The Republican parties of Dane and Milwaukee counties have filed a complaint with the state Elections Commission accusing officials in the state’s two largest cities of failing to hire a sufficient number of GOP poll workers for the spring election. Milwaukee’s top election official called the complaints filed Wednesday misleading.
GOP lawmakers told the state Supreme Court they shouldn’t be on the hook for any of the expenses incurred by the consultants the liberal majority hired in the case, arguing the entire process was improper. Meanwhile, the Republican voters who intervened in the suit argued the court should cover the costs. And the Dem plaintiffs argued the Legislature alone should pick up the tab.
“We’re very confident that the restaurant owners, the venues are going to see the return on investment of having the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee,” said Anne Hathaway, chair of the 2024 RNC Committee on Arrangements
De Pere businessman Tony Wied touted the support of Donald Trump as he formally launched his campaign for the GOP nomination in the 8th CD.
President Joe Biden in Madison touted his plan to provide student debt relief to more than 30 million Americans, saying it would help ensure Americans don’t have to put their lives on hold to pay off their school loans.
“As we get closer to November, I think Democrats all across the country and in Wisconsin will understand that President Joe Biden is the person to do the job. And when we’re thinking about the issues facing Gaza and within Israel, at the end of the day we know that Joe Biden’s going to be the guy who’s going to lead us to where we need to go,” Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley said.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Tuesday’s election results, former President Donald Trump’s visit to Green Bay, the U.S. Senate race and more.
The group No Labels has ended its effort to put a presidential candidate on the fall 2024 ballot after it failed to find a candidate with a credible path to winning the White House.
Dr. Kristin Lyerly, who has played a prominent role in the abortion debate in Wisconsin, has formally announced she’ll run for the 8th CD as a Dem.
Rep. Katrina Shankland, D-Stevens Point, has launched a new website pressuring 3rd CD incumbent U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Prairie du Chien, to debate her.
Organizers behind a push to put President Joe Biden on notice over his handling of the Israel-Hamas war say they will work to amplify Palestinian voices at the DNC after more than 47,000 voted uninstructed in last night’s Dem primary.
Turnout in this week’s spring election was about 25%, down sharply from last year and the 2020 presidential primary.
The latest national Marquette University Law School Poll finds Joe Biden and Donald Trump tied among registered voters, while the incumbent president had a slight edge among likely voters in a head-to-head matchup. In a five-way race, Trump jumped in front.
In this week’s Capitol Chats: Kyle Johnson, political director for Listen to Wisconsin, says voters who checked the ‘uninstructed’ box this April primary want President Joe Biden to remember and listen to those who helped elect him to office.
Absentee ballot drop boxes are allowed under Wisconsin statute and the state Supreme Court in 2022 incorrectly rewrote the law’s text to bar them, Gov. Tony Evers argued in a new brief.
Voters in the April presidential primary gave President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump each less than 90% of the vote share, and Milwaukee voters narrowly approved a $252 million school referendum.
Those pushing the uninstructed option in the Dem primary to protest President Joe Biden’s policies toward Israel and Gaza easily exceeded their goal of 20,000 votes. Still, they were short of the 15% needed to secure a delegate to the national convention. Meanwhile, Donald Trump was on pace to get more than three-fourths of the vote in the GOP presidential primary even though all of his opponents have dropped out of the race.
Donald Trump during a Green Bay stop vowed to stop President Joe Biden’s “border bloodbath” if he wins in November, warning another term for his Dem opponent would destroy the country.
The number of Wisconsin voters casting absentee ballots continues to decline from a pandemic-era spike, according to Wisconsin Elections Commission data released today.
Hovde raises more than $1 million in his bid for U.S. Senate, pushing him past the Wisconsin Republican Party threshold to be eligible for endorsement next month.
The Republican parties of Dane and Milwaukee counties have filed a complaint with the state Elections Commission accusing officials in the state’s two largest cities of failing to hire a sufficient number of GOP poll workers for the spring election. Milwaukee’s top election official called the complaints filed Wednesday misleading.
GOP lawmakers told the state Supreme Court they shouldn’t be on the hook for any of the expenses incurred by the consultants the liberal majority hired in the case, arguing the entire process was improper. Meanwhile, the Republican voters who intervened in the suit argued the court should cover the costs. And the Dem plaintiffs argued the Legislature alone should pick up the tab.
“We’re very confident that the restaurant owners, the venues are going to see the return on investment of having the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee,” said Anne Hathaway, chair of the 2024 RNC Committee on Arrangements
De Pere businessman Tony Wied touted the support of Donald Trump as he formally launched his campaign for the GOP nomination in the 8th CD.
President Joe Biden in Madison touted his plan to provide student debt relief to more than 30 million Americans, saying it would help ensure Americans don’t have to put their lives on hold to pay off their school loans.
“As we get closer to November, I think Democrats all across the country and in Wisconsin will understand that President Joe Biden is the person to do the job. And when we’re thinking about the issues facing Gaza and within Israel, at the end of the day we know that Joe Biden’s going to be the guy who’s going to lead us to where we need to go,” Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley said.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Tuesday’s election results, former President Donald Trump’s visit to Green Bay, the U.S. Senate race and more.
The group No Labels has ended its effort to put a presidential candidate on the fall 2024 ballot after it failed to find a candidate with a credible path to winning the White House.
Dr. Kristin Lyerly, who has played a prominent role in the abortion debate in Wisconsin, has formally announced she’ll run for the 8th CD as a Dem.
Rep. Katrina Shankland, D-Stevens Point, has launched a new website pressuring 3rd CD incumbent U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Prairie du Chien, to debate her.
Organizers behind a push to put President Joe Biden on notice over his handling of the Israel-Hamas war say they will work to amplify Palestinian voices at the DNC after more than 47,000 voted uninstructed in last night’s Dem primary.
Turnout in this week’s spring election was about 25%, down sharply from last year and the 2020 presidential primary.
The latest national Marquette University Law School Poll finds Joe Biden and Donald Trump tied among registered voters, while the incumbent president had a slight edge among likely voters in a head-to-head matchup. In a five-way race, Trump jumped in front.
In this week’s Capitol Chats: Kyle Johnson, political director for Listen to Wisconsin, says voters who checked the ‘uninstructed’ box this April primary want President Joe Biden to remember and listen to those who helped elect him to office.
Absentee ballot drop boxes are allowed under Wisconsin statute and the state Supreme Court in 2022 incorrectly rewrote the law’s text to bar them, Gov. Tony Evers argued in a new brief.
Voters in the April presidential primary gave President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump each less than 90% of the vote share, and Milwaukee voters narrowly approved a $252 million school referendum.
Those pushing the uninstructed option in the Dem primary to protest President Joe Biden’s policies toward Israel and Gaza easily exceeded their goal of 20,000 votes. Still, they were short of the 15% needed to secure a delegate to the national convention. Meanwhile, Donald Trump was on pace to get more than three-fourths of the vote in the GOP presidential primary even though all of his opponents have dropped out of the race.
Donald Trump during a Green Bay stop vowed to stop President Joe Biden’s “border bloodbath” if he wins in November, warning another term for his Dem opponent would destroy the country.
The number of Wisconsin voters casting absentee ballots continues to decline from a pandemic-era spike, according to Wisconsin Elections Commission data released today.
Hovde raises more than $1 million in his bid for U.S. Senate, pushing him past the Wisconsin Republican Party threshold to be eligible for endorsement next month.