GOP U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson and Dem rival Mandela Barnes will meet tonight in the first of two debates. The event, sponsored by the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association, is set to kick off at 7 p.m. Some 70 stations will air
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson has teamed up with the National Republican Senatorial Committee to run nearly $5.6 million in TV ads from Sept. 1 through Thursday. That includes a series of ads in recent weeks that paint Dem rival Mandela
Republicans who sued to prevent local clerks from adding missing information from witness addresses on absentee ballots want a Dane County lawsuit over what constitutes a complete address moved to Waukesha County. Rise Inc. and a fourth-year UW-Madison student who
A Waukesha County judge has granted a temporary injunction requested by those seeking to block voters from recasting their absentee ballots if they change their minds, according to online court records. Judge Brad Schimel, the former GOP attorney general, ordered
Ten percent of DOJ’s special agent positions are currently vacant, along with 13 percent of the slots for criminal prosecutors, according to numbers the agency released to WisPolitics.com.
Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway today announced the city is turning its absentee ballot drop boxes into an art project displaying quotes from women’s rights activist Sojourner Truth. The city is working with New York-based artist Jenny Holzer on the project.
Five weeks out from the election, Wisconsin Dems sought to place a spotlight on abortion as Gov. Tony Evers told a Capitol rally he and Dem AG Josh Kaul have been a “brick wall” against GOP efforts to restrict access to the procedure.
Dem U.S. Senate candidate Mandela Barnes raised more than $20.1 million during the third quarter, his campaign said, a dramatic rise in fundraising after he secured the party’s nomination to face GOP incumbent Ron Johnson. By comparison, Barnes had raised
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Assembly Speaker Robin Vos’ suit to squash a subpoena from the House committee probing the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, election-related lawsuits, the latest political fundraising reports and more.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, examine the impact of President Biden and former President Trump on the midterm elections. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
A new poll conducted for AARP Wisconsin finds U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson and GOP guv nominee Tim Michels with edges in their races. The poll found 51 percent of likely voters favored Johnson, R-Oshkosh, while 46 percent backed Dem Lt.
The state Dem Party had $7.3 million in the bank between its state and federal accounts at the end of August, compared to the $1.8 million held by its GOP counterpart.
The state GOP has filed a new lawsuit seeking to shut down a privately funded effort to turn out voters in Milwaukee, arguing involvement by city officials violates state law. The suit seeks a finding that Milwaukee Votes 2022 and the city’s involvement in promoting it violates Wisconsin law. It also seeks an order permanently enjoining the initiative or any similar effort.
GOP guv hopeful Tim Michels pumped another $5 million into his guv campaign over a 37-day period, bringing his personal commitment to the race to $15.7 million, according to a check of the latest campaign finance reports.
The state GOP has sued Milwaukee officials for failing to turn over documents on a privately run GOTV effort that the party sought through an earlier open records request. Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson infuriated Republicans earlier this month when he
A student-run group that organizes voter mobilization efforts has filed suit in Dane County seeking an order that would bar local clerks from rejecting absentee ballots if witnesses left off bits of their addresses, such as the ZIP code. The
GOP challenger Amy Loudenbeck pulled in less than Dem Secretary of State Doug La Follette during the most recent reporting period. She also outspent the incumbent by more than 100-to-1, though the bulk of that came before the Aug. 9
A conservative group has filed a lawsuit seeking to prevent voters from recasting their absentee ballots if they change their mind on who they want to support.
Among other things, Joint Audit Committee Chair Rob Cowles, R-Green Bay, and Vice-chair John Macco, R-Ledgeview, want to know how much the state spent on security for the two between July 1, 2021, and Aug. 31, 2022. They also want to know how the Wisconsin State Patrol decides what level of protection to provide.
Vice President Kamala Harris said Wisconsin “will help decide the future of our country, and that is what Wisconsin does” during an interview at the end of her stop in Milwaukee last week.
GOP U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson and Dem rival Mandela Barnes will meet tonight in the first of two debates. The event, sponsored by the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association, is set to kick off at 7 p.m. Some 70 stations will air
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson has teamed up with the National Republican Senatorial Committee to run nearly $5.6 million in TV ads from Sept. 1 through Thursday. That includes a series of ads in recent weeks that paint Dem rival Mandela
Republicans who sued to prevent local clerks from adding missing information from witness addresses on absentee ballots want a Dane County lawsuit over what constitutes a complete address moved to Waukesha County. Rise Inc. and a fourth-year UW-Madison student who
A Waukesha County judge has granted a temporary injunction requested by those seeking to block voters from recasting their absentee ballots if they change their minds, according to online court records. Judge Brad Schimel, the former GOP attorney general, ordered
Ten percent of DOJ’s special agent positions are currently vacant, along with 13 percent of the slots for criminal prosecutors, according to numbers the agency released to WisPolitics.com.
Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway today announced the city is turning its absentee ballot drop boxes into an art project displaying quotes from women’s rights activist Sojourner Truth. The city is working with New York-based artist Jenny Holzer on the project.
Five weeks out from the election, Wisconsin Dems sought to place a spotlight on abortion as Gov. Tony Evers told a Capitol rally he and Dem AG Josh Kaul have been a “brick wall” against GOP efforts to restrict access to the procedure.
Dem U.S. Senate candidate Mandela Barnes raised more than $20.1 million during the third quarter, his campaign said, a dramatic rise in fundraising after he secured the party’s nomination to face GOP incumbent Ron Johnson. By comparison, Barnes had raised
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Assembly Speaker Robin Vos’ suit to squash a subpoena from the House committee probing the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, election-related lawsuits, the latest political fundraising reports and more.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, examine the impact of President Biden and former President Trump on the midterm elections. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
A new poll conducted for AARP Wisconsin finds U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson and GOP guv nominee Tim Michels with edges in their races. The poll found 51 percent of likely voters favored Johnson, R-Oshkosh, while 46 percent backed Dem Lt.
The state Dem Party had $7.3 million in the bank between its state and federal accounts at the end of August, compared to the $1.8 million held by its GOP counterpart.
The state GOP has filed a new lawsuit seeking to shut down a privately funded effort to turn out voters in Milwaukee, arguing involvement by city officials violates state law. The suit seeks a finding that Milwaukee Votes 2022 and the city’s involvement in promoting it violates Wisconsin law. It also seeks an order permanently enjoining the initiative or any similar effort.
GOP guv hopeful Tim Michels pumped another $5 million into his guv campaign over a 37-day period, bringing his personal commitment to the race to $15.7 million, according to a check of the latest campaign finance reports.
The state GOP has sued Milwaukee officials for failing to turn over documents on a privately run GOTV effort that the party sought through an earlier open records request. Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson infuriated Republicans earlier this month when he
A student-run group that organizes voter mobilization efforts has filed suit in Dane County seeking an order that would bar local clerks from rejecting absentee ballots if witnesses left off bits of their addresses, such as the ZIP code. The
GOP challenger Amy Loudenbeck pulled in less than Dem Secretary of State Doug La Follette during the most recent reporting period. She also outspent the incumbent by more than 100-to-1, though the bulk of that came before the Aug. 9
A conservative group has filed a lawsuit seeking to prevent voters from recasting their absentee ballots if they change their mind on who they want to support.
Among other things, Joint Audit Committee Chair Rob Cowles, R-Green Bay, and Vice-chair John Macco, R-Ledgeview, want to know how much the state spent on security for the two between July 1, 2021, and Aug. 31, 2022. They also want to know how the Wisconsin State Patrol decides what level of protection to provide.
Vice President Kamala Harris said Wisconsin “will help decide the future of our country, and that is what Wisconsin does” during an interview at the end of her stop in Milwaukee last week.