Early, in-person voting up statewide
Thursday, Oct 22, 2026
Wisconsin voters cast 55,659 absentee ballots in person on the first day of early voting, a 65% spike compared to four years ago.
Wisconsin voters cast 55,659 absentee ballots in person on the first day of early voting, a 65% spike compared to four years ago.
GOP gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany accused Dem rival David Crowley of flipflopping on tax breaks for data centers. Crowley fired back that Tiffany couldn’t be trusted on the issue, saying the Minocqua congressman has voted for tax breaks going to big tech companies and fast-tracking the development of data centers without proper environmental reviews or input from local communities.
Democrat David Crowley and Republican Tom Tiffany meet tonight in their only debate of the gubernatorial race.
In their only debate of the race, Dem challenger Rebecca Cooke knocked GOP U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden’s support of the Iran war and cuts to federal social programs while he accused her of lying and being against tax cuts.
In a radio debate, Democratic challenger Mitchell Berman attacked 1st CD GOP incumbent U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil as a rubber stamp for the Trump administration, while the Janesville Republican repeatedly accused Berman of lying.
Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin announced a new $3 million ad campaign to back Republican Tom Tiffany in the gubernatorial race. The group said that pushes its investment in the campaign to more than $10 million. The buy, announced today, includes the
David Crowley and Tom Tiffany are preparing different messages for the sole gubernatorial debate of 2026 — airing Wednesday night on the “UpFront” network.
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk discuss fundraising in top Wisconsin congressional races, the latest from the campaign trail in key elections, the attorney general debate, Elections Commission guidance regarding law enforcement and election observers at polling sites, the state budget and more.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, take up the battle for legislative majorities in the Wisconsin Senate and Assembly. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Local election officials are encouraged to call their county clerks and state officials if federal law enforcement officers show up at the polls this fall, under a recommendation commissioners approved.
Panelists at a WisPolitics-State Affairs polling summit had a warning for overly enthusiastic Democrats: just because they’re mad at the other guy doesn’t mean they like you. Discussing an online, text-based focus group she’d worked on in Wisconsin, GOP pollster
Tom Tiffany, the Republican Governors Association and the Democratic Governors Association are all out with new ads as spending in the race continues to climb.
If voters return their absentee ballots on time, they must be counted even if local election officials fail to deliver them to a polling site by the Election Day deadline, a Dane County judge has ruled.
“People are just being a little more diligent about planning for these things and ensuring that their ballot makes it back by 8 p.m. on Election Day in order to be counted,” Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe said. “And I think in-person absentee offers a little more of that reassurance to folks.”
Assembly and Senate Dems for the first time have done joint buys in two markets as they seek to stretch their resources against the better-funded Republican caucuses.
Wisconsin’s AG candidates sparred over the Trump administration, the state’s voter rolls, crime and the state crime lab in a debate on “UpFront,” produced in partnership with WisPolitics-State Affairs.
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Gray Media Wisconsin State Capitol Bureau Chief Vanessa Kjeldsen discuss Republican Tom Tiffany’s continued financial advantage in the governor’s race, President Donald Trump’s announcement of federal disaster aid for Wisconsin, the state court system’s budget request and more.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at the 2026 Wisconsin race for governor with Nov. 3 Election Day less than four weeks away. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
7th CD Dem Fred Clark pitched his candidacy as a chance to place a check on the president, while GOP rival Michael Alfonso defended Donald Trump’s administration.
Former President Barack Obama has cut videos backing Dem gubernatorial candidate David Crowley, saying: “There is nobody better to lead Wisconsin forward.”
Wisconsin voters cast 55,659 absentee ballots in person on the first day of early voting, a 65% spike compared to four years ago.
GOP gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany accused Dem rival David Crowley of flipflopping on tax breaks for data centers. Crowley fired back that Tiffany couldn’t be trusted on the issue, saying the Minocqua congressman has voted for tax breaks going to big tech companies and fast-tracking the development of data centers without proper environmental reviews or input from local communities.
Democrat David Crowley and Republican Tom Tiffany meet tonight in their only debate of the gubernatorial race.
In their only debate of the race, Dem challenger Rebecca Cooke knocked GOP U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden’s support of the Iran war and cuts to federal social programs while he accused her of lying and being against tax cuts.
In a radio debate, Democratic challenger Mitchell Berman attacked 1st CD GOP incumbent U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil as a rubber stamp for the Trump administration, while the Janesville Republican repeatedly accused Berman of lying.
Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin announced a new $3 million ad campaign to back Republican Tom Tiffany in the gubernatorial race. The group said that pushes its investment in the campaign to more than $10 million. The buy, announced today, includes the
David Crowley and Tom Tiffany are preparing different messages for the sole gubernatorial debate of 2026 — airing Wednesday night on the “UpFront” network.
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk discuss fundraising in top Wisconsin congressional races, the latest from the campaign trail in key elections, the attorney general debate, Elections Commission guidance regarding law enforcement and election observers at polling sites, the state budget and more.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, take up the battle for legislative majorities in the Wisconsin Senate and Assembly. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Local election officials are encouraged to call their county clerks and state officials if federal law enforcement officers show up at the polls this fall, under a recommendation commissioners approved.
Panelists at a WisPolitics-State Affairs polling summit had a warning for overly enthusiastic Democrats: just because they’re mad at the other guy doesn’t mean they like you. Discussing an online, text-based focus group she’d worked on in Wisconsin, GOP pollster
Tom Tiffany, the Republican Governors Association and the Democratic Governors Association are all out with new ads as spending in the race continues to climb.
If voters return their absentee ballots on time, they must be counted even if local election officials fail to deliver them to a polling site by the Election Day deadline, a Dane County judge has ruled.
“People are just being a little more diligent about planning for these things and ensuring that their ballot makes it back by 8 p.m. on Election Day in order to be counted,” Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe said. “And I think in-person absentee offers a little more of that reassurance to folks.”
Assembly and Senate Dems for the first time have done joint buys in two markets as they seek to stretch their resources against the better-funded Republican caucuses.
Wisconsin’s AG candidates sparred over the Trump administration, the state’s voter rolls, crime and the state crime lab in a debate on “UpFront,” produced in partnership with WisPolitics-State Affairs.
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Gray Media Wisconsin State Capitol Bureau Chief Vanessa Kjeldsen discuss Republican Tom Tiffany’s continued financial advantage in the governor’s race, President Donald Trump’s announcement of federal disaster aid for Wisconsin, the state court system’s budget request and more.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at the 2026 Wisconsin race for governor with Nov. 3 Election Day less than four weeks away. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
7th CD Dem Fred Clark pitched his candidacy as a chance to place a check on the president, while GOP rival Michael Alfonso defended Donald Trump’s administration.
Former President Barack Obama has cut videos backing Dem gubernatorial candidate David Crowley, saying: “There is nobody better to lead Wisconsin forward.”