From WisPolitics … — Kamala Harris, former GOP U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney and former conservative talk show host Charlie Sykes joined forces to pitch moderate and Republican voters to support the Dem vice president this fall, arguing the country’s future is at stake. Cheney, who traveled to Ripon earlier this

From WisPolitics … — GOP vice presidential nominee JD Vance at a faith rally in Waukesha yesterday said Kamala Harris is the candidate of “anti-Christian and anti-Catholic bigotry.” “Why is it that Kamala Harris seems to think that Christians are a bigger threat to this country than the Mexican drug

From WisPolitics … – Kamala Harris in her third Wisconsin stop of the day in Green Bay mocked Donald Trump’s claim that he’s “father of IVF,” adding his attacks on reproductive rights have made her campaign “a fight for the future.”  Harris in her final stop played a clip for

From WisPolitics … — Vice President Kamala Harris will target college students with the first two of her three stops in Wisconsin today. She’ll be joined by Mark Cuban, the entrepreneur and NBA team owner.  Harris will first be at a business class at UW-Milwaukee, where her campaign said she

From WisPolitics … — GOP businessman Eric Hovde pumped another $7 million of his own money into his U.S. Senate campaign over the past two months, pushing his personal investment to $20 million in his bid to beat Dem Tammy Baldwin. The additional $7 million made up most of the

From WisPolitics … — U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, raised $13.5 million over the third quarter of 2024, more than twice what she pulled in over the same three-month period six years ago. GOP rival Eric Hovde hasn’t shared details of his fundraising ahead of today’s FEC filing deadline. Baldwin’s

From WisPolitics … — Vice President Kamala Harris will be back in Wisconsin on Thursday with stops in Milwaukee, La Crosse and Green Bay. It will be here sixth visit to the state since becoming the nominee. Other Dem stops in the state this week to boost her campaign: VP

From WisPolitics … — The Federal Election Commission deadlocked 3-3 on whether U.S. Senate candidates should be allowed to use joint fundraising committees to finance political ads, a boost for GOP businessman Eric Hovde and other Republicans. Outraised by many of their Dem opponents, GOP U.S. Senate candidates in several

From WisPolitics … — Incumbent lawmakers in two of the top legislative races are playing up their work across the aisle in new TV ads. In the 8th SD, GOP state Sen. Duey Stroebel has a new spot featuring his daughter, who reads a story to her son about his

From WisPolitics … — The state Supreme Court today will hear a challenge to Dem Gov. Tony Evers’ veto in the 2023-25 state budget that pushed out by 400 years the end date for annual increases in per-pupil spending limits. The language lawmakers sent to Evers included a $325 per

From WisPolitics … — President Joe Biden in Wisconsin today will announce the EPA has finalized federal regulations requiring drinking water systems in the U.S. to replace lead service lines within 10 years. He will also announce the EPA is investing $2.6 billion more into drinking water upgrades and lead

From WisPolitics … — Donald Trump slammed the federal government’s response to Hurricane Helene, claiming “the White House is doing nothing,” as he repeatedly called Dem rival Kamala Harris incompetent. Making his fourth stop to Wisconsin in eight days, the former president attacked Harris. He called her a “dummy” who

From WisPolitics … — Dem presidential nominee Kamala Harris condemned Donald Trump as a threat to democracy and vowed to be a “president for all Americans” as she sought to appeal to GOP voters in the birthplace of the Republican Party.  Harris spoke at a rally yesterday in Ripon with

From WisPolitics … — GOP megadonors Diane Hendricks and Liz Uihlein combined to give the Assembly and Senate GOP caucuses $6.3 million over the last two months, helping them outraise their Dem counterparts, according to the latest fundraising reports. The Republican Assembly Campaign Committee reported raising $7.2 million between July

From WisPolitics … — Donald Trump during a stop in Milwaukee praised school choice, said he’ll campaign in Green Bay soon and downplayed injuries soldiers suffered in Iraq while he was in office. “I believe that school choice is the civil rights issue of our time,” Trump said yesterday, after

From WisPolitics … — The state Dem Party raised $6.3 million over the past month, spurred by $4.25 million in donations from LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker. Meanwhile, the state GOP reported raising $3.5 million over eight weeks, thanks in part to $1.1 million in donations

From WisPolitics … — Former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy says “there’s always room for improvement” for Republicans ahead of Election Day, noting GOP Senate candidates are struggling in key swing states like Wisconsin. “I’m somebody who holds myself to a high standard,” Ramaswamy said on WISN’s “UpFront,”  which is

From WisPolitics … — The UW Board of Regents plans today to take up the recommendation that former La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow be fired from his faculty position for his actions after it became public that he and his wife appeared in pornographic videos. The Board of Regents’ Personnel

From WisPolitics … — The Madison clerk says 2,215 duplicate ballots were mistakenly sent to voters, but none have been returned to her office.  Clerk Maribeth Witzel-Behl late yesterday posted a response to a Tuesday letter she received from U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, R-Minocqua, demanding answers on how the duplicate

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