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Dem gubernatorial candidate Sara Rodriguez called for a bell-to-bell ban on cell phones in schools and barring online platforms from using features like infinite scroll and autoplay to maximize screen time for those under 18.
The DCCC announced today Rebecca Cooke is among the 12 Dem House candidates added to its program seeking to flip GOP-held seats this fall.
Roys said under her plan — dubbed “KeldaCare” — the state initially wouldn’t provide subsidies to help cover the cost of purchasing coverage through the state plan. But she left open the door to putting taxpayer money into her plan depending on the state’s fiscal health down the road.
A Dane County judge declared voting absentee is a constitutional right, not a privilege, as he rejected the city of Madison’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed over the former clerk’s failure to count 193 absentee ballots in the November election.
Dem gubernatorial candidate Sara Rodriguez says she misspoke when she said in an interview she supported ICE detainers if federal officials have an administrative warrant.
Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, a Democratic candidate for governor, says he doesn’t see “any scenario where we would want to partner with ICE” as more Wisconsin counties are set to enter new partnerships with immigration officials.
Dem gubernatorial candidate Joel Brennan vowed if elected he would activate the Wisconsin National Guard if necessary to protect election workers and polling places.
Their latest reports showed WisDems raised nearly $12.8 million for the year. The state GOP, meanwhile, pulled in almost $2.2 million last year through its federal account
Dem gubernatorial candidate Sara Rodriguez called for a Wisconsin public health insurance option that she said would use the state’s purchasing power to provide enrollees lower costs for prescription drugs, mental health services and other care.
There will be one debate in this year’s state Supreme Court race between appeals court judges Maria Lazar and Chris Taylor.
Tom Tiffany tightened his grip on the GOP nomination for governor as Washington County Exec Josh Schoemann dropped out of the race on the heels of President Donald Trump’s endorsement of the Minocqua Republican.
President Donald Trump endorsed Tom Tiffany for governor and Michael Alfonso in the 7th CD, putting his thumb on the scale of Wisconsin’s two most high-profile GOP primaries. In a pair of posts on Truth Social late Tuesday, Trump said
Several Dem candidates at a gubernatorial forum slammed ICE following the recent fatal shooting of Minnesotan Renee Good amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
The Republican Assembly Campaign Committee raised $4.5 million through its main account over the last half of 2025, thanks largely to seven-figure donations from GOP megadonors Elizabeth Uihlein and Diane Hendricks. A check of RACC’s filing shows Uihlein donated $3
David Crowley topped the Dem gubernatorial field for fundraising over the final months of 2025, thanks partly to transfers from his Milwaukee County exec campaign and support from the southeastern Wisconsin business community, a WisPolitics review finds.
Conservative Supreme Court candidate Maria Lazar announced she’s raised more than $200,000 over the past three months. That’s one-tenth of what liberal rival Chris Taylor pulled in for the full six-month reporting period.
Panelists discussed several factors boosting Dems: President Donald Trump’s bad poll numbers, recent Dem election wins around the country, and Democrats’ winning streak in state Supreme Court elections.
The group Mandela Barnes created after his failed U.S. Senate run spent four times what the average federal leadership PAC dropped on administrative costs while giving a third as much to other campaigns, a WisPolitics review shows.
“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.
Dem gubernatorial candidate Sara Rodriguez called for a bell-to-bell ban on cell phones in schools and barring online platforms from using features like infinite scroll and autoplay to maximize screen time for those under 18.
The DCCC announced today Rebecca Cooke is among the 12 Dem House candidates added to its program seeking to flip GOP-held seats this fall.
Roys said under her plan — dubbed “KeldaCare” — the state initially wouldn’t provide subsidies to help cover the cost of purchasing coverage through the state plan. But she left open the door to putting taxpayer money into her plan depending on the state’s fiscal health down the road.
A Dane County judge declared voting absentee is a constitutional right, not a privilege, as he rejected the city of Madison’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed over the former clerk’s failure to count 193 absentee ballots in the November election.
Dem gubernatorial candidate Sara Rodriguez says she misspoke when she said in an interview she supported ICE detainers if federal officials have an administrative warrant.
Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, a Democratic candidate for governor, says he doesn’t see “any scenario where we would want to partner with ICE” as more Wisconsin counties are set to enter new partnerships with immigration officials.
Dem gubernatorial candidate Joel Brennan vowed if elected he would activate the Wisconsin National Guard if necessary to protect election workers and polling places.
Their latest reports showed WisDems raised nearly $12.8 million for the year. The state GOP, meanwhile, pulled in almost $2.2 million last year through its federal account
Dem gubernatorial candidate Sara Rodriguez called for a Wisconsin public health insurance option that she said would use the state’s purchasing power to provide enrollees lower costs for prescription drugs, mental health services and other care.
There will be one debate in this year’s state Supreme Court race between appeals court judges Maria Lazar and Chris Taylor.
Tom Tiffany tightened his grip on the GOP nomination for governor as Washington County Exec Josh Schoemann dropped out of the race on the heels of President Donald Trump’s endorsement of the Minocqua Republican.
President Donald Trump endorsed Tom Tiffany for governor and Michael Alfonso in the 7th CD, putting his thumb on the scale of Wisconsin’s two most high-profile GOP primaries. In a pair of posts on Truth Social late Tuesday, Trump said Tiffany “has always been at my side” while praising Alfonso
Several Dem candidates at a gubernatorial forum slammed ICE following the recent fatal shooting of Minnesotan Renee Good amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
The Republican Assembly Campaign Committee raised $4.5 million through its main account over the last half of 2025, thanks largely to seven-figure donations from GOP megadonors Elizabeth Uihlein and Diane Hendricks. A check of RACC’s filing shows Uihlein donated $3 million to the campaign committee in October, while Hendricks gave
David Crowley topped the Dem gubernatorial field for fundraising over the final months of 2025, thanks partly to transfers from his Milwaukee County exec campaign and support from the southeastern Wisconsin business community, a WisPolitics review finds.
Conservative Supreme Court candidate Maria Lazar announced she’s raised more than $200,000 over the past three months. That’s one-tenth of what liberal rival Chris Taylor pulled in for the full six-month reporting period.
Panelists discussed several factors boosting Dems: President Donald Trump’s bad poll numbers, recent Dem election wins around the country, and Democrats’ winning streak in state Supreme Court elections.
The group Mandela Barnes created after his failed U.S. Senate run spent four times what the average federal leadership PAC dropped on administrative costs while giving a third as much to other campaigns, a WisPolitics review shows.
“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.