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Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley today sought to unify the Democrats after his narrow win over Francesca Hong for the party’s gubernatorial nomination, insisting their real opponent is Tom Tiffany, not each other.
One month after declaring he had no path to victory and dropping out of the race, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley declared victory over state Rep. Francesca Hong for the Dem gubernatorial nomination.
State Rep. Jenna Jacobson, D-Oregon, won a three-way Dem primary to face GOP state Sen. Howard Marklein in one of the marquee races this fall.
David Crowley had a nearly 4,000-vote lead over state Rep. Francesca Hong in the race for the Dem gubernatorial nomination after Milwaukee absentee ballots were added into the statewide count.
Rep. Sylvia Ortiz-Velez, who broke with the Assembly Dem caucus after colleagues accused her of threatening to shoot them, lost the primary to Ismael Luna, a case manager for homeless women at the Cathedral Center in Milwaukee.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy endorsed the primary opponent of GOP Rep. Chanz Green over the weekend, calling Scott Harbridge “America first, Wisconsin first.” The backing has raised eyebrows among Republicans, particularly with it coming days after Chanz, R-Mason, told
Green Bay Clerk Celestine Jeffreys has resigned after her office twice sent duplicate absentee ballots to voters.
Dem gubernatorial frontrunner Francesca Hong hasn’t spent a dime on traditional TV buys over the course of her campaign and has put just $150,200 into online ads, according to a check of her campaign finance reports.
Dem gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong has received another six figures in support from an organization that received all of its funding last month from an outfit that’s been accused of being a GOP front group.
Some of Mandela Barnes’ former rivals sought to welcome his backers to their campaigns after the former lieutenant governor dropped out of the governor’s race, saying it’s clear who the Dem nominee will be.
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 conservative 2nd District Court of Appeals this morning overturned a Dane County judge’s ruling finding part of Act 10 unconstitutional.
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.
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.
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.
Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez today said her gubernatorial campaign is moving forward after finding her former campaign manager had double-counted donations and failed to pay bills, calling it a “bump in the road.”
Dem gubernatorial candidate Sara Rodriguez has fired her campaign manager “after discovering serious mismanagement and inaccuracies in campaign finance filings she prepared.”
Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley today sought to unify the Democrats after his narrow win over Francesca Hong for the party’s gubernatorial nomination, insisting their real opponent is Tom Tiffany, not each other.
One month after declaring he had no path to victory and dropping out of the race, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley declared victory over state Rep. Francesca Hong for the Dem gubernatorial nomination.
State Rep. Jenna Jacobson, D-Oregon, won a three-way Dem primary to face GOP state Sen. Howard Marklein in one of the marquee races this fall.
David Crowley had a nearly 4,000-vote lead over state Rep. Francesca Hong in the race for the Dem gubernatorial nomination after Milwaukee absentee ballots were added into the statewide count.
Rep. Sylvia Ortiz-Velez, who broke with the Assembly Dem caucus after colleagues accused her of threatening to shoot them, lost the primary to Ismael Luna, a case manager for homeless women at the Cathedral Center in Milwaukee.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy endorsed the primary opponent of GOP Rep. Chanz Green over the weekend, calling Scott Harbridge “America first, Wisconsin first.” The backing has raised eyebrows among Republicans, particularly with it coming days after Chanz, R-Mason, told a podcast that he believes Kevin Hermening is the better
Green Bay Clerk Celestine Jeffreys has resigned after her office twice sent duplicate absentee ballots to voters.
Dem gubernatorial frontrunner Francesca Hong hasn’t spent a dime on traditional TV buys over the course of her campaign and has put just $150,200 into online ads, according to a check of her campaign finance reports.
Dem gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong has received another six figures in support from an organization that received all of its funding last month from an outfit that’s been accused of being a GOP front group.
Some of Mandela Barnes’ former rivals sought to welcome his backers to their campaigns after the former lieutenant governor dropped out of the governor’s race, saying it’s clear who the Dem nominee will be.
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 conservative 2nd District Court of Appeals this morning overturned a Dane County judge’s ruling finding part of Act 10 unconstitutional.
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.
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.
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.
Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez today said her gubernatorial campaign is moving forward after finding her former campaign manager had double-counted donations and failed to pay bills, calling it a “bump in the road.”
Dem gubernatorial candidate Sara Rodriguez has fired her campaign manager “after discovering serious mismanagement and inaccuracies in campaign finance filings she prepared.”