On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk discuss budget talks between the governor and GOP leaders breaking down, the Trump administration’s threat to withhold federal election funding from Wisconsin, and the state suspending funding for Milwaukee Public Schools after the district misses another reporting deadline.
Both voiced optimism at a WisPolitics luncheon about their parties’ futures despite recent losses.
The GOP legislators were among those who met a Friday deadline to indicate whether they wanted to weigh in on a lawsuit that argues the current districts failed to adhere to standards requiring the districts to have identical populations.
Johnson has struck a similar tone before about his future in elected office. He vowed before his 2016 reelection bid that he wouldn’t seek a third term. But he hedged on that promise after Dems won full control of Washington, D.C., in 2020.
Those who will be on the ballot for chair are: 3rd CD Dem Chair William Garcia, former party Executive Director Devin Remiker and operative Joe Zepecki.