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Two days after Tom Tiffany said he believes in an open, free press that’s able to ask politicians questions, the GOP gubernatorial nominee’s campaign blocked two Journal Sentinel reporters from attending a news conference in Milwaukee.
Post-primary spending in western Wisconsin’s 3rd CD has already topped $25 million, blowing past what candidates and groups put into ads over the same period two years ago, according to a check of AdImpact data.
GOP gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany and Dem rival David Crowley separately addressed the Wisconsin Counties Association during its meeting in the Wisconsin Dells, along with Dem AG Josh Kaul and his GOP opponent, Fond du Lac County DA Eric Toney.
The tour comes as some have questioned whether Hong would actively campaign for Crowley since appearing at a Dem unity breakfast the day after the Aug. 11 primary.
A group that registered with the state just last week reported nearly $13 million in independent expenditures targeting Dem candidates, including a $9.3 million campaign going after Dem gubernatorial candidate David Crowley.
The debate between panelists at a WisPolitics-State Affairs luncheon on the future of the state Legislature ultimately came down to one question: Is it 2006 or 2010 again?
Dem Rebecca Cooke has declined a second invitation to debate GOP U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden, saying she won’t participate in the “charade” with a potential host she says has “an obvious partisan bias.”
The court heard oral arguments in two challenges to Wisconsin’s congressional map, including one that claims the lines amount to an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander. The other argues the map — which has helped produce a 6-2 GOP supermajority — is an anti-competitive gerrymander because the lines are drawn in a way to protect most incumbents from a true challenge.
David Crowley said if elected governor he will move to bar Wisconsin elected officials from trading stocks or participating in prediction markets and stop regulators from working for the utilities they oversaw.
Tom Tiffany sustained minor injuries after the plane he was traveling in made an emergency landing in Lake Wausau Saturday night and began to sink, the GOP gubernatorial candidate said in a statement.
7th CD Republican candidate Michael Alfonso and Democrat candidate Fred Clark will face off in a televised debate Oct. 7.
The anonymous survey found 9% of clerks who responded said they received more late absentee ballots for the August primary compared to the spring election, while 48% said the number was about the same.
At a GOP convention in Dallas, U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden touted rural healthcare investments in a Republican-authored reconciliation package while attacking Democrats for “shamefully” voting against it.
The state Elections Commission unanimously found the former Green Bay clerk broke state law by sending duplicate ballots to voters in back-to-back elections and abused her discretion.
That leaves the Oct. 21 debate hosted by WISN-TV and the “UpFront” network, including WisPolitics, as the only one Tiffany and Crowley have jointly agreed to attend.
The U.S. Department of Justice has charged a Mexican national living in Beloit with illegally voting in the November 2022 election as a non-citizen.
State Sen. Brad Pfaff says Democrats must focus on “bread and butter affordability issues” in order to unite and win in November as he hosted numerous candidates at his annual corn roast at the La Crosse County Fairgrounds.
Gubernatorial candidates David Crowley and Tom Tiffany will meet Oct. 21 for a debate hosted by WISN-TV in partnership with WisPolitics-State Affairs, the network announced.
GOP appointee Bob Spindell pressed the Elections Commission to be more aggressive in reviewing issues at Milwaukee’s central count that led to delays in reporting results from the Aug. 11 primary, saying he didn’t want the issue covered up. That drew a rebuke from Dem commissioner Mark Thomsen, who responded, “There was no cover-up of anything.”
Cooke is calling for a debate with “an objective nonpartisan host” while Van Orden has been accusing her of “dodging a debate” following an invitation from a state-level affiliate of the NRA.
Two days after Tom Tiffany said he believes in an open, free press that’s able to ask politicians questions, the GOP gubernatorial nominee’s campaign blocked two Journal Sentinel reporters from attending a news conference in Milwaukee.
Post-primary spending in western Wisconsin’s 3rd CD has already topped $25 million, blowing past what candidates and groups put into ads over the same period two years ago, according to a check of AdImpact data.
GOP gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany and Dem rival David Crowley separately addressed the Wisconsin Counties Association during its meeting in the Wisconsin Dells, along with Dem AG Josh Kaul and his GOP opponent, Fond du Lac County DA Eric Toney.
The tour comes as some have questioned whether Hong would actively campaign for Crowley since appearing at a Dem unity breakfast the day after the Aug. 11 primary.
A group that registered with the state just last week reported nearly $13 million in independent expenditures targeting Dem candidates, including a $9.3 million campaign going after Dem gubernatorial candidate David Crowley.
The debate between panelists at a WisPolitics-State Affairs luncheon on the future of the state Legislature ultimately came down to one question: Is it 2006 or 2010 again?
Dem Rebecca Cooke has declined a second invitation to debate GOP U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden, saying she won’t participate in the “charade” with a potential host she says has “an obvious partisan bias.”
The court heard oral arguments in two challenges to Wisconsin’s congressional map, including one that claims the lines amount to an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander. The other argues the map — which has helped produce a 6-2 GOP supermajority — is an anti-competitive gerrymander because the lines are drawn in a way to protect most incumbents from a true challenge.
David Crowley said if elected governor he will move to bar Wisconsin elected officials from trading stocks or participating in prediction markets and stop regulators from working for the utilities they oversaw.
Tom Tiffany sustained minor injuries after the plane he was traveling in made an emergency landing in Lake Wausau Saturday night and began to sink, the GOP gubernatorial candidate said in a statement.
7th CD Republican candidate Michael Alfonso and Democrat candidate Fred Clark will face off in a televised debate Oct. 7.
The anonymous survey found 9% of clerks who responded said they received more late absentee ballots for the August primary compared to the spring election, while 48% said the number was about the same.
At a GOP convention in Dallas, U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden touted rural healthcare investments in a Republican-authored reconciliation package while attacking Democrats for “shamefully” voting against it.
The state Elections Commission unanimously found the former Green Bay clerk broke state law by sending duplicate ballots to voters in back-to-back elections and abused her discretion.
That leaves the Oct. 21 debate hosted by WISN-TV and the “UpFront” network, including WisPolitics, as the only one Tiffany and Crowley have jointly agreed to attend.
The U.S. Department of Justice has charged a Mexican national living in Beloit with illegally voting in the November 2022 election as a non-citizen.
State Sen. Brad Pfaff says Democrats must focus on “bread and butter affordability issues” in order to unite and win in November as he hosted numerous candidates at his annual corn roast at the La Crosse County Fairgrounds.
Gubernatorial candidates David Crowley and Tom Tiffany will meet Oct. 21 for a debate hosted by WISN-TV in partnership with WisPolitics-State Affairs, the network announced.
GOP appointee Bob Spindell pressed the Elections Commission to be more aggressive in reviewing issues at Milwaukee’s central count that led to delays in reporting results from the Aug. 11 primary, saying he didn’t want the issue covered up. That drew a rebuke from Dem commissioner Mark Thomsen, who responded, “There was no cover-up of anything.”
Cooke is calling for a debate with “an objective nonpartisan host” while Van Orden has been accusing her of “dodging a debate” following an invitation from a state-level affiliate of the NRA.