
Crowley, Tiffany to meet in Oct. 21 debate
Gubernatorial candidates David Crowley and Tom Tiffany will meet Oct. 21 for a debate hosted by WISN-TV in partnership with WisPolitics-State Affairs, the network announced.

Gubernatorial candidates David Crowley and Tom Tiffany will meet Oct. 21 for a debate hosted by WISN-TV in partnership with WisPolitics-State Affairs, the network announced.

GOP appointee Bob Spindell pressed the Elections Commission to be more aggressive in reviewing issues at Milwaukee’s central count that led to delays in reporting results from the Aug. 11 primary, saying he didn’t want the issue covered up. That drew a rebuke from Dem commissioner Mark Thomsen, who responded, “There was no cover-up of anything.”

On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk discuss the latest results from the Marquette Law School Poll, tax collections coming in higher than expected and a DA declining to charge Elon Musk.

With state revenues coming in higher than expected, GOP gubernatorial nominee Tom Tiffany vowed to return all of a projected surplus to taxpayers, while Dem rival David Crowley said he’d look at property tax relief while investing in schools and healthcare.

Attorney General Josh Kaul touted violent crime hitting a 15-year low in Wisconsin while his GOP challenger Eric Toney accused him of “cherry picking” data with homicides up since the Dem took office.

On this week’s “Capitol Chats,” Wisconsin Elections Commission member Ann Jacobs discusses recent litigation by states, including Wisconsin, seeking to block a Trump administration effort to require the U.S. Postal Service only deliver mail-in absentee ballots to people on a citizenship list.

Among likely voters, 49% backed Crowley, the Milwaukee County executive, while 44% supported Tiffany, a GOP congressman from Minocqua. Among registered voters, the two were backed by 44% apiece.

GOP gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany broke with Donald Trump over the president’s plans to import 300,000 metric tons of ground beef and then sell it below market price.

The La Crosse County DA has declined to charge Elon Musk with election bribery for his offer to hand out two $1 million checks during Wisconsin’s 2025 state Supreme Court race, believing a jury likely wouldn’t convict him of the charge.

Elections Commission Chair Don Millis says he expects states will file a new challenge to President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting mail-in voting after the Supreme Court cleared the way for the U.S. Postal Service to move forward with the rule.

Paulina Gutierrez, the executive director of the Milwaukee Election Commission, says she welcomes any investigation from state or local lawmakers after “human error” led to delayed results from the city’s central count location during the August primary.

On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk discuss data centers as an issue in the governor’s race, the Universities of Wisconsin’s request for more state aid to fund a tuition freeze and other initiatives, a federal investigation into whether Milwaukee Public Schools considers race in disciplinary decisions and more.

The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at the rematch in Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District between Dem Rebecca Cooke and Republican incumbent Derrick Van Orden. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

GOP gubernatorial nominee Tom Tiffany knocked David Crowley on data centers, charging his Dem rival’s call to power the projects with renewable energy would eat up about 100,000 acres to house the infrastructure.

Two of Rebecca Cooke’s former primary rivals are now considering endorsing her as the political operative turned waitress and nonprofit director looks to beat U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Prairie du Chien, this fall.

David Crowley said he will not campaign with Hasan Piker ahead of the November election, unlike Francesca Hong, who campaigned and fundraised with the controversial streamer before losing in last week’s Democratic primary. Meanwhile, Tom Tiffany wouldn’t say definitively whether he wants Donald Trump back to Wisconsin to campaign for him ahead of November after the president endorsed Tiffany early in the race.

On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and WMTV-TV reporter Vanessa Kjeldsen discuss Tuesday’s primary results and what they mean for the November election.

The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, review Wisconsin’s gubernatorial primary, its late-stage twists and turns, and the general election dynamics for November. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center for Public Leadership.

At a WisPolitics-State Affairs virtual luncheon, Democratic strategist Tanya Bjork, Republican and Platform Communications founder Keith Gilkes and Marquette University Law School Poll Director Charles Franklin all agreed affordability and the economy will be a top issue for Wisconsin voters in the fall.

David Crowley called for Dem unity as he campaigned alongside former rivals, while Republican Tom Tiffany sought to tie him to state Rep. Francesca Hong, the democratic socialist who narrowly lost her party’s gubernatorial nomination.

Gubernatorial candidates David Crowley and Tom Tiffany will meet Oct. 21 for a debate hosted by WISN-TV in partnership with WisPolitics-State Affairs, the network announced.

GOP appointee Bob Spindell pressed the Elections Commission to be more aggressive in reviewing issues at Milwaukee’s central count that led to delays in reporting results from the Aug. 11 primary, saying he didn’t want the issue covered up. That drew a rebuke from Dem commissioner Mark Thomsen, who responded, “There was no cover-up of anything.”

On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk discuss the latest results from the Marquette Law School Poll, tax collections coming in higher than expected and a DA declining to charge Elon Musk.

With state revenues coming in higher than expected, GOP gubernatorial nominee Tom Tiffany vowed to return all of a projected surplus to taxpayers, while Dem rival David Crowley said he’d look at property tax relief while investing in schools and healthcare.

Attorney General Josh Kaul touted violent crime hitting a 15-year low in Wisconsin while his GOP challenger Eric Toney accused him of “cherry picking” data with homicides up since the Dem took office.

On this week’s “Capitol Chats,” Wisconsin Elections Commission member Ann Jacobs discusses recent litigation by states, including Wisconsin, seeking to block a Trump administration effort to require the U.S. Postal Service only deliver mail-in absentee ballots to people on a citizenship list.

Among likely voters, 49% backed Crowley, the Milwaukee County executive, while 44% supported Tiffany, a GOP congressman from Minocqua. Among registered voters, the two were backed by 44% apiece.

GOP gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany broke with Donald Trump over the president’s plans to import 300,000 metric tons of ground beef and then sell it below market price.

The La Crosse County DA has declined to charge Elon Musk with election bribery for his offer to hand out two $1 million checks during Wisconsin’s 2025 state Supreme Court race, believing a jury likely wouldn’t convict him of the charge.

Elections Commission Chair Don Millis says he expects states will file a new challenge to President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting mail-in voting after the Supreme Court cleared the way for the U.S. Postal Service to move forward with the rule.

Paulina Gutierrez, the executive director of the Milwaukee Election Commission, says she welcomes any investigation from state or local lawmakers after “human error” led to delayed results from the city’s central count location during the August primary.

On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk discuss data centers as an issue in the governor’s race, the Universities of Wisconsin’s request for more state aid to fund a tuition freeze and other initiatives, a federal investigation into whether Milwaukee Public Schools considers race in disciplinary decisions and more.

The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at the rematch in Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District between Dem Rebecca Cooke and Republican incumbent Derrick Van Orden. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

GOP gubernatorial nominee Tom Tiffany knocked David Crowley on data centers, charging his Dem rival’s call to power the projects with renewable energy would eat up about 100,000 acres to house the infrastructure.

Two of Rebecca Cooke’s former primary rivals are now considering endorsing her as the political operative turned waitress and nonprofit director looks to beat U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Prairie du Chien, this fall.

David Crowley said he will not campaign with Hasan Piker ahead of the November election, unlike Francesca Hong, who campaigned and fundraised with the controversial streamer before losing in last week’s Democratic primary. Meanwhile, Tom Tiffany wouldn’t say definitively whether he wants Donald Trump back to Wisconsin to campaign for him ahead of November after the president endorsed Tiffany early in the race.

On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and WMTV-TV reporter Vanessa Kjeldsen discuss Tuesday’s primary results and what they mean for the November election.

The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, review Wisconsin’s gubernatorial primary, its late-stage twists and turns, and the general election dynamics for November. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center for Public Leadership.

At a WisPolitics-State Affairs virtual luncheon, Democratic strategist Tanya Bjork, Republican and Platform Communications founder Keith Gilkes and Marquette University Law School Poll Director Charles Franklin all agreed affordability and the economy will be a top issue for Wisconsin voters in the fall.

David Crowley called for Dem unity as he campaigned alongside former rivals, while Republican Tom Tiffany sought to tie him to state Rep. Francesca Hong, the democratic socialist who narrowly lost her party’s gubernatorial nomination.