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“We do believe that voters are disenfranchised every time that we go to the polls without those fair maps, but I don’t know that it’s really realistic at this point to have those for the 2026 elections.”
In a letter responding to the U.S. DOJ’s request, commissioners wrote that Wisconsin law “explicitly prohibits the Commission” from providing the full unredacted voter registration list, which includes information like driver’s license numbers and the last four digits of residents’ Social Security numbers.
Joel Brennan, a leader in the Milwaukee business community and a former Department of Administration secretary, today officially joined the Dem field for governor, vowing to confront growing costs and Donald Trump’s “chaos and incompetence.” “I’ll be a governor who
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mandela Barnes says he’s shooting to raise “closer to $50 million” for his campaign cycle, which would be a significant uptick from his 2022 bid for U.S. Senate.
“We’re making sure that we have everything, every resource ready to take on Tom Tiffany because he is the likely nominee,” Barnes told WISN 12’s “UpFront,” which is produced in partnership with WisPolitics.
Elections clerks notified the Elections Commission of 127 instances of possible voter fraud or irregularities in recent elections, including bribery, a noncitizen registering and casting a ballot, and disrupting a drop box.
Several Dem candidates for governor took digs at the Trump administration during the first public forum of the campaign to succeed outgoing Gov. Tony Evers.
Nick Polce, of Delavan, is the fifth Republican to get into the race.
Poll Director Charles Franklin said history has shown candidates in fall races see little gain in name recognition until the summer ahead of their election. He said voters start tuning in between June and the August primary, and he expects name ID to climb in that window.
Toney, 41, is seeking a rematch with Dem AG Josh Kaul. Three years ago, Kaul fended off Toney’s challenge by 35,000 votes, a difference of 1.3 percentage points.
GOP businessman and Milwaukee radio host Will Martin officially announced he will run for lieutenant governor.
Many viewed Attorney General Josh Kaul as a likely Dem frontrunner if he got into the race to succeed Gov. Tony Evers, thanks in part to winning statewide elections as AG in 2018 and 2022.
A Waukesha County judge has temporarily put on hold his requirement that election officials check the citizenship status of those seeking to register to vote.
GOP governor hopeful Tom Tiffany announced he’s raised $1 million over the first two weeks of his campaign.
It’s a potentially significant investment with a crowded Dem field that may struggle to raise money with nine people seeking the nomination and others considering getting in the race to succeed Dem Gov. Tony Evers.
Appeals Court Judge Maria Lazar launched her campaign for the state Supreme Court, the first conservative to step into the race after Justice Rebecca Bradley decided against seeking another 10-year term.
U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, GOP candidate for Wisconsin governor, appeared on the Sept. 28, 2025, edition of “UpFront,” produced in partnership with WisPolitics-State Affairs.
Republican Bill Berrien dropped out of the governor’s race this afternoon, citing media reports detailing how he had followed sexually explicit social media accounts.
GOP state Rep. Scott Krug and Dem members of the Assembly touted competing election packages at a joint press conference Wednesday, hoping it would spark a conversation about overhauling the state’s policies ahead of the 2026 contests.
GOP gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany declined to say if he still backs a six-week ban on abortion like the one he co-sponsored in Congress, telling WisPolitics he supports the state law he voted for while in the Legislature barring the procedure after 20 weeks.
“We do believe that voters are disenfranchised every time that we go to the polls without those fair maps, but I don’t know that it’s really realistic at this point to have those for the 2026 elections.”
In a letter responding to the U.S. DOJ’s request, commissioners wrote that Wisconsin law “explicitly prohibits the Commission” from providing the full unredacted voter registration list, which includes information like driver’s license numbers and the last four digits of residents’ Social Security numbers.
Joel Brennan, a leader in the Milwaukee business community and a former Department of Administration secretary, today officially joined the Dem field for governor, vowing to confront growing costs and Donald Trump’s “chaos and incompetence.” “I’ll be a governor who will stand up to Trump’s dysfunction and be laser focused
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mandela Barnes says he’s shooting to raise “closer to $50 million” for his campaign cycle, which would be a significant uptick from his 2022 bid for U.S. Senate.
“We’re making sure that we have everything, every resource ready to take on Tom Tiffany because he is the likely nominee,” Barnes told WISN 12’s “UpFront,” which is produced in partnership with WisPolitics.
Elections clerks notified the Elections Commission of 127 instances of possible voter fraud or irregularities in recent elections, including bribery, a noncitizen registering and casting a ballot, and disrupting a drop box.
Several Dem candidates for governor took digs at the Trump administration during the first public forum of the campaign to succeed outgoing Gov. Tony Evers.
Nick Polce, of Delavan, is the fifth Republican to get into the race.
Poll Director Charles Franklin said history has shown candidates in fall races see little gain in name recognition until the summer ahead of their election. He said voters start tuning in between June and the August primary, and he expects name ID to climb in that window.
Toney, 41, is seeking a rematch with Dem AG Josh Kaul. Three years ago, Kaul fended off Toney’s challenge by 35,000 votes, a difference of 1.3 percentage points.
GOP businessman and Milwaukee radio host Will Martin officially announced he will run for lieutenant governor.
Many viewed Attorney General Josh Kaul as a likely Dem frontrunner if he got into the race to succeed Gov. Tony Evers, thanks in part to winning statewide elections as AG in 2018 and 2022.
A Waukesha County judge has temporarily put on hold his requirement that election officials check the citizenship status of those seeking to register to vote.
GOP governor hopeful Tom Tiffany announced he’s raised $1 million over the first two weeks of his campaign.
It’s a potentially significant investment with a crowded Dem field that may struggle to raise money with nine people seeking the nomination and others considering getting in the race to succeed Dem Gov. Tony Evers.
Appeals Court Judge Maria Lazar launched her campaign for the state Supreme Court, the first conservative to step into the race after Justice Rebecca Bradley decided against seeking another 10-year term.
U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, GOP candidate for Wisconsin governor, appeared on the Sept. 28, 2025, edition of “UpFront,” produced in partnership with WisPolitics-State Affairs.
Republican Bill Berrien dropped out of the governor’s race this afternoon, citing media reports detailing how he had followed sexually explicit social media accounts.
GOP state Rep. Scott Krug and Dem members of the Assembly touted competing election packages at a joint press conference Wednesday, hoping it would spark a conversation about overhauling the state’s policies ahead of the 2026 contests.
GOP gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany declined to say if he still backs a six-week ban on abortion like the one he co-sponsored in Congress, telling WisPolitics he supports the state law he voted for while in the Legislature barring the procedure after 20 weeks.