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That pushes the group’s investment in the race to more than $1.3 million since mid-November.
Liberal Supreme Court candidate Susan Crawford has now pulled in $2.8 million since May, topping the $2.2 million that conservative rival Brad Schimel says he has raised since launching his bid in late 2023.
Schimel’s campaign said today the haul is more than double what any Supreme Court candidate in Wisconsin history has raised during the July to December period ahead of a spring election. The campaign added that Schimel finished 2024 with $1.8 million in the bank.
The Elections Commission voted unanimously to open an investigation into the Madison clerk to determine why the city failed to count 193 absentee ballots on Election Day.
Wisconsin Republicans cast the state’s 10 electoral votes for President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance in a drama-free 20-minute event Tuesday.
Education consultant Brittany Kinser, who told WisPolitics last week she had decided against a run for state superintendent, reversed course and has filed to run for the office this spring. Kinser, who describes herself as a “Blue Dog Democrat,” declined
Jim Troupis said Dem AG Josh Kaul should be “ashamed of himself” for seeking to prosecute him and two other former Donald Trump aides for their role in the 2020 fake electors scheme.
The state Department of Justice has filed amended complaints against two attorneys for Donald Trump and a third who served as an aide to his 2020 presidential campaign, adding 10 felony counts related to the false elector scheme.
Education consultant Brittany Kinser, of Wauwatosa, said she began considering a bid after Superintendent Jill Underly changed standards for the Forward Exam taken by students in grades 3-8, including lowering the cut scores between groups and changing terminology used to describe student progress.
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin reported nearly $59.6 million in receipts for the six-year cycle as she successfully won a third term by nearly 29,000 votes. Meanwhile, GOP challenger Eric Hovde raised $31.8 million from the time he got into the race in February through the Nov. 5 election, according to his post-general report filed late yesterday.
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin told a WisPolitics DC luncheon that some of President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet picks are “very troubling.” But the Madison Dem also said at Wednesday’s event that she’s “excited” at the prospect of seeing a fellow Wisconsinite — former GOP U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy — at the helm of the Department of Transportation.
Wisconsin Dems are lining up behind Ben Wikler as the state chair seeks to lead the national committee.
Jim Troupis has filed motions to dismiss the felony charge against him in the false electors scheme, arguing Dem AG Josh Kaul has failed to allege a criminal offense and deliberately omitted key information in the case against him.
The president Sunday issued an unconditional pardon shielding his son from prosecution for offenses he “committed or may have committed or taken part in” between Jan. 1, 2014, and Sunday — a nearly 10-year window.
Vos hired Gableman to review the 2020 election. Later, he fired him. The Wisconsin Office of Lawyer Regulation recently filed a complaint accusing Gableman of numerous ethical violations during his review.
That’s just more than the 28,751 votes America First candidate Thomas Leager received. Hovde has argued he would’ve won the election if Leager hadn’t been in the race, noting Dems helped put the third-party candidate on the ballot.
The Wisconsin Office of Lawyer Regulation is accusing Michael Gableman of lying to the public, his former client and the agency in a complaint that knocked the former justice’s behavior during a review of the 2020 election.
Abel, a native of southeastern Wisconsin, served as deputy executive director during the 2024 cycle.
Duffy represented northern Wisconsin’s 7th CD for almost nine years before he resigned in 2019.
GOP U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde today conceded to Dem Tammy Baldwin, saying a recount would not change the results.
That pushes the group’s investment in the race to more than $1.3 million since mid-November.
Liberal Supreme Court candidate Susan Crawford has now pulled in $2.8 million since May, topping the $2.2 million that conservative rival Brad Schimel says he has raised since launching his bid in late 2023.
Schimel’s campaign said today the haul is more than double what any Supreme Court candidate in Wisconsin history has raised during the July to December period ahead of a spring election. The campaign added that Schimel finished 2024 with $1.8 million in the bank.
The Elections Commission voted unanimously to open an investigation into the Madison clerk to determine why the city failed to count 193 absentee ballots on Election Day.
Wisconsin Republicans cast the state’s 10 electoral votes for President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance in a drama-free 20-minute event Tuesday.
Education consultant Brittany Kinser, who told WisPolitics last week she had decided against a run for state superintendent, reversed course and has filed to run for the office this spring. Kinser, who describes herself as a “Blue Dog Democrat,” declined to comment further to WisPolitics yesterday in light of a
Jim Troupis said Dem AG Josh Kaul should be “ashamed of himself” for seeking to prosecute him and two other former Donald Trump aides for their role in the 2020 fake electors scheme.
The state Department of Justice has filed amended complaints against two attorneys for Donald Trump and a third who served as an aide to his 2020 presidential campaign, adding 10 felony counts related to the false elector scheme.
Education consultant Brittany Kinser, of Wauwatosa, said she began considering a bid after Superintendent Jill Underly changed standards for the Forward Exam taken by students in grades 3-8, including lowering the cut scores between groups and changing terminology used to describe student progress.
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin reported nearly $59.6 million in receipts for the six-year cycle as she successfully won a third term by nearly 29,000 votes. Meanwhile, GOP challenger Eric Hovde raised $31.8 million from the time he got into the race in February through the Nov. 5 election, according to his post-general report filed late yesterday.
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin told a WisPolitics DC luncheon that some of President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet picks are “very troubling.” But the Madison Dem also said at Wednesday’s event that she’s “excited” at the prospect of seeing a fellow Wisconsinite — former GOP U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy — at the helm of the Department of Transportation.
Wisconsin Dems are lining up behind Ben Wikler as the state chair seeks to lead the national committee.
Jim Troupis has filed motions to dismiss the felony charge against him in the false electors scheme, arguing Dem AG Josh Kaul has failed to allege a criminal offense and deliberately omitted key information in the case against him.
The president Sunday issued an unconditional pardon shielding his son from prosecution for offenses he “committed or may have committed or taken part in” between Jan. 1, 2014, and Sunday — a nearly 10-year window.
Vos hired Gableman to review the 2020 election. Later, he fired him. The Wisconsin Office of Lawyer Regulation recently filed a complaint accusing Gableman of numerous ethical violations during his review.
That’s just more than the 28,751 votes America First candidate Thomas Leager received. Hovde has argued he would’ve won the election if Leager hadn’t been in the race, noting Dems helped put the third-party candidate on the ballot.
The Wisconsin Office of Lawyer Regulation is accusing Michael Gableman of lying to the public, his former client and the agency in a complaint that knocked the former justice’s behavior during a review of the 2020 election.
Abel, a native of southeastern Wisconsin, served as deputy executive director during the 2024 cycle.
Duffy represented northern Wisconsin’s 7th CD for almost nine years before he resigned in 2019.
GOP U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde today conceded to Dem Tammy Baldwin, saying a recount would not change the results.