CONTACT: Jeff Mayers, mayers@wispolitics.com
–WisPolitics-State Affairs event lineup features pollsters, pols and authors–
MADISON — WisPolitics-State Affairs has announced its lineup of fall events including luncheons in Madison and Milwaukee with top newsmakers plus a book event and the annual polling summit focusing on the rural voter.
Please mark your calendars and register now for the events of your choice. All events are luncheons unless otherwise noted.
And thanks to our sponsors.
—The Madison event series is sponsored by: HB Strategies, American Family Insurance, Xcel Energy, Walmart, AARP Wisconsin and WEC Energy Group.
–-The Milwaukee event series is sponsored by: HB Strategies, Medical College of Wisconsin, Spectrum, UW-Milwaukee and Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association
—The DC event series is sponsored by Michael Best and Michael Best Strategies, Marquette University and the Les Aspin Center for Government, UW-Madison and the Wisconsin Alumni Association, the Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association (WTBA) & Xcel Energy.
–And the Sept. 25 polling summit has an array of sponsors: Platform Communications, Michael Best Strategies, Charter Communications/Spectrum, AARP Wisconsin, and the Wisconsin Counties Association
UPCOMING EVENTS
–A Sept. 16 Madison Club luncheon discusses how tariffs are affecting the state’s economy. This event is in cooperation with the Wisconsin Technology Council. Panelists: UW-Madison La Follette School of Public Affairs economics Prof. MENZIE CHINN; Mid-West Farm Report Director PAM JAHNKE; Wisconsin Center for Manufacturing & Productivity Executive Director and CEO BUCKLEY BRINKMAN; and Findorff Construction Director of Business Development for Science and Tech ROBERTA OLDENBURG.
–Milwaukee Public Schools Superintendent BRENDA CASSELLIUS will headline a Sept. 24 Milwaukee Press Club-WisPolitics Newsmaker Luncheon. Cassellius will take questions from a panel of journalists and audience members.
–WisPolitics’ annual polling summit on Sept. 25 in Madison discusses the rural voter.
–A Sept. 30 evening “Talking Trade” event at Ripon College. See the WisBusiness.com “Talking Trade” archives here. Registration details to come.
–An Oct. 23 luncheon at the Madison Club will feature new state Supreme Court Chief Justice JILL KAROFSKY. Karofsky was elected to the court in 2020 and became chief justice July 1.
–A Milwaukee Press Club-WisPolitics Newsmaker Luncheon with Milwaukee Archbishop JEFFREY SCOTT GROB is scheduled for Oct. 2. Grob will take questions from a media panel and the audience.
–A Nov. 6 happy hour book event with former Sen. FRED RISSER at the Madison Club sponsored by the Wisconsin Historical Society. Risser’s new book is: “Forward for the People: The Autobiography of America’s Longest Serving Legislator.”
–U.S. Sen TAMMY BALDWIN headlines a Nov. 13 luncheon at the Madison Club.
–A Nov. 19 DC breakfast at Marquette University’s Les Aspin Center with MU Law School’s CHARLES FRANKLIN and CRAIG GILBERT on the latest polling data and a look ahead to the 2026 elections. Registration information to come.
