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WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ review the latest Marquette poll, state of key Wisconsin races ahead of Tuesday’s vote
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, chart the final stretch of the 2026 Wisconsin midterm election, including the final polls and campaign spending in top races. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Tom Barrett, JB Van Hollen, Scott Klug, Michael Tate: The proof is in the paper: How Wisconsin protects every vote
Wisconsin elections are safe and secure — not because anyone says so, but because the evidence is there for anyone willing to look. Confidence in our elections should be earned. In Wisconsin, it can be.

Tom Still: Business can suffer from unsupported claims of election fraud
If the credibility of elections crumbles for no proven reason, everything from attracting foreign investment to U.S. shores to the dollar’s status as the world’s primary currency will be at risk.

Bill Berry: Tiffany and Crowley silent on some major Wisconsin issues
When all is said and done, some of the most critical issues of the day will have received little or no attention.

Dan Shafer: David Crowley is the favorite to win the race for governor in Wisconsin
Breaking down the final pre-election Marquette University Law School Poll of the 2026 campaign.

Bruce Murphy: Should voters reduce governor’s veto power?
It will create a more democratic system no matter which party controls the governor’s chair.

Martha Fernandez: Wisconsin’s leave law protects the job. Nobody plans the return.
Plan the return when the leave begins. Decide who will be the employee’s single point of contact, what the first two weeks back will look like, and whether a schedule change is possible.

Daniel Sem: The new path for affordable and flexible healthcare for Wisconsin small businesses and their employees
Wisconsin has a new opportunity to help solve one of this country’s thorniest problems: the cost of healthcare for small businesses and employees without access to traditional group health insurance.

Scott Walker: Truth-allergic politicians do not improve once elected
The mask is starting to come off for several radical candidates who are trying to appear reasonable in the last few days before the midterms.

Dave Cieslewicz: Gems from the Marquette poll
What’s the bottom line? Crowley will likely win, and his party will probably take over the state Senate and perhaps the Assembly majority as well. But they should not read that as a mandate for liberal policies but rather a rejection of Trump and his party. They need to proceed with caution.

James Wigderson: The tea leaves of the Marquette Poll
The last Marquette University Law School poll before Wisconsin’s gubernatorial election is out, and it’s not good news for the Republicans.

John Torinus: Wisconsin election mostly about Trump
Crowley’s election as governor would be a powerful check on the imbalance of power that Trump and his MAGA followers have created in the country.

Sinceree Dixon: Question on ballot sounds fair. It’s actually misleading.
Vote ‘no’ on Wisconsin amendment 3. We should not risk limiting the tools our public institutions have to address longstanding disparities without fully understanding the ramifications.

Tom Content: Common-sense response needed to tackle rising energy bills
The goal of the Wisconsin visionaries who first regulated the monopoly utilities was balance. But under current policies investors are getting the benefits, and customers are paying the cost.

LaTonya Johnson: Republicans had eight years to regulate THC, but did nothing
Over the last eight years, as this industry has grown, the Wisconsin Legislature has enacted exactly zero new laws regulating these products. No statewide minimum age for buying intoxicating products, no rules for testing, no requirement for accurate labeling, no license to sell.

Dan Knodl: Federal scholarships are coming. Will Wisconsin students benefit?
Our students deserve every opportunity to succeed. Governor Evers should reconsider his decision and opt Wisconsin into this federal program so our families can access these resources.

Gregory Humphrey: Elections are not a pause button for UW Regents
The Regents’ authority does not expire because campaign signs are appearing in yards from Superior to Janesville. The Regents should not be asked to function only when everyone can perfectly predict who will hold office six months from now.

Lana Shklyar Nenide: The harms of social media reach babies before they ever log on
Babies don’t use Instagram. They do live inside relationships with adults who use it, and technology now sits right in the middle of those relationships. Parent well-being and infant well-being are tied together.

Melissa Agard: Dane County is growing. Our vision for the future must grow with it
As county executive, I want to build on that success and make sure our growing population translates into greater opportunity and a strong quality of life for everyone.

Bruce Murphy: Republicans getting desperate against David Crowley?
A mailer from Oklahoma and a Lakeland Times story peddle specious claims.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ review the latest Marquette poll, state of key Wisconsin races ahead of Tuesday’s vote
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, chart the final stretch of the 2026 Wisconsin midterm election, including the final polls and campaign spending in top races. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for Oct. 30
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk discuss the final Marquette University Law School Poll, early voting numbers, record-breaking campaign spending, the closing days of campaigning and more.