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From WisPolitics … — Former President Donald Trump will campaign in Prairie du Chien on Saturday, his campaign announced today. Multiple GOP sources told WisPolitics that Trump is also looking at stops in Madison and Milwaukee on Oct. 1. The
GOP U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde and the National Republican Senatorial Committee launched a pair of new ads that hit Dem U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin and Kamala Harris on transgender issues and immigration.
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is out with a new TV ad that calls GOP businessman Eric Hovde “a straight-up jerk.”
TOP STORIES Kamala Harris aims to energize liberal Madison for Election Day … held a packed rally [estimated 10,500] at the Alliant Energy Center Coliseum on Friday, marking her first visit to Madison since declaring her candidacy … [WisDems chair
From WisPolitics … — Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway says the political “center of gravity” is moving toward Madison and Dane County, underscoring its critical importance for Democrats ahead of Election Day. “Dane County is a very highly Democratic performing area
Quotes of the Week The American media, the Democrats and the Kamala Harris campaign — they’ve got to cut this crap out, or they’re going to get somebody killed. – GOP VP nominee and Ohio U.S. Sen. JD Vance in
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the latest in Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s bid to be removed from Wisconsin’s ballot, municipalities opting against using absentee ballot drop boxes, a Republican National Committee lawsuit over election observers, a push for more funding for the Universities of Wisconsin and more.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at the recent presidential polling in Wisconsin. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
TOP STORIES DOJ asks WI Supreme Court to decide whether Robert F. Kennedy stays on ballot … “This question justifies prompt, final resolution by this Court: it is highly time sensitive and hugely consequential for the people of Wisconsin,” [Asst.
From WisPolitics … — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says it’s premature to ask the state Supreme Court whether he should be on the Wisconsin presidential ballot. The state Department of Justice yesterday asked the justices to take over the case,
Project Democracy has a new ad featuring Wisconsin business leaders who tout their support for Harris. The group said it’s spending six figures on the buy over the final seven weeks of the race to target 465,000 swing voters. The
From WisPolitics … — The Department of Justice today asked the state Supreme Court to take over Robert F. Kennedy’s legal quest to be removed from the presidential ballot, arguing the case is “highly time sensitive and hugely consequential for
The Republican State Leadership Committee has announced digital ads targeting Dems in three key Assembly races. The ads come after the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee yesterday announced a lineup of four Senate and 10 Assembly races it’s targeting this cycle.
TOP STORIES Wisconsin appeals court takes up RFK Jr. ballot case [2nd District appeals panel – Gundrum, Lazar, Neubauer – agreed to take the case] same day that county clerks are required by law to deliver ballots and supplies to
From WisPolitics … — The Milwaukee-based Teamsters Joint Council 39’s executive board endorsed Kamala Harris for president after the national union declined to back anyone in the race. Trump’s campaign yesterday was quick to tout the national union’s decision after
From WisPolitics … — The conservative 2nd District Court of Appeals today agreed to decide on an accelerated schedule whether Robert F. Kennedy Jr. should’ve been granted an order taking him off Wisconsin’s presidential ballot. Today’s appeals court ruling reflects
https://s3.amazonaws.com/pdfweb/videos/aa638478-d25e-40a8-91ce-ab9e57d3f609.mp4 WinSenate, an arm of the Senate Majority PAC that supports Dem candidates, began a new TV ad today accusing GOP candidate Eric Hovde of wanting to repeal the Affordable Care Act and supporting policies that would cut Social Security
TOP STORIES VP candidate Vance campaigns in Eau Claire … Tuesday at the Eau Claire Event District before about 500 supporters. … with many visitors lining the back wall. Vance said that [Biden-Harris’] “open border policies” … have allowed illegal
What does it take to win Wisconsin in the presidential election? Experts at a WisPolitics DC breakfast said it would be a combination of the right issues, organization and emotion.
From WisPolitics … — GOP VP nominee JD Vance told an Eau Claire crowd that while he is “not perfect,” Democrats need to “tone down the political rhetoric.” Vance’s remarks came two days after a man with an AK-47-style rifle
From WisPolitics … — Former President Donald Trump will campaign in Prairie du Chien on Saturday, his campaign announced today. Multiple GOP sources told WisPolitics that Trump is also looking at stops in Madison and Milwaukee on Oct. 1. The announcement about the stop focused on illegal immigration. Prairie du
GOP U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde and the National Republican Senatorial Committee launched a pair of new ads that hit Dem U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin and Kamala Harris on transgender issues and immigration.
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is out with a new TV ad that calls GOP businessman Eric Hovde “a straight-up jerk.”
TOP STORIES Kamala Harris aims to energize liberal Madison for Election Day … held a packed rally [estimated 10,500] at the Alliant Energy Center Coliseum on Friday, marking her first visit to Madison since declaring her candidacy … [WisDems chair Wikler, Mayor Rhodes-Conway, interim DaneCo Exec. Kuhn] opened the rally,
From WisPolitics … — Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway says the political “center of gravity” is moving toward Madison and Dane County, underscoring its critical importance for Democrats ahead of Election Day. “Dane County is a very highly Democratic performing area of the state,” Rhodes-Conway said on WISN’s “UpFront,” which is
Quotes of the Week The American media, the Democrats and the Kamala Harris campaign — they’ve got to cut this crap out, or they’re going to get somebody killed. – GOP VP nominee and Ohio U.S. Sen. JD Vance in Eau Claire on Tuesday, suggesting Dems and the media are
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the latest in Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s bid to be removed from Wisconsin’s ballot, municipalities opting against using absentee ballot drop boxes, a Republican National Committee lawsuit over election observers, a push for more funding for the Universities of Wisconsin and more.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at the recent presidential polling in Wisconsin. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
TOP STORIES DOJ asks WI Supreme Court to decide whether Robert F. Kennedy stays on ballot … “This question justifies prompt, final resolution by this Court: it is highly time sensitive and hugely consequential for the people of Wisconsin,” [Asst. AG Gibson’s] court filing states. Kennedy’s appeal rests with 2nd
From WisPolitics … — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says it’s premature to ask the state Supreme Court whether he should be on the Wisconsin presidential ballot. The state Department of Justice yesterday asked the justices to take over the case, which is now before the conservative 2nd District Court of
Project Democracy has a new ad featuring Wisconsin business leaders who tout their support for Harris. The group said it’s spending six figures on the buy over the final seven weeks of the race to target 465,000 swing voters. The spots will run on streaming services, social media and online
From WisPolitics … — The Department of Justice today asked the state Supreme Court to take over Robert F. Kennedy’s legal quest to be removed from the presidential ballot, arguing the case is “highly time sensitive and hugely consequential for the people of Wisconsin.” The DOJ petition came the same
The Republican State Leadership Committee has announced digital ads targeting Dems in three key Assembly races. The ads come after the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee yesterday announced a lineup of four Senate and 10 Assembly races it’s targeting this cycle. The ads are part of a six-figure buy to run
TOP STORIES Wisconsin appeals court takes up RFK Jr. ballot case [2nd District appeals panel – Gundrum, Lazar, Neubauer – agreed to take the case] same day that county clerks are required by law to deliver ballots and supplies to municipal clerks, and one day before absentee ballots must be
From WisPolitics … — The Milwaukee-based Teamsters Joint Council 39’s executive board endorsed Kamala Harris for president after the national union declined to back anyone in the race. Trump’s campaign yesterday was quick to tout the national union’s decision after the Teamsters released the results from surveys of members that
From WisPolitics … — The conservative 2nd District Court of Appeals today agreed to decide on an accelerated schedule whether Robert F. Kennedy Jr. should’ve been granted an order taking him off Wisconsin’s presidential ballot. Today’s appeals court ruling reflects the “extreme time pressure on this case,” and the judges
https://s3.amazonaws.com/pdfweb/videos/aa638478-d25e-40a8-91ce-ab9e57d3f609.mp4 WinSenate, an arm of the Senate Majority PAC that supports Dem candidates, began a new TV ad today accusing GOP candidate Eric Hovde of wanting to repeal the Affordable Care Act and supporting policies that would cut Social Security and Medicare. The narrator in the ad says Hovde’s a
TOP STORIES VP candidate Vance campaigns in Eau Claire … Tuesday at the Eau Claire Event District before about 500 supporters. … with many visitors lining the back wall. Vance said that [Biden-Harris’] “open border policies” … have allowed illegal immigration to significantly increase. “Now Wisconsin, and every other state,
What does it take to win Wisconsin in the presidential election? Experts at a WisPolitics DC breakfast said it would be a combination of the right issues, organization and emotion.
From WisPolitics … — GOP VP nominee JD Vance told an Eau Claire crowd that while he is “not perfect,” Democrats need to “tone down the political rhetoric.” Vance’s remarks came two days after a man with an AK-47-style rifle was arrested at one of Donald Trump’s golf courses in