Battleground Wisconsin Archives

COVID-19, farm crisis among issues in Adams County as November election nears

Friday, Sep 4, 2020

Adams County, a historic Democratic stronghold with a 15 percent poverty rate (against the state’s overall 10 percent poverty rate), backed President Trump by a margin of 21 percent. Out of the county’s 10,130 votes in 2016, 5,966 went to Trump and only 3,745 went to Hillary Clinton. Until then, Democrats have carried the county with wide margins in every presidential election from 1984 on — coming after Adams had backed Ronald Reagan twice in a row.

Biden in Kenosha: America has reached ‘inflection point’ in addressing institutional racism

Thursday, Sep 3, 2020

Joe Biden says the protests that have sprung up across the United States in wake of the death of Black people at the hands of police officers shows Americans have reached an “inflection point.” What’s more, he said he believes

Green Party asks Wisconsin Supreme Court to put presidential candidate on ballot

Thursday, Sep 3, 2020

With printing of ballots for the November election already underway, the Green Party today asked the state Supreme Court to add its presidential candidate after the Elections Commission deadlocked on whether his campaign had turned in enough valid signatures. Meanwhile,

Biden launches ad in Wisconsin, other battlegrounds on racial justice and police policies

Thursday, Sep 3, 2020

Ahead of Biden’s stop in Wisconsin, his campaign released a new digital ad in the state addressing racial justice and police policy issues. The campaign said the ad will also run on national cable and markets in Wisconsin, Michigan, North

Biden says Kenosha trip about helping community heal, GOP knocks visit

Thursday, Sep 3, 2020

Joe Biden said he’s coming to Kenosha today to have a conversation about helping the community heal, while the state GOP chair knocked him for waiting until after violent protests rocked the city to visit Wisconsin. The stop will be

Trump ad focuses on unrest in Kenosha

Wednesday, Sep 2, 2020

Donald Trump’s presidential campaign is launching a new TV ad in Wisconsin that focuses on the unrest in Kenosha and his response to it. The Trump campaign said new spots in Wisconsin and Minnesota are part of a multi-state buy

Biden ad denounces rioting, looting

Wednesday, Sep 2, 2020

Joe Biden has launched a 60-second spot that uses footage from his speech Monday in Pittsburgh denouncing rioting and looting, calling it “lawlessness” that should be prosecuted. The campaign said the spot is airing nationwide on cable and in 10

Trump promises to rebuild Kenosha, slams ‘anti-police and anti-American’ protesters

Tuesday, Sep 1, 2020

President Trump today promised to help rebuild Kenosha, saying the city was “ravaged by anti-police and anti-American riots” after police shot a Black man in the back seven times. During a roundtable in Kenosha, the president praised the law enforcement

Green Party to sue to get on Wisconsin ballot

Tuesday, Sep 1, 2020

The Green Party says it has retained a law firm to file a lawsuit this week challenging a decision by the state Elections Commission to keep its presidential and vice presidential candidates off the November ballot. The move comes after

West sues state to be put on Wisconsin presidential ballot

Friday, Aug 28, 2020

Entertainer Kanye West on Friday sued to force his way onto Wisconsin’s presidential ballot after the state Elections Commission ruled he turned in his nomination papers late. As it was when the commission rejected West’s nomination papers, the key issue

After 2016 swing, parties work to shore up support in Winnebago County

Friday, Aug 28, 2020

In 2008 and 2012, the Fox Valley’s Winnebago County voted for Barack Obama. In 2016, the area known for the EAA, water sports, manufacturing and dairy farms was one of a handful of swing counties that delivered Wisconsin and the presidency to Donald Trump.

Trump: Republicans must condemn violence in ‘Democrat-run’ cities like Kenosha

Friday, Aug 28, 2020

In accepting the GOP nomination for reelection, President Trump held up Kenosha as an example of “Democrat-run cities” plagued by rioting, looting, arson and violence. Trump continued to push a law-and-order message in his speech, promising the justice system will

Wisconsin business owner says Trump put government ‘on our side’

Friday, Aug 28, 2020

The owner of a small Wisconsin foundry told the Republican National Convention this evening President Trump put the government “on our side” by cutting taxes and regulations while providing a boost during the COVID-19 pandemic. Debbie Flood, president of architectural

Harris says Blake shooting ‘pierced the soul of our nation’

Friday, Aug 28, 2020

U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris kicked off a Biden campaign roundtable focusing on the Black community in Wisconsin by pledging she and Dem presidential nominee Joe Biden will take “meaningful hard-fought action against systems and traditions of oppression.” The Dem vice

Biden says he will campaign in Wisconsin, other battlegrounds in responsible manner

Friday, Aug 28, 2020

Joe Biden told a virtual fundraiser he plans to campaign in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Pennsylvania and Arizona “in a way that is totally consistent with being responsible,” according to a pool report. Biden called President Trump “totally irresponsible” for the political

Duffy slams Evers’ response to Kenosha unrest during pre-RNC event

Friday, Aug 28, 2020

Former U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy praised President Trump as the “law and order president” this evening while slamming Gov. Tony Evers for not immediately sending National Guard troops to Kenosha Sunday night. The Wausau Republican in a pre-convention virtual event

Harris calls for end of police violence toward people of color in speech ahead of Trump’s RNC address

Thursday, Aug 27, 2020

Dem vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris called for an end to the “all too familiar” cases of police violence toward people of color. Harris, a U.S.senator. and former California AG, in a counter-speech ahead of President Trump’s convention appearance tonight,

Biden pledges to unite country in ad released on final night of GOP National Convention

Thursday, Aug 27, 2020

Ahead of President Trump’s address on the final evening of the Republican National Convention, Dem presidential nominee Joe Biden has released a two-minute ad pledging to unite the country and restore the idea of America. A Biden spokesman told WisPolitics.com

Pence addresses violent protests in Kenosha, other cities during RNC speech

Thursday, Aug 27, 2020

Vice President Mike Pence briefly touched on the violent protests in Kenosha during his speech to the Republican National Convention. Pence slammed Joe Biden, saying the Dem nominee “didn’t say one word about the violence and chaos engulfing cities.” “Let

Gallagher, Steil praise Trump’s foreign policy, economic record

Thursday, Aug 27, 2020

U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher praised President Trump for rebuilding the military and ushering in a “sea change” in America’s foreign policy during an online panel ahead of the third night of the Republican National Convention. The panel was tied to