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U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, D-La Crosse, declared victory this morning after a closer-than-expected race with former Navy SEAL Derrick Van Orden. With 99.34 percent of the vote tallied, Kind led Van Orden by 11,448 votes. Dem sources told WisPolitics.com ahead
Deb Andraca, a community volunteer who has a background in politics, declared victory over longtime GOP Rep. Jim Ott in a suburban Milwaukee Assembly seat. With almost 94 percent of the vote in, Andraca was at 51.6 percent, while Ott
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and Milwaukee Election Commission Executive Director Claire Woodall-Vogg predict workers will be counting ballots until about 4 a.m. Wednesday.
WEST ALLIS – Voters in Milwaukee County’s West Allis faced long lines to access at least two of the city’s polling places as the polls closed on Election Day.
As of 8 p.m. the polls are now closed across Wisconsin, although voters who were in line at closing will still get the chance to vote. In the past five elections in Wisconsin, only two — Democrat Barack Obama’s wins
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett predicts voter turnout in his city to surpass 2016 numbers, but said it’s still too early to tell if the city will reach 2012 election turnout numbers. “My intuition is that we will surpass 2016, I
Madison had already seen nearly 80 percent turnout of registered voters by early afternoon. According to the 2 p.m. update from the city clerk’s office, 29,601 people had voted at the polls. That’s in addition to the 121,210 Madison voters
As the polls open this morning, the state’s top election official says she expects “a smooth day.” “I’m glad to report as we kick it off that we have no issues that have been reported so far to us about
KENOSHA — President Trump proclaimed he brought “law and order to Kenosha” as he returned to the southeastern Wisconsin city for the first time since touring the damage left by violent protests that followed the police shooting of a Black
Whether this is a close election or a blow out, a good quarter of the American people are going to be shocked. I just hope the shock doesn’t lead to anger that fuels violent destruction.
We need to recognize that Donald Trump is a symptom of a more painful disease — the failure of the American experiment to uplift and protect all of its people.
Vice President Biden’s economic agenda for building back better will give Wisconsin the opportunity we really need for revitalization.
A Republican strategist said the GOP believes the race for president in Wisconsin is closer than polls show, while a Democratic strategist said it appears Wisconsin is ready to “fire” President Trump. “The intensity that is felt on the Republican
Katie Renschen, DNR fisheries adv. technician, holding a walleye caught on the Menominee River in 2018. / Photo Credit: Wisconsin DNR MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will host a regional public meeting to discuss updating the Wisconsin Walleye
There were still more than 174,000 outstanding absentee ballots as of the latest update from the state Elections Commission with voters facing an 8 p.m. deadline tomorrow to get them back in the hands of local clerks. According to this
President Trump returns to Wisconsin today for his 10th visit of 2020 on the heels of three new polls that showed him trailing Joe Biden among likely state voters. The latest New York Times/Siena College poll, released yesterday, found 52
In back-to-back rallies in Wisconsin today, Donald Trump continued to insist the nation is turning the corner on COVID-19, while Dem rival Joe Biden accused the president of surrendering to the virus.
Milwaukee County’s voting landscape appears to be changing again as longtime suburban GOP strongholds are tilting blue, longtime observers say.
In the latest episode of “Meeting in Middle America,” host Steven Olikara interviews Milwaukee Bucks Senior Vice President Alex Lasry, who discusses his work developing the team over the past four years as well as the rise of the Bucks’
The battleground state of Wisconsin has so far notched over $126 million spent on presidential race ads on TV, cable, radio and digital since the April 7 primary, with most of it from the pro-Biden side. Pro-Biden forces accounted for
U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, D-La Crosse, declared victory this morning after a closer-than-expected race with former Navy SEAL Derrick Van Orden. With 99.34 percent of the vote tallied, Kind led Van Orden by 11,448 votes. Dem sources told WisPolitics.com ahead of Kind’s declaration only two jurisdictions still have outstanding votes:
Deb Andraca, a community volunteer who has a background in politics, declared victory over longtime GOP Rep. Jim Ott in a suburban Milwaukee Assembly seat. With almost 94 percent of the vote in, Andraca was at 51.6 percent, while Ott was at 48.4. The district, which runs along Lake Michigan
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and Milwaukee Election Commission Executive Director Claire Woodall-Vogg predict workers will be counting ballots until about 4 a.m. Wednesday.
WEST ALLIS – Voters in Milwaukee County’s West Allis faced long lines to access at least two of the city’s polling places as the polls closed on Election Day.
As of 8 p.m. the polls are now closed across Wisconsin, although voters who were in line at closing will still get the chance to vote. In the past five elections in Wisconsin, only two — Democrat Barack Obama’s wins in 2008 and 2012 — were called before midnight. In
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett predicts voter turnout in his city to surpass 2016 numbers, but said it’s still too early to tell if the city will reach 2012 election turnout numbers. “My intuition is that we will surpass 2016, I don’t know if we will reach the 2012 numbers,” Barrett
Madison had already seen nearly 80 percent turnout of registered voters by early afternoon. According to the 2 p.m. update from the city clerk’s office, 29,601 people had voted at the polls. That’s in addition to the 121,210 Madison voters who had been reporting as returning their absentee ballots as
As the polls open this morning, the state’s top election official says she expects “a smooth day.” “I’m glad to report as we kick it off that we have no issues that have been reported so far to us about opening the polls or any issues as clerks are preparing
KENOSHA — President Trump proclaimed he brought “law and order to Kenosha” as he returned to the southeastern Wisconsin city for the first time since touring the damage left by violent protests that followed the police shooting of a Black man. As he has in past rallies, Trump falsely claimed
Whether this is a close election or a blow out, a good quarter of the American people are going to be shocked. I just hope the shock doesn’t lead to anger that fuels violent destruction.
We need to recognize that Donald Trump is a symptom of a more painful disease — the failure of the American experiment to uplift and protect all of its people.
Vice President Biden’s economic agenda for building back better will give Wisconsin the opportunity we really need for revitalization.
A Republican strategist said the GOP believes the race for president in Wisconsin is closer than polls show, while a Democratic strategist said it appears Wisconsin is ready to “fire” President Trump. “The intensity that is felt on the Republican side for President Trump is very, very strong,” said Brian
Katie Renschen, DNR fisheries adv. technician, holding a walleye caught on the Menominee River in 2018. / Photo Credit: Wisconsin DNR MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will host a regional public meeting to discuss updating the Wisconsin Walleye Management Plan. This virtual meeting will be held via Zoom
There were still more than 174,000 outstanding absentee ballots as of the latest update from the state Elections Commission with voters facing an 8 p.m. deadline tomorrow to get them back in the hands of local clerks. According to this morning’s update, nearly 1.9 million ballots have been returned out
President Trump returns to Wisconsin today for his 10th visit of 2020 on the heels of three new polls that showed him trailing Joe Biden among likely state voters. The latest New York Times/Siena College poll, released yesterday, found 52 percent of likely voters backing Biden, compared to 41 percent
In back-to-back rallies in Wisconsin today, Donald Trump continued to insist the nation is turning the corner on COVID-19, while Dem rival Joe Biden accused the president of surrendering to the virus.
Milwaukee County’s voting landscape appears to be changing again as longtime suburban GOP strongholds are tilting blue, longtime observers say.
In the latest episode of “Meeting in Middle America,” host Steven Olikara interviews Milwaukee Bucks Senior Vice President Alex Lasry, who discusses his work developing the team over the past four years as well as the rise of the Bucks’ star player, Giannis Antetokounmpo. Lasry also talks about his past
The battleground state of Wisconsin has so far notched over $126 million spent on presidential race ads on TV, cable, radio and digital since the April 7 primary, with most of it from the pro-Biden side. Pro-Biden forces accounted for $80.7 million of that spending, with $36.7 million directly from