The Wisconsin Elections Commission put independent Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Green Party’s Jill Stein on Wisconsin’s presidential ballot despite partisan disagreements over whether they belong there.
The state Supreme Court refused to hear the suit filed by a staffer with the Democratic National Committee arguing the Greens were ineligible to place a candidate on the Wisconsin ballot. The court’s ruling didn’t offer any rationale other than plaintiff David Strange “is not entitled to the relief he seeks.”
Former President Donald Trump will be in La Crosse on Thursday for a town hall, his first return to Wisconsin since the Republican National Convention last month.
David Plouffe, a top adviser to Kamala Harris’ campaign, says the campaign is “throwing everything” into Wisconsin in the final 10 weeks of the presidential election.
Wisconsin Dems at the DNC spent four days basking in the excitement of seeing new momentum with Kamala Harris and Tim Walz at the top of the ticket. Now they’re aiming to convert that excitement into energy that will fuel victories up and down the ballot.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the Democratic National Convention, the lawsuit seeking to prevent the Green Party from putting a candidate on Wisconsin’s presidential ballot and the UW System’s budget request.
A special edition of Capitol Chats reviews the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. WisPolitics President Jeff Mayers speaks with Stan Milam of the Janesville Gazette, Grace Segers of The New Republic, Ruth Conniff of the Wisconsin Examiner and Matt Smith of WISN TV, co-host of WisPolitics partner show, “UpFront.”
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss how recent primary results may impact the general election and legislative control. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin said Social Security and Medicare are at risk if Donald Trump is elected in November during remarks at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago Thursday night. The Madison Dem told delegates her mother was a teen
CHICAGO – Jason Rae, secretary of the Democratic National Committee, is only 37 has already seen many conventions. In this one, he sees something special. “They’re all different,” Rae said in a WisPolitics-WisconsinEye interview at his sixth convention. “But this
“I’m gonna make sure we send [Baldwin] back to the Senate,” Warnock said. “[Republicans] keep parachuting in billionaires who have, at best, a tenuous connection… One thing I know is that people, especially young people, can spot a fraud a mile away. Tammy Baldwin is the real deal.”
Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway is sensing history after a few days at the Democratic National Convention as the elusive goal of electing the first female president seems within reach.
“We only know close elections in Wisconsin, and it doesn’t matter how popular you are or how unpopular you are, it’s going to be close,” Godlewski said in a WisPolitics-WisconsinEye interview from the DNC.
“It’s been a stark contrast having the RNC in the city of Milwaukee, to being here at the DNC, seeing the message that they brought, but also seeing the countermeasures that we’re bringing to the table,” Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley said.
“One of the most important things I got from (Tuesday) is that the Democratic Party is very much a party right now that’s focused on the future and what we can do for Americans, rather than voting against somebody else,” Wisconsin delegate Deon Canon said.
State Dem Party Chair Ben Wikler told reporters Wednesday the Kamala Harris-Tim Walz ticket is creating excitement, including a surge in volunteers and large turnout at nominees’ events, like last night’s rally in Milwaukee. That, he said, means good things for Dem candidates in downballot contests.
Roman Fritz, a 19-year-old UW-Milwaukee student from Oconomowoc, said he plans to support Harris in November and backs her economic plans.
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had a simple but emphatic message for Wisconsin delegates as the California Dem looked forward to the fall campaign.
During the convention’s symbolic roll call of the states, Evers told the arena he was “jazzed as hell to announce that Wisconsin casts one present and 94 votes for …” before trailing off.
Josefine Jaynes, at age 18 took a gap year after high school to run for the state Assembly and try to flip a southwestern GOP seat once held by Democrat Pat Lucey. That didn’t work out. But now she’s a UW-Madison student from southwestern Wisconsin’s Readstown and part of the Wisconsin delegation to the Democratic National Convention – being inspired by Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris.
The Wisconsin Elections Commission put independent Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Green Party’s Jill Stein on Wisconsin’s presidential ballot despite partisan disagreements over whether they belong there.
The state Supreme Court refused to hear the suit filed by a staffer with the Democratic National Committee arguing the Greens were ineligible to place a candidate on the Wisconsin ballot. The court’s ruling didn’t offer any rationale other than plaintiff David Strange “is not entitled to the relief he seeks.”
Former President Donald Trump will be in La Crosse on Thursday for a town hall, his first return to Wisconsin since the Republican National Convention last month.
David Plouffe, a top adviser to Kamala Harris’ campaign, says the campaign is “throwing everything” into Wisconsin in the final 10 weeks of the presidential election.
Wisconsin Dems at the DNC spent four days basking in the excitement of seeing new momentum with Kamala Harris and Tim Walz at the top of the ticket. Now they’re aiming to convert that excitement into energy that will fuel victories up and down the ballot.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the Democratic National Convention, the lawsuit seeking to prevent the Green Party from putting a candidate on Wisconsin’s presidential ballot and the UW System’s budget request.
A special edition of Capitol Chats reviews the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. WisPolitics President Jeff Mayers speaks with Stan Milam of the Janesville Gazette, Grace Segers of The New Republic, Ruth Conniff of the Wisconsin Examiner and Matt Smith of WISN TV, co-host of WisPolitics partner show, “UpFront.”
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss how recent primary results may impact the general election and legislative control. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin said Social Security and Medicare are at risk if Donald Trump is elected in November during remarks at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago Thursday night. The Madison Dem told delegates her mother was a teen
CHICAGO – Jason Rae, secretary of the Democratic National Committee, is only 37 has already seen many conventions. In this one, he sees something special. “They’re all different,” Rae said in a WisPolitics-WisconsinEye interview at his sixth convention. “But this
“I’m gonna make sure we send [Baldwin] back to the Senate,” Warnock said. “[Republicans] keep parachuting in billionaires who have, at best, a tenuous connection… One thing I know is that people, especially young people, can spot a fraud a mile away. Tammy Baldwin is the real deal.”
Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway is sensing history after a few days at the Democratic National Convention as the elusive goal of electing the first female president seems within reach.
“We only know close elections in Wisconsin, and it doesn’t matter how popular you are or how unpopular you are, it’s going to be close,” Godlewski said in a WisPolitics-WisconsinEye interview from the DNC.
“It’s been a stark contrast having the RNC in the city of Milwaukee, to being here at the DNC, seeing the message that they brought, but also seeing the countermeasures that we’re bringing to the table,” Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley said.
“One of the most important things I got from (Tuesday) is that the Democratic Party is very much a party right now that’s focused on the future and what we can do for Americans, rather than voting against somebody else,” Wisconsin delegate Deon Canon said.
State Dem Party Chair Ben Wikler told reporters Wednesday the Kamala Harris-Tim Walz ticket is creating excitement, including a surge in volunteers and large turnout at nominees’ events, like last night’s rally in Milwaukee. That, he said, means good things for Dem candidates in downballot contests.
Roman Fritz, a 19-year-old UW-Milwaukee student from Oconomowoc, said he plans to support Harris in November and backs her economic plans.
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had a simple but emphatic message for Wisconsin delegates as the California Dem looked forward to the fall campaign.
During the convention’s symbolic roll call of the states, Evers told the arena he was “jazzed as hell to announce that Wisconsin casts one present and 94 votes for …” before trailing off.
Josefine Jaynes, at age 18 took a gap year after high school to run for the state Assembly and try to flip a southwestern GOP seat once held by Democrat Pat Lucey. That didn’t work out. But now she’s a UW-Madison student from southwestern Wisconsin’s Readstown and part of the Wisconsin delegation to the Democratic National Convention – being inspired by Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris.