointee will serve for the remainder of the unexpired term that ends January 2021. To apply, please email a completed application form and supporting materials to govDAapp@wisconsin.gov. Applications must be submitted by June 8, 2020. The District Attorney application form is available on the “Apply to Serve” page of the Governor’s website: www.evers.wi.gov. For questions about the appointments process, please contact the Governor’s Office of Legal Counsel at

MADISON, WI—Representatives Mark Pocan (D-WI) and Barbara Lee (D-CA) led a group of 29 Democrats demanding that this year’s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) authorize a level of spending below last year’s budget, in a letter to House Armed Services Committee (HASC) leadership this morning. Since the start of the Trump administration, defense spending has increased every year—over $100 billion, almost 20%, in three years. Now more than ever, in the middle of a global pandemic, we cannot allow this ballooning spending to be directed towards this president’s warmongering. Over 90,000 Americans have died from COVID-19, and we must focus

Janesville, Wis. — Today, the Steil for Wisconsin campaign submitted the maximum number of nomination signatures allowed to ensure Congressman Bryan Steil would appear on the ballot this year. The campaign collected more than 5,000 nomination signatures from citizens all across the first congressional district—more than twice the maximum the campaign is allowed to submit. Congressman Steil released the following statement: “I’m encouraged by the tremendous grassroots support our campaign has received, especially during these difficult times.” said Steil. “I’m excited to take this first step towards reelection in November. I’m proud to represent the people of Southeast Wisconsin and I

MADISON, WI – Wisconsin election officials are busy preparing for fall elections based on the experience of serving a record number of absentee voters in Wisconsin’s April 7 Spring Election and Presidential Preference Primary, according to a new report from the Wisconsin Elections Commission.   The report documents the significant logistical and technical challenges local and state election officials faced in fulfilling the surge in absentee ballot requests and it recommends several ways to improve the absentee process for voters and clerks.   Of the 1.55 million ballots cast in the election, 61.8% were absentee ballots cast by mail and