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Dem Mandela Barnes has dropped his bid for governor, saying it’s become clear who the party’s nominee will be.
A Dane County judge today rejected a Dem request for an injunction allowing voters to spoil their absentee ballots so they can vote for someone else. Judge David Conway found “the unambiguous language of the statute does not allow a
State Rep. Francesca Hong expanded her lead over the Dem primary field in a new Marquette Law School Poll that went back into the field after Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez dropped her bid and Milwaukee County Exec David Crowley jumped back into the race.
The five Democratic candidates for governor in a televised debate vowed they wouldn’t sign a state budget that cut money to law enforcement, even as state Rep. Francesca Hong and former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes explained past comments critical of the police.
Put on by WISN-TV and cosponsored by WisPolitics, the debate was broadcast statewide and featured former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, former DOA Secretary Joel Brennan, Milwaukee County Exec David Crowley, state Rep. Francesca Hong and state Sen. Kelda Roys.
Two Dem members of the Election Commission and the Republican National Committee want to intervene in a lawsuit seeking to allow Wisconsin voters to spoil their absentee ballots if they change their minds on who they want to support.
David Crowley, a Democratic candidate for governor, says voters “aren’t worried about tweets” from 2010 linked to an account registered to Crowley that included racist, homophobic and sexist posts.
That’s more than double the $250,048 he reported in the first six months of the year, the campaign noted in a press release.
Plaintiffs in a Democratic Party-backed lawsuit are asking a Dane County judge to block guidance from the Wisconsin Elections Commission barring absentee voters from changing their vote after casting a ballot.
The latest Marquette University Law School Poll shows Francesca Hong leading the Democratic primary field, though most primary voters remain undecided. But Hong polled less favorably in a head-to-head matchup with likely GOP nominee Tom Tiffany compared to Dem rival Mandela Barnes.
Wisconsin Elections Commission Chair Don Millis said he has “no plans” to call a meeting to rescind commission guidance barring absentee voters from changing their vote after casting a ballot.
The state GOP reported its strongest fundraising through its federal account since the 2024 general election but still lagged the state Dem Party by more than half a million dollars.
Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez dropped out of the Dem primary race for governor Friday, and David Crowley reentered, winning Gov. Tony Evers’ endorsement.
Ten days after telling voters he had no path to victory, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley jumped back into the governor’s race today, arguing he is the best Dem candidate to beat likely GOP nominee Tom Tiffany.
Milwaukee County Exec David Crowley will re-enter the governor’s race tomorrow a little more than a week after dropping his bid because he no longer believed he had a path to the Dem nomination, according to a source with knowledge
The state Elections Commission said it couldn’t comment on the referral beyond noting the commissioners voted 5-1 to find probable cause Musk broke Wisconsin’s election bribery law, which prohibits offering anything of value above $1 to cast a ballot.
In their only televised debate of the race, all three Democratic candidates in the 7th CD said they supported greater federal regulation of data centers but stopped short of endorsing a moratorium.
Dem gubernatorial candidate Sara Rodriguez said her team was still trying to figure out the extent of the irregularities. But a WisPolitics review found she may have overstated her donations over the second half of 2025 by at least $137,500.
Dem gubernatorial candidate Sara Rodriguez has fired her campaign manager “after discovering serious mismanagement and inaccuracies in campaign finance filings she prepared.”
David Crowley formally endorsed Sara Rodriguez for governor a day after ending his own bid, and he called on other Dems to rally around the lieutenant governor as the best bet to beat Republican Tom Tiffany this fall.
Dem Mandela Barnes has dropped his bid for governor, saying it’s become clear who the party’s nominee will be.
A Dane County judge today rejected a Dem request for an injunction allowing voters to spoil their absentee ballots so they can vote for someone else. Judge David Conway found “the unambiguous language of the statute does not allow a voter to spoil an absentee ballot after it is returned.”
State Rep. Francesca Hong expanded her lead over the Dem primary field in a new Marquette Law School Poll that went back into the field after Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez dropped her bid and Milwaukee County Exec David Crowley jumped back into the race.
The five Democratic candidates for governor in a televised debate vowed they wouldn’t sign a state budget that cut money to law enforcement, even as state Rep. Francesca Hong and former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes explained past comments critical of the police.
Put on by WISN-TV and cosponsored by WisPolitics, the debate was broadcast statewide and featured former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, former DOA Secretary Joel Brennan, Milwaukee County Exec David Crowley, state Rep. Francesca Hong and state Sen. Kelda Roys.
Two Dem members of the Election Commission and the Republican National Committee want to intervene in a lawsuit seeking to allow Wisconsin voters to spoil their absentee ballots if they change their minds on who they want to support.
David Crowley, a Democratic candidate for governor, says voters “aren’t worried about tweets” from 2010 linked to an account registered to Crowley that included racist, homophobic and sexist posts.
That’s more than double the $250,048 he reported in the first six months of the year, the campaign noted in a press release.
Plaintiffs in a Democratic Party-backed lawsuit are asking a Dane County judge to block guidance from the Wisconsin Elections Commission barring absentee voters from changing their vote after casting a ballot.
The latest Marquette University Law School Poll shows Francesca Hong leading the Democratic primary field, though most primary voters remain undecided. But Hong polled less favorably in a head-to-head matchup with likely GOP nominee Tom Tiffany compared to Dem rival Mandela Barnes.
Wisconsin Elections Commission Chair Don Millis said he has “no plans” to call a meeting to rescind commission guidance barring absentee voters from changing their vote after casting a ballot.
The state GOP reported its strongest fundraising through its federal account since the 2024 general election but still lagged the state Dem Party by more than half a million dollars.
Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez dropped out of the Dem primary race for governor Friday, and David Crowley reentered, winning Gov. Tony Evers’ endorsement.
Ten days after telling voters he had no path to victory, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley jumped back into the governor’s race today, arguing he is the best Dem candidate to beat likely GOP nominee Tom Tiffany.
Milwaukee County Exec David Crowley will re-enter the governor’s race tomorrow a little more than a week after dropping his bid because he no longer believed he had a path to the Dem nomination, according to a source with knowledge of his plans. The source said Crowley was expected to
The state Elections Commission said it couldn’t comment on the referral beyond noting the commissioners voted 5-1 to find probable cause Musk broke Wisconsin’s election bribery law, which prohibits offering anything of value above $1 to cast a ballot.
In their only televised debate of the race, all three Democratic candidates in the 7th CD said they supported greater federal regulation of data centers but stopped short of endorsing a moratorium.
Dem gubernatorial candidate Sara Rodriguez said her team was still trying to figure out the extent of the irregularities. But a WisPolitics review found she may have overstated her donations over the second half of 2025 by at least $137,500.
Dem gubernatorial candidate Sara Rodriguez has fired her campaign manager “after discovering serious mismanagement and inaccuracies in campaign finance filings she prepared.”
David Crowley formally endorsed Sara Rodriguez for governor a day after ending his own bid, and he called on other Dems to rally around the lieutenant governor as the best bet to beat Republican Tom Tiffany this fall.