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In a televised debate, U.S. Rep. Tony Wied touted the Republican-led Congress’ achievements while Democratic opponent Rick Crosson questioned Wied’s fitness for the job.
Wisconsin voters cast 55,659 absentee ballots in person on the first day of early voting, a 65% spike compared to four years ago.
GOP gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany accused Dem rival David Crowley of flipflopping on tax breaks for data centers. Crowley fired back that Tiffany couldn’t be trusted on the issue, saying the Minocqua congressman has voted for tax breaks going to big tech companies and fast-tracking the development of data centers without proper environmental reviews or input from local communities.
Democrat David Crowley and Republican Tom Tiffany meet tonight in their only debate of the gubernatorial race.
In their only debate of the race, Dem challenger Rebecca Cooke knocked GOP U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden’s support of the Iran war and cuts to federal social programs while he accused her of lying and being against tax cuts.
In a radio debate, Democratic challenger Mitchell Berman attacked 1st CD GOP incumbent U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil as a rubber stamp for the Trump administration, while the Janesville Republican repeatedly accused Berman of lying.
David Crowley and Tom Tiffany are preparing different messages for the sole gubernatorial debate of 2026 — airing Wednesday night on the “UpFront” network.
Local election officials are encouraged to call their county clerks and state officials if federal law enforcement officers show up at the polls this fall, under a recommendation commissioners approved.
Panelists at a WisPolitics-State Affairs polling summit had a warning for overly enthusiastic Democrats: just because they’re mad at the other guy doesn’t mean they like you. Discussing an online, text-based focus group she’d worked on in Wisconsin, GOP pollster
If voters return their absentee ballots on time, they must be counted even if local election officials fail to deliver them to a polling site by the Election Day deadline, a Dane County judge has ruled.
“People are just being a little more diligent about planning for these things and ensuring that their ballot makes it back by 8 p.m. on Election Day in order to be counted,” Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe said. “And I think in-person absentee offers a little more of that reassurance to folks.”
Assembly and Senate Dems for the first time have done joint buys in two markets as they seek to stretch their resources against the better-funded Republican caucuses.
Wisconsin’s AG candidates sparred over the Trump administration, the state’s voter rolls, crime and the state crime lab in a debate on “UpFront,” produced in partnership with WisPolitics-State Affairs.
7th CD Dem Fred Clark pitched his candidacy as a chance to place a check on the president, while GOP rival Michael Alfonso defended Donald Trump’s administration.
Former President Barack Obama has cut videos backing Dem gubernatorial candidate David Crowley, saying: “There is nobody better to lead Wisconsin forward.”
In the eight weeks since the August primary, GOP gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany and his allies have outspent Dem David Crowley and his backers more than 2.5-to-1 on ads and turnout efforts, according to a WisPolitics review.
It’s the first time the two candidates will meet in a debate or forum after the two did not debate ahead of the 2024 election that Van Orden won by less than 4 percentage points.
Mail-in absentee voting is down nearly 18% across Wisconsin compared to four years ago, with more pronounced declines in heavily Dem Milwaukee and Madison, according to a check of new numbers released by the Elections Commission.
Billionaires Diane Hendricks, Dick Uihlein and Liz Uihlein have combined to donate more than $73 million to GOP campaigns and committees since Jan. 1, fueling the Republican effort to stave off a building blue wave.
Dem 3rd CD candidate Rebecca Cooke has sent GOP rival Derrick Van Orden a cease-and-desist letter demanding he stop posting AI deepfakes of her to make it seem like she made comments she’s never said.
In a televised debate, U.S. Rep. Tony Wied touted the Republican-led Congress’ achievements while Democratic opponent Rick Crosson questioned Wied’s fitness for the job.
Wisconsin voters cast 55,659 absentee ballots in person on the first day of early voting, a 65% spike compared to four years ago.
GOP gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany accused Dem rival David Crowley of flipflopping on tax breaks for data centers. Crowley fired back that Tiffany couldn’t be trusted on the issue, saying the Minocqua congressman has voted for tax breaks going to big tech companies and fast-tracking the development of data centers without proper environmental reviews or input from local communities.
Democrat David Crowley and Republican Tom Tiffany meet tonight in their only debate of the gubernatorial race.
In their only debate of the race, Dem challenger Rebecca Cooke knocked GOP U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden’s support of the Iran war and cuts to federal social programs while he accused her of lying and being against tax cuts.
In a radio debate, Democratic challenger Mitchell Berman attacked 1st CD GOP incumbent U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil as a rubber stamp for the Trump administration, while the Janesville Republican repeatedly accused Berman of lying.
David Crowley and Tom Tiffany are preparing different messages for the sole gubernatorial debate of 2026 — airing Wednesday night on the “UpFront” network.
Local election officials are encouraged to call their county clerks and state officials if federal law enforcement officers show up at the polls this fall, under a recommendation commissioners approved.
Panelists at a WisPolitics-State Affairs polling summit had a warning for overly enthusiastic Democrats: just because they’re mad at the other guy doesn’t mean they like you. Discussing an online, text-based focus group she’d worked on in Wisconsin, GOP pollster Amanda Iovino said at Thursday’s event in Madison there was
If voters return their absentee ballots on time, they must be counted even if local election officials fail to deliver them to a polling site by the Election Day deadline, a Dane County judge has ruled.
“People are just being a little more diligent about planning for these things and ensuring that their ballot makes it back by 8 p.m. on Election Day in order to be counted,” Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe said. “And I think in-person absentee offers a little more of that reassurance to folks.”
Assembly and Senate Dems for the first time have done joint buys in two markets as they seek to stretch their resources against the better-funded Republican caucuses.
Wisconsin’s AG candidates sparred over the Trump administration, the state’s voter rolls, crime and the state crime lab in a debate on “UpFront,” produced in partnership with WisPolitics-State Affairs.
7th CD Dem Fred Clark pitched his candidacy as a chance to place a check on the president, while GOP rival Michael Alfonso defended Donald Trump’s administration.
Former President Barack Obama has cut videos backing Dem gubernatorial candidate David Crowley, saying: “There is nobody better to lead Wisconsin forward.”
In the eight weeks since the August primary, GOP gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany and his allies have outspent Dem David Crowley and his backers more than 2.5-to-1 on ads and turnout efforts, according to a WisPolitics review.
It’s the first time the two candidates will meet in a debate or forum after the two did not debate ahead of the 2024 election that Van Orden won by less than 4 percentage points.
Mail-in absentee voting is down nearly 18% across Wisconsin compared to four years ago, with more pronounced declines in heavily Dem Milwaukee and Madison, according to a check of new numbers released by the Elections Commission.
Billionaires Diane Hendricks, Dick Uihlein and Liz Uihlein have combined to donate more than $73 million to GOP campaigns and committees since Jan. 1, fueling the Republican effort to stave off a building blue wave.
Dem 3rd CD candidate Rebecca Cooke has sent GOP rival Derrick Van Orden a cease-and-desist letter demanding he stop posting AI deepfakes of her to make it seem like she made comments she’s never said.