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TOP STORIES Kamala Harris tells WPR she supports eliminating the filibuster to restore abortion rights The presidential candidate appears on WPR’s ‘Wisconsin Today’ shortly after her Sep. 20 rally at Alliant Center … “I think we should eliminate the filibuster
Fix Washington PAC is up with a new ad featuring a woman who knocks U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin over transgender athletes playing girls sports.
https://s3.amazonaws.com/pdfweb/videos/3905616e-93aa-41b5-baf2-daeb48e6b069.mp4 U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, is up with a new ad hitting GOP rival Eric Hovde on $26 million his California bank received from a bank in Mexico. Baldwin has $982,331 in ad reservations for the coming week between
1st CD Dem candidate Peter Barca launched “Proud” — a six-figure ad knocking GOP opponent Bryan Steil’s “extreme record.”
From WisPolitics … — The parade of presidential campaign surrogates continues to roll through Wisconsin. Former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords, D-Arizona, will be in Bayside and Wauwatosa today to campaign for Vice President Kamala Harris. Then Gwen Walz, the wife
From WisPolitics … — The Wisconsin Elections Commission today postponed until after the November election a vote on whether to reprimand two clerks for not accepting absentee ballots at polling places until 8 p.m. on Election Day during previous elections.
1st CD Dem candidate Peter Barca has launched a new ad focused on public safety.
3rd CD candidate Rebecca Cooke’s campaign has released a new six-figure ad casting the Eau Claire Dem as a moderate and U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Prairie du Chien, as extreme. The 30-second spot will air this week on TV
TOP STORIES Donald Trump to campaign in Prairie du Chien on Saturday … expected to begin speaking at the Prairie du Chien Area Arts Center at 11:30 a.m. and will likely focus on immigration. … [U.S. Rep. Van Orden] earlier
From WisPolitics … — The state Elections Commission will meet today to consider complaints accusing the clerks in Greenfield and Brookfield of failing to follow state law by refusing to accept absentee ballots at polling places up until 8 p.m.
From WisPolitics … — Former President Donald Trump will campaign in Prairie du Chien on Saturday, his campaign announced today. Multiple GOP sources told WisPolitics that Trump is also looking at stops in Madison and Milwaukee on Oct. 1. The
GOP U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde and the National Republican Senatorial Committee launched a pair of new ads that hit Dem U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin and Kamala Harris on transgender issues and immigration.
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is out with a new TV ad that calls GOP businessman Eric Hovde “a straight-up jerk.”
TOP STORIES Kamala Harris aims to energize liberal Madison for Election Day … held a packed rally [estimated 10,500] at the Alliant Energy Center Coliseum on Friday, marking her first visit to Madison since declaring her candidacy … [WisDems chair
From WisPolitics … — Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway says the political “center of gravity” is moving toward Madison and Dane County, underscoring its critical importance for Democrats ahead of Election Day. “Dane County is a very highly Democratic performing area
Quotes of the Week The American media, the Democrats and the Kamala Harris campaign — they’ve got to cut this crap out, or they’re going to get somebody killed. – GOP VP nominee and Ohio U.S. Sen. JD Vance in
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the latest in Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s bid to be removed from Wisconsin’s ballot, municipalities opting against using absentee ballot drop boxes, a Republican National Committee lawsuit over election observers, a push for more funding for the Universities of Wisconsin and more.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at the recent presidential polling in Wisconsin. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
TOP STORIES DOJ asks WI Supreme Court to decide whether Robert F. Kennedy stays on ballot … “This question justifies prompt, final resolution by this Court: it is highly time sensitive and hugely consequential for the people of Wisconsin,” [Asst.
From WisPolitics … — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says it’s premature to ask the state Supreme Court whether he should be on the Wisconsin presidential ballot. The state Department of Justice yesterday asked the justices to take over the case,
TOP STORIES Kamala Harris tells WPR she supports eliminating the filibuster to restore abortion rights The presidential candidate appears on WPR’s ‘Wisconsin Today’ shortly after her Sep. 20 rally at Alliant Center … “I think we should eliminate the filibuster for Roe,” Harris said in an interview that aired Tuesday
Fix Washington PAC is up with a new ad featuring a woman who knocks U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin over transgender athletes playing girls sports.
https://s3.amazonaws.com/pdfweb/videos/3905616e-93aa-41b5-baf2-daeb48e6b069.mp4 U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, is up with a new ad hitting GOP rival Eric Hovde on $26 million his California bank received from a bank in Mexico. Baldwin has $982,331 in ad reservations for the coming week between broadcast, cable and radio. From today through the Nov. 5
1st CD Dem candidate Peter Barca launched “Proud” — a six-figure ad knocking GOP opponent Bryan Steil’s “extreme record.”
From WisPolitics … — The parade of presidential campaign surrogates continues to roll through Wisconsin. Former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords, D-Arizona, will be in Bayside and Wauwatosa today to campaign for Vice President Kamala Harris. Then Gwen Walz, the wife of VP nominee Tim Walz, will be in the WOW
From WisPolitics … — The Wisconsin Elections Commission today postponed until after the November election a vote on whether to reprimand two clerks for not accepting absentee ballots at polling places until 8 p.m. on Election Day during previous elections. The postponement came after Republican commissioners argued against allowing voters
1st CD Dem candidate Peter Barca has launched a new ad focused on public safety.
3rd CD candidate Rebecca Cooke’s campaign has released a new six-figure ad casting the Eau Claire Dem as a moderate and U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Prairie du Chien, as extreme. The 30-second spot will air this week on TV in the La Crosse and Wausau markets and on digital
TOP STORIES Donald Trump to campaign in Prairie du Chien on Saturday … expected to begin speaking at the Prairie du Chien Area Arts Center at 11:30 a.m. and will likely focus on immigration. … [U.S. Rep. Van Orden] earlier this month voiced concerns about an alleged transnational gang member
From WisPolitics … — The state Elections Commission will meet today to consider complaints accusing the clerks in Greenfield and Brookfield of failing to follow state law by refusing to accept absentee ballots at polling places up until 8 p.m. on Election Day. Agency staff in both cases recommended finding
From WisPolitics … — Former President Donald Trump will campaign in Prairie du Chien on Saturday, his campaign announced today. Multiple GOP sources told WisPolitics that Trump is also looking at stops in Madison and Milwaukee on Oct. 1. The announcement about the stop focused on illegal immigration. Prairie du
GOP U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde and the National Republican Senatorial Committee launched a pair of new ads that hit Dem U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin and Kamala Harris on transgender issues and immigration.
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is out with a new TV ad that calls GOP businessman Eric Hovde “a straight-up jerk.”
TOP STORIES Kamala Harris aims to energize liberal Madison for Election Day … held a packed rally [estimated 10,500] at the Alliant Energy Center Coliseum on Friday, marking her first visit to Madison since declaring her candidacy … [WisDems chair Wikler, Mayor Rhodes-Conway, interim DaneCo Exec. Kuhn] opened the rally,
From WisPolitics … — Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway says the political “center of gravity” is moving toward Madison and Dane County, underscoring its critical importance for Democrats ahead of Election Day. “Dane County is a very highly Democratic performing area of the state,” Rhodes-Conway said on WISN’s “UpFront,” which is
Quotes of the Week The American media, the Democrats and the Kamala Harris campaign — they’ve got to cut this crap out, or they’re going to get somebody killed. – GOP VP nominee and Ohio U.S. Sen. JD Vance in Eau Claire on Tuesday, suggesting Dems and the media are
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the latest in Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s bid to be removed from Wisconsin’s ballot, municipalities opting against using absentee ballot drop boxes, a Republican National Committee lawsuit over election observers, a push for more funding for the Universities of Wisconsin and more.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at the recent presidential polling in Wisconsin. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
TOP STORIES DOJ asks WI Supreme Court to decide whether Robert F. Kennedy stays on ballot … “This question justifies prompt, final resolution by this Court: it is highly time sensitive and hugely consequential for the people of Wisconsin,” [Asst. AG Gibson’s] court filing states. Kennedy’s appeal rests with 2nd
From WisPolitics … — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says it’s premature to ask the state Supreme Court whether he should be on the Wisconsin presidential ballot. The state Department of Justice yesterday asked the justices to take over the case, which is now before the conservative 2nd District Court of