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From WisPolitics … — Dane County Judge Susan Crawford today formally launched her campaign for the state Supreme Court next year, looking to protect liberals’ 4-3 majority. Crawford is seeking to succeed fellow progressive Justice Ann Walsh Bradley, who announced
Dane County Judge Susan Crawford has formally launched her campaign for the state Supreme Court next year, looking to protect liberals’ 4-3 majority.
Crawford: “I am running for Supreme Court justice to protect the basic rights and freedoms of Wisconsinites under our constitution. Those rights are threatened by an all-out effort to politicize the court to drive a right-wing agenda – I believe
Contact: WisDems Press (press@wisdems.org) MILWAUKEE, Wis. — Today, the Democratic Party of Wisconsin finalized its full delegation to the 2024 Democratic National Convention to be held in Chicago, Illinois from August 19th through August 22nd. The delegation today also elected Democratic Party
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From WisPolitics … — Challenges have been filed to the nomination papers of 11 candidates seeking to get on this fall’s ballot, including one that claims 8th CD GOP candidate Tony Wied’s circulators misled some signers. The challenges to Wied’s
From WisPolitics … — Dem Secretary of State Sarah Godlewski has dropped her request for the GOP-controlled Joint Finance Committee to approve additional funding and staff for her office. The committee had planned to take up the request during today’s
Legislators Highlight Failed Evers Administration Leadership, Call for Better Oversight at State Prisons Contact: Rep. Born, (608) 237-9139Rep. Schraa, (608) 237-9153 Dodge County, WI – Representative Michael Schraa (R-Oshkosh), Chair of the Assembly Committee on Corrections, and Representative Mark Born (R-Beaver
[East Troy, WI] — June 5th, 2024—Andrew Cegielski, candidate for the Wisconsin State Assembly in the 33rd district, calls on Wisconsin political parties to start following the law and for the Wisconsin Election Commission to take up his advisory question
From WisPolitics … — Americans for Prosperity Action has launched a new $1 million ad campaign praising GOP businessman Eric Hovde as someone who will bring people together and knocking U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin as a career politician. The campaign,
CONTACT: AFP Action, Media@AFPAction.com Madison, WI – Americans for Prosperity Action (AFP Action) launched a new $1 million campaign across the Badger State showing why Eric Hovde is the candidate America needs to lead our country back in the right direction. This
Dem AG Josh Kaul this morning filed felony charges against attorneys Jim Troupis and Kenneth Chesebro, as well as former Donald Trump campaign aide Michael Roman, stemming from the false electors scheme in Wisconsin. Kaul filed a class H felony
By comparison, just seven incumbents drew primary challengers in 2022, though none was successful in beating GOP lawmakers.
From WisPolitics … — GOP appointee Bob Atwell says he “left room for people to assume” he was going to stay on the UW Board of Regents much longer than he intended, according to an email he shared with WisPolitics.
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Bob Atwell, the GOP regent who had previously planned to stay on the UW board beyond the expiration of his term, tells WisPolitics that he has resigned, effective immediately. WisPolitics first reported last month that Atwell had sent an email
Former GOP Gov. Scott Walker, a delegate to the Republican National Convention, warns of the potential for “absolute chaos” at the RNC in Milwaukee with a judge sentencing Donald Trump just days before the start of the convention. “I think
From WisPolitics … — Candidates seeking to get on the fall ballot have a deadline today to turn in their nomination papers. The Elections Commission’s latest update, posted late Friday, shows: *All four announced candidates for the 8th CD have
August was originally drawn into a seat with freshman GOP Rep. Amanda Nedweski, of Pleasant Prairie. But the Assembly’s No. 2 Republican instead moved into the 31st AD, which includes a good chunk of his old district, setting up a possible primary with Schutt.
Andrew Cegielski, a conservative journalist who works for an industrial oven company in East Troy, announced today he plans to challenge Assembly Speaker Robin Vos in the GOP primary for the 33rd AD in August. Cegielski’s announcement comes ahead of
From WisPolitics … — Dane County Judge Susan Crawford today formally launched her campaign for the state Supreme Court next year, looking to protect liberals’ 4-3 majority. Crawford is seeking to succeed fellow progressive Justice Ann Walsh Bradley, who announced earlier this year she had decided against seeking a fourth
Dane County Judge Susan Crawford has formally launched her campaign for the state Supreme Court next year, looking to protect liberals’ 4-3 majority.
Crawford: “I am running for Supreme Court justice to protect the basic rights and freedoms of Wisconsinites under our constitution. Those rights are threatened by an all-out effort to politicize the court to drive a right-wing agenda – I believe Wisconsin deserves better.” MADISON, Wis. – Following three decades of experience
Contact: WisDems Press (press@wisdems.org) MILWAUKEE, Wis. — Today, the Democratic Party of Wisconsin finalized its full delegation to the 2024 Democratic National Convention to be held in Chicago, Illinois from August 19th through August 22nd. The delegation today also elected Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Ben Wikler to serve as delegation chair.
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From WisPolitics … — Challenges have been filed to the nomination papers of 11 candidates seeking to get on this fall’s ballot, including one that claims 8th CD GOP candidate Tony Wied’s circulators misled some signers. The challenges to Wied’s nomination papers for the regular election and the special election
From WisPolitics … — Dem Secretary of State Sarah Godlewski has dropped her request for the GOP-controlled Joint Finance Committee to approve additional funding and staff for her office. The committee had planned to take up the request during today’s 13.10 hearing. Instead, Godlewski wrote in a letter yesterday she
Legislators Highlight Failed Evers Administration Leadership, Call for Better Oversight at State Prisons Contact: Rep. Born, (608) 237-9139Rep. Schraa, (608) 237-9153 Dodge County, WI – Representative Michael Schraa (R-Oshkosh), Chair of the Assembly Committee on Corrections, and Representative Mark Born (R-Beaver Dam), Co-Chair of the state’s budget-writing committee, responded Wednesday to
[East Troy, WI] — June 5th, 2024—Andrew Cegielski, candidate for the Wisconsin State Assembly in the 33rd district, calls on Wisconsin political parties to start following the law and for the Wisconsin Election Commission to take up his advisory question at their next quarterly meeting this month. A year ago
From WisPolitics … — Americans for Prosperity Action has launched a new $1 million ad campaign praising GOP businessman Eric Hovde as someone who will bring people together and knocking U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin as a career politician. The campaign, which follows a six-figure effort earlier this spring, will run
CONTACT: AFP Action, Media@AFPAction.com Madison, WI – Americans for Prosperity Action (AFP Action) launched a new $1 million campaign across the Badger State showing why Eric Hovde is the candidate America needs to lead our country back in the right direction. This campaign includes digital, online, and connected TV ads streaming statewide
Dem AG Josh Kaul this morning filed felony charges against attorneys Jim Troupis and Kenneth Chesebro, as well as former Donald Trump campaign aide Michael Roman, stemming from the false electors scheme in Wisconsin. Kaul filed a class H felony against each of the three this morning in Dane County
By comparison, just seven incumbents drew primary challengers in 2022, though none was successful in beating GOP lawmakers.
From WisPolitics … — GOP appointee Bob Atwell says he “left room for people to assume” he was going to stay on the UW Board of Regents much longer than he intended, according to an email he shared with WisPolitics. Atwell notified UW officials last month he planned to remain
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Bob Atwell, the GOP regent who had previously planned to stay on the UW board beyond the expiration of his term, tells WisPolitics that he has resigned, effective immediately. WisPolitics first reported last month that Atwell had sent an email to UW officials indicating he planned to remain on the
Former GOP Gov. Scott Walker, a delegate to the Republican National Convention, warns of the potential for “absolute chaos” at the RNC in Milwaukee with a judge sentencing Donald Trump just days before the start of the convention. “I think it just potentially causes tremendous chaos, which is unfortunate not
From WisPolitics … — Candidates seeking to get on the fall ballot have a deadline today to turn in their nomination papers. The Elections Commission’s latest update, posted late Friday, shows: *All four announced candidates for the 8th CD have turned in their signatures to run in both the special
August was originally drawn into a seat with freshman GOP Rep. Amanda Nedweski, of Pleasant Prairie. But the Assembly’s No. 2 Republican instead moved into the 31st AD, which includes a good chunk of his old district, setting up a possible primary with Schutt.
Andrew Cegielski, a conservative journalist who works for an industrial oven company in East Troy, announced today he plans to challenge Assembly Speaker Robin Vos in the GOP primary for the 33rd AD in August. Cegielski’s announcement comes ahead of the Monday deadline for candidates seeking to get on the