On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk discuss the latest campaign finance reports, record spending in the spring Supreme Court election, a new challenge to congressional district lines, the Wisconsin Elections Commission’s report on the former Madison clerk’s handling of uncounted absentee ballots and more.
A source close to Tony Evers tells WisPolitics the governor hasn’t yet made a final decision on seeking a third term, pushing back on reports that a retirement announcement is imminent.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss takeaways from the latest Marquette University Law School poll. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
The Wisconsin Elections Commission voted 5-1 to affirm the report finding the Madison clerk who failed to count 193 absentee ballots broke five election laws. But it stopped short of adopting the proposed orders to the city clerk’s office that would direct further action.
Candidates and outside groups dropped nearly $115 million on Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race this spring, more than doubling the previous national record set just two years earlier, a WisPolitics tally shows.