Presumptive Dem presidential nominee Joe Biden and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders are among those who will deliver messages to the state party’s virtual convention on Friday. Others slated to address party activists virtually include: Gov. Tony Evers, Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, U.S.
U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore and Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez say President Trump has “failed the people of Wisconsin” over his handling of the COVID-19 economic crisis and ensuing protests over racial disparities. Perez and Moore in a webinar
Dem super PAC Priorities USA is unveiling new digital and TV ads knocking President Trump’s leadership in the face of public health and economic crises and protests over racial injustice and police brutality. Wisconsin Outreach Director Cassidy Geoghegan said the
The state Dem Party’s virtual convention is scheduled to run for less than three hours on Friday night. The party’s agenda shows voting for four DNC slots will open at 7 p.m. The candidates for the four slots will then
The conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty is pushing the state Elections Commission to ban ballot harvesting. State law already requires voters to request an absentee ballot by making contact with their local clerk, largely cutting out the aspect
The Dem super PAC American Bridge has announced a new campaign in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan designed to weaken President Trump’s support among seniors and rural voters. The group said the 10-week, $20 million campaign, which runs through August, will
Joe Biden had a 9-point lead over Donald Trump in a new Fox News poll that found Wisconsin voters overwhelmingly have a negative view of the economy. The poll found 49 percent of registered voters backed Biden, while 40 percent
America First Action’s new TV ad running in Wisconsin again hits Joe Biden over China. The pro-Trump super PAC previously announced the $2.25 million buy in Wisconsin with ads running in Wausau, La Crosse, Green Bay and Milwaukee. But it
Joe Biden’s presidential campaign is running a new digital ad in Wisconsin in which the presumptive Dem nominee says the “country is crying out for leadership.” Biden’s campaign said the ad will run statewide on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. It
The Lincoln Project, a PAC made up of never-Trumpers, is running a new ad in the Milwaukee market that knocks the president over the Confederate flag. The group said the ad begins tomorrow in Milwaukee and Waukesha on broadcast and
Over 129,000 voters could be removed from the rolls after the state Supreme Court Monday agreed to hear a case challenging the Wisconsin Elections Commission’s handling of a mailer to those who may have moved. But it’s unclear whether conservative
It was going to be a huge boost for the hospitality industry throughout southeastern Wisconsin and even northeastern Illinois. But now the 2020 Democratic National Convention could be either a modest infusion of business for Milwaukee alone, or a complete disappointment.
Former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch says electing more women to the state Legislature would help reduce the partisan divide that has recently gripped Wisconsin. Speaking during a WisPolitics.com virtual luncheon along with Emerge Wisconsin Executive Director Erin Forrest, Kleefisch said
A documentary exploring Milwaukee’s socialist history is slated to premiere on public television in early June. Beginning in 1910, Milwaukee elected three Socialist Party mayors and the first member of Congress on the Socialist Party ticket. Milwaukee also hosted the
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, debate what Tom Tiffany’s special election victory in Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District means for President Trump’s election prospects in November.
The Wisconsin Elections Commission on Wednesday unanimously backed a proposal to send roughly 2.7 million voters an absentee ballot application. Staffers anticipate just 1 percent of recipients will respond to the mailing, which will cost around $2.3 million. But staff
The state GOP is paring back plans for the in-person convention planned for July in Green Bay, going to a two-day format rather than the typical three. Having already pushed back the convention two months due to the COVID-19 pandemic,
Thirteen candidates have filed to run at next month’s virtual state convention for Wisconsin’s four slots on the Democratic National Committee. The four candidates include the incumbents: Senate Minority Leader Janet Bewley, D-Mason; Khary Penebaker, a businessman who ran for
U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan says if Joe Biden picks U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin as his running mate, it would lock in Wisconsin as an “absolute win” for the presumptive Dem presidential nominee. “You need to win the state of Wisconsin
The state Elections Commission is punting on a proposal that would mail some registered voters an absentee ballot request. That’s one of three proposals to spend dollars allocated by a federal coronavirus relief for election-related expenses that the commission pushed
Presumptive Dem presidential nominee Joe Biden and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders are among those who will deliver messages to the state party’s virtual convention on Friday. Others slated to address party activists virtually include: Gov. Tony Evers, Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, U.S.
U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore and Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez say President Trump has “failed the people of Wisconsin” over his handling of the COVID-19 economic crisis and ensuing protests over racial disparities. Perez and Moore in a webinar
Dem super PAC Priorities USA is unveiling new digital and TV ads knocking President Trump’s leadership in the face of public health and economic crises and protests over racial injustice and police brutality. Wisconsin Outreach Director Cassidy Geoghegan said the
The state Dem Party’s virtual convention is scheduled to run for less than three hours on Friday night. The party’s agenda shows voting for four DNC slots will open at 7 p.m. The candidates for the four slots will then
The conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty is pushing the state Elections Commission to ban ballot harvesting. State law already requires voters to request an absentee ballot by making contact with their local clerk, largely cutting out the aspect
The Dem super PAC American Bridge has announced a new campaign in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan designed to weaken President Trump’s support among seniors and rural voters. The group said the 10-week, $20 million campaign, which runs through August, will
Joe Biden had a 9-point lead over Donald Trump in a new Fox News poll that found Wisconsin voters overwhelmingly have a negative view of the economy. The poll found 49 percent of registered voters backed Biden, while 40 percent
America First Action’s new TV ad running in Wisconsin again hits Joe Biden over China. The pro-Trump super PAC previously announced the $2.25 million buy in Wisconsin with ads running in Wausau, La Crosse, Green Bay and Milwaukee. But it
Joe Biden’s presidential campaign is running a new digital ad in Wisconsin in which the presumptive Dem nominee says the “country is crying out for leadership.” Biden’s campaign said the ad will run statewide on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. It
The Lincoln Project, a PAC made up of never-Trumpers, is running a new ad in the Milwaukee market that knocks the president over the Confederate flag. The group said the ad begins tomorrow in Milwaukee and Waukesha on broadcast and
Over 129,000 voters could be removed from the rolls after the state Supreme Court Monday agreed to hear a case challenging the Wisconsin Elections Commission’s handling of a mailer to those who may have moved. But it’s unclear whether conservative
It was going to be a huge boost for the hospitality industry throughout southeastern Wisconsin and even northeastern Illinois. But now the 2020 Democratic National Convention could be either a modest infusion of business for Milwaukee alone, or a complete disappointment.
Former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch says electing more women to the state Legislature would help reduce the partisan divide that has recently gripped Wisconsin. Speaking during a WisPolitics.com virtual luncheon along with Emerge Wisconsin Executive Director Erin Forrest, Kleefisch said
A documentary exploring Milwaukee’s socialist history is slated to premiere on public television in early June. Beginning in 1910, Milwaukee elected three Socialist Party mayors and the first member of Congress on the Socialist Party ticket. Milwaukee also hosted the
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, debate what Tom Tiffany’s special election victory in Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District means for President Trump’s election prospects in November.
The Wisconsin Elections Commission on Wednesday unanimously backed a proposal to send roughly 2.7 million voters an absentee ballot application. Staffers anticipate just 1 percent of recipients will respond to the mailing, which will cost around $2.3 million. But staff
The state GOP is paring back plans for the in-person convention planned for July in Green Bay, going to a two-day format rather than the typical three. Having already pushed back the convention two months due to the COVID-19 pandemic,
Thirteen candidates have filed to run at next month’s virtual state convention for Wisconsin’s four slots on the Democratic National Committee. The four candidates include the incumbents: Senate Minority Leader Janet Bewley, D-Mason; Khary Penebaker, a businessman who ran for
U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan says if Joe Biden picks U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin as his running mate, it would lock in Wisconsin as an “absolute win” for the presumptive Dem presidential nominee. “You need to win the state of Wisconsin
The state Elections Commission is punting on a proposal that would mail some registered voters an absentee ballot request. That’s one of three proposals to spend dollars allocated by a federal coronavirus relief for election-related expenses that the commission pushed