Delegate profile: Frances Huntley-Cooper
Friday, Aug 14, 2020
The Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee will be the fifth for Frances Huntley-Cooper.
The Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee will be the fifth for Frances Huntley-Cooper.
With the convention dramatically scaled back and convention organizers asking participants to pledge to avoid area bars and restaurants, even establishments immediately surrounding the current and former convention venues say they expect virtually no impact on business.
With Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee converted to a mostly virtual production, the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, offer contrasting views on how each party can strengthen its candidate’s support.
President Trump is planning to visit Oshkosh on Monday as Dems kick off their virtual national convention in Milwaukee, according to a GOP source. The stop is one of three the Trump campaign has planned for Wisconsin next week and
Dem super PAC Priorities USA is set to release a new ad praising the Joe Biden-Kamala Harris ticket. Director of Battleground State Communications Steve Pierce said “Her Movement” is set to run on social, pre-roll video and streaming TV platforms
Presumptive Dem nominee Joe Biden continued to lead President Trump among likely Wisconsin voters in the latest Marquette University Law School Poll with just slight movement in the numbers. Forty-nine percent of likely voters backed Biden, while 44 percent supported
U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore, Gov. Tony Evers and U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin have all landed speaking spots at next week’s virtual Democratic National Convention. Moore, D-Milwaukee, will speak Monday, while Evers will speak Aug. 19. Baldwin, D-Madison, has been on
Kanye West’s campaign insisted Monday that his nomination papers to make the presidential ballot in Wisconsin were filed on time even if the person dropping them off entered the Elections Commission office building slightly after 5 p.m. on the day
Two new polls have Joe Biden up 6 points on Donald Trump in Wisconsin. The latest survey from the Elections Research Center at UW-Madison, released today, found 49 percent of registered voters back Biden, while 43 percent supported the president.
Two challenges were filed late this afternoon to the nomination papers entertainer Kanye West filed to run for president in Wisconsin, each alleging that he failed to turn them in on time. One of the challenges, filed by the state
From the pandemic-ravaged ruins of Milwaukee’s hopes for the 2020 Democratic National Convention, calls are emerging to bring the quadrennial gathering back in 2024.
Joe Biden will not accept the Dem presidential nomination in Milwaukee, citing concerns over rising COVID-19 cases in the state.
The Elections Commission’s initial review of entertainer Kanye West’s nomination papers puts him above the signature threshold needed to qualify for Wisconsin’s presidential ballot. But there is a deadline of 4:30 p.m. today to file challenges to his nomination papers,
The conservative Club for Growth is putting $1.6 million behind new ads in Wisconsin hitting Joe Biden for opposing emergency parental school choice grants. The group said it’s part of a $5 million buy that also includes digital spots and
The American Conservative Union is set to host an in-person event in Green Bay on the eve of the Dem National Convention seeking to “tell Wisconsinites that the socialist, anti-American platform of the Democratic Party can not and will not
Joe Biden’s daughter Ashley Biden and state Rep. Shelia Stubbs urged Wisconsin women to help elect the former vice president. They said the presumptive Dem nominee will push for equitable change and encourage female voices in politics. The two made
A new non-profit “dedicated to highlighting the negative impacts of President Trump’s policies in rural America” today announced its first inroads into Wisconsin. Rural America 2020, a 501(c)(4) organization, unveiled members of its Wisconsin steering committee, a group it says
Entertainer Kanye West filed some 2,800 signatures in his bid to qualify for Wisconsin’s presidential ballot, above the minimum needed under state law, according to a WisPolitics.com review of his nomination papers. Still, the papers had a host of problems,
Opinions over Joe Biden not coming to Milwaukee for the Democratic National Convention quickly fell along partisan lines, with GOP operatives slamming the decision as abandoning the state and Dems backing it for putting public health first. The convention committee
A federal judge expressed doubts that voters who wait until the state-imposed deadline to request absentee ballots will be able to return them by Election Day as required under Wisconsin law. Still, Judge William Conley peppered lawyers during a hearing
The Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee will be the fifth for Frances Huntley-Cooper.
With the convention dramatically scaled back and convention organizers asking participants to pledge to avoid area bars and restaurants, even establishments immediately surrounding the current and former convention venues say they expect virtually no impact on business.
With Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee converted to a mostly virtual production, the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, offer contrasting views on how each party can strengthen its candidate’s support.
President Trump is planning to visit Oshkosh on Monday as Dems kick off their virtual national convention in Milwaukee, according to a GOP source. The stop is one of three the Trump campaign has planned for Wisconsin next week and
Dem super PAC Priorities USA is set to release a new ad praising the Joe Biden-Kamala Harris ticket. Director of Battleground State Communications Steve Pierce said “Her Movement” is set to run on social, pre-roll video and streaming TV platforms
Presumptive Dem nominee Joe Biden continued to lead President Trump among likely Wisconsin voters in the latest Marquette University Law School Poll with just slight movement in the numbers. Forty-nine percent of likely voters backed Biden, while 44 percent supported
U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore, Gov. Tony Evers and U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin have all landed speaking spots at next week’s virtual Democratic National Convention. Moore, D-Milwaukee, will speak Monday, while Evers will speak Aug. 19. Baldwin, D-Madison, has been on
Kanye West’s campaign insisted Monday that his nomination papers to make the presidential ballot in Wisconsin were filed on time even if the person dropping them off entered the Elections Commission office building slightly after 5 p.m. on the day
Two new polls have Joe Biden up 6 points on Donald Trump in Wisconsin. The latest survey from the Elections Research Center at UW-Madison, released today, found 49 percent of registered voters back Biden, while 43 percent supported the president.
Two challenges were filed late this afternoon to the nomination papers entertainer Kanye West filed to run for president in Wisconsin, each alleging that he failed to turn them in on time. One of the challenges, filed by the state
From the pandemic-ravaged ruins of Milwaukee’s hopes for the 2020 Democratic National Convention, calls are emerging to bring the quadrennial gathering back in 2024.
Joe Biden will not accept the Dem presidential nomination in Milwaukee, citing concerns over rising COVID-19 cases in the state.
The Elections Commission’s initial review of entertainer Kanye West’s nomination papers puts him above the signature threshold needed to qualify for Wisconsin’s presidential ballot. But there is a deadline of 4:30 p.m. today to file challenges to his nomination papers,
The conservative Club for Growth is putting $1.6 million behind new ads in Wisconsin hitting Joe Biden for opposing emergency parental school choice grants. The group said it’s part of a $5 million buy that also includes digital spots and
The American Conservative Union is set to host an in-person event in Green Bay on the eve of the Dem National Convention seeking to “tell Wisconsinites that the socialist, anti-American platform of the Democratic Party can not and will not
Joe Biden’s daughter Ashley Biden and state Rep. Shelia Stubbs urged Wisconsin women to help elect the former vice president. They said the presumptive Dem nominee will push for equitable change and encourage female voices in politics. The two made
A new non-profit “dedicated to highlighting the negative impacts of President Trump’s policies in rural America” today announced its first inroads into Wisconsin. Rural America 2020, a 501(c)(4) organization, unveiled members of its Wisconsin steering committee, a group it says
Entertainer Kanye West filed some 2,800 signatures in his bid to qualify for Wisconsin’s presidential ballot, above the minimum needed under state law, according to a WisPolitics.com review of his nomination papers. Still, the papers had a host of problems,
Opinions over Joe Biden not coming to Milwaukee for the Democratic National Convention quickly fell along partisan lines, with GOP operatives slamming the decision as abandoning the state and Dems backing it for putting public health first. The convention committee
A federal judge expressed doubts that voters who wait until the state-imposed deadline to request absentee ballots will be able to return them by Election Day as required under Wisconsin law. Still, Judge William Conley peppered lawyers during a hearing