The liberal group Priorities USA announced today it will begin a $5.8 million buy on Wisconsin TV starting Feb. 25 along with millions more in digital ads as part of its effort opposing President Trump. Wisconsin Outreach Director Cassidy Geoghegan
Justice Rebecca Bradley says it’s unlikely the state Supreme Court will have an opportunity to rule before the 2020 election in a case impacting the registrations of voters who may have moved now that it has passed on hearing the
An Ozaukee County judge has found the three Dem members of the Elections Commission in contempt for failing to strike the registrations of as many as 209,000 voters who may have moved. The state Department of Justice had urged Judge
Progressives have announced a new effort dubbed A Better Wisconsin Together to serve as a hub for message development, testing and communications ahead of the 2020 elections. The group also will be the new home for the liberal advocacy group
Elizabeth Warren’s presidential campaign has added a second staffer in Wisconsin as it prepares to open an office in Madison next week. Rebecca Lynch, who has been working as the political director for the Working Families Party, was hired to
President Trump failed to break 42 percent support when paired with four potential Dem rivals in a new poll of Wisconsin voters conducted for Fox News. Still, the margins in the presidential race were closer than the last time the
The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty today slammed AG Josh Kaul’s request for state Supreme Court to stay a ruling directing the Elections Commission to deactivate the registrations of voters who may have moved. In a filing responding to
Having been rebuffed by an appeals court, Dem AG Josh Kaul is now asking the state Supreme Court to stay a circuit court ruling directing the Elections Commission to deactivate the registrations of some 200,000 voters who may have moved.
Donald Trump is poised to be unopposed in Wisconsin’s primary after the Presidential Preference Selection Committee decided Tuesday against adding any other Republicans to the April 7 ballot. The committee, comprised equally of representatives from the state GOP and Dem
The 4th District Court of Appeals intends to wait for the state Supreme Court to signal if it’s going to take a case that could deactivate the registrations of more than 200,000 voters before it issues any rulings in the
Democratic National Convention Committee CEO Joe Solmonese told an audience of journalists in Milwaukee today for an overview of the 2020 convention plans that the Dem Party aims to correct the errors that led to President Trump’s win in 2016.
Ofirah Yheskel, who most recently served as deputy communications director for Beto O’Rourke’s presidential campaign, started today as director of media relations for the Democratic National Convention. The convention also announced today that Kelli Farr has been hired as the
The state DOJ is urging the Wisconsin Supreme Court to pass on taking up whether thousands of voters who may have moved should have their registrations deactivated. In a separate filing Friday, the agency also again asked the 4th District
Laura Trump, the president’s daughter-in-law and an adviser to the president’s campaign, will be in Wausau on Jan. 13 for a Keep America Great event. The event at the Hilton Garden Inn will come just ahead of the president’s Jan.
Democrats are on track to hit their $70 million fundraising goal for the national nominating convention in Milwaukee, an organizer said. Liz Gilbert, president of the DNC’s local host committee, said organizers surpassed their year-end goal and raised more than
The conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty is asking an Ozaukee County judge to find the Elections Commission in contempt for failing to comply with his order to deactivate registrations for voters who may have moved. Meanwhile, the group
A group that sued to overturn Wisconsin’s restrictions on what student identification cards meet the standards of the voter ID law is urging a federal court to deny a state motion to stay the case. The state Department of Justice
President Donald Trump has scheduled a Jan. 14 campaign rally in Milwaukee, his first stop of the new year in what is likely to be a key battleground state in 2020. Trump’s “Make America Great Again” rally is planned for
WisconsinEye Senior Producer Steve Walters and WisPolitics.com Editor JR Ross review the top 10 stories of 2019 in state politics, including Milwaukee landing the 2020 Democratic National Convention.
The League of Women Voters wants a federal judge to order the Wisconsin Elections Commission to do a new mailing to state voters who may have moved giving them more explicit warnings their registrations will be deactivated unless they respond
The liberal group Priorities USA announced today it will begin a $5.8 million buy on Wisconsin TV starting Feb. 25 along with millions more in digital ads as part of its effort opposing President Trump. Wisconsin Outreach Director Cassidy Geoghegan
Justice Rebecca Bradley says it’s unlikely the state Supreme Court will have an opportunity to rule before the 2020 election in a case impacting the registrations of voters who may have moved now that it has passed on hearing the
An Ozaukee County judge has found the three Dem members of the Elections Commission in contempt for failing to strike the registrations of as many as 209,000 voters who may have moved. The state Department of Justice had urged Judge
Progressives have announced a new effort dubbed A Better Wisconsin Together to serve as a hub for message development, testing and communications ahead of the 2020 elections. The group also will be the new home for the liberal advocacy group
Elizabeth Warren’s presidential campaign has added a second staffer in Wisconsin as it prepares to open an office in Madison next week. Rebecca Lynch, who has been working as the political director for the Working Families Party, was hired to
President Trump failed to break 42 percent support when paired with four potential Dem rivals in a new poll of Wisconsin voters conducted for Fox News. Still, the margins in the presidential race were closer than the last time the
The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty today slammed AG Josh Kaul’s request for state Supreme Court to stay a ruling directing the Elections Commission to deactivate the registrations of voters who may have moved. In a filing responding to
Having been rebuffed by an appeals court, Dem AG Josh Kaul is now asking the state Supreme Court to stay a circuit court ruling directing the Elections Commission to deactivate the registrations of some 200,000 voters who may have moved.
Donald Trump is poised to be unopposed in Wisconsin’s primary after the Presidential Preference Selection Committee decided Tuesday against adding any other Republicans to the April 7 ballot. The committee, comprised equally of representatives from the state GOP and Dem
The 4th District Court of Appeals intends to wait for the state Supreme Court to signal if it’s going to take a case that could deactivate the registrations of more than 200,000 voters before it issues any rulings in the
Democratic National Convention Committee CEO Joe Solmonese told an audience of journalists in Milwaukee today for an overview of the 2020 convention plans that the Dem Party aims to correct the errors that led to President Trump’s win in 2016.
Ofirah Yheskel, who most recently served as deputy communications director for Beto O’Rourke’s presidential campaign, started today as director of media relations for the Democratic National Convention. The convention also announced today that Kelli Farr has been hired as the
The state DOJ is urging the Wisconsin Supreme Court to pass on taking up whether thousands of voters who may have moved should have their registrations deactivated. In a separate filing Friday, the agency also again asked the 4th District
Laura Trump, the president’s daughter-in-law and an adviser to the president’s campaign, will be in Wausau on Jan. 13 for a Keep America Great event. The event at the Hilton Garden Inn will come just ahead of the president’s Jan.
Democrats are on track to hit their $70 million fundraising goal for the national nominating convention in Milwaukee, an organizer said. Liz Gilbert, president of the DNC’s local host committee, said organizers surpassed their year-end goal and raised more than
The conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty is asking an Ozaukee County judge to find the Elections Commission in contempt for failing to comply with his order to deactivate registrations for voters who may have moved. Meanwhile, the group
A group that sued to overturn Wisconsin’s restrictions on what student identification cards meet the standards of the voter ID law is urging a federal court to deny a state motion to stay the case. The state Department of Justice
President Donald Trump has scheduled a Jan. 14 campaign rally in Milwaukee, his first stop of the new year in what is likely to be a key battleground state in 2020. Trump’s “Make America Great Again” rally is planned for
WisconsinEye Senior Producer Steve Walters and WisPolitics.com Editor JR Ross review the top 10 stories of 2019 in state politics, including Milwaukee landing the 2020 Democratic National Convention.
The League of Women Voters wants a federal judge to order the Wisconsin Elections Commission to do a new mailing to state voters who may have moved giving them more explicit warnings their registrations will be deactivated unless they respond