On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the Wisconsin Elections Commission failing to reach agreement on new guidance for poll watchers, results of the latest Marquette University Law School poll, the debates between U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson and Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes and more.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss the races for secretary of state and state treasurer, and the potential for full GOP control of state government. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson and Dem challenger Mandela Barnes exchanged a series of personal barbs on Thursday as the GOP incumbent referred to the lieutenant governor as a performer.
Barnes fired back that Johnson’s biggest achievement in business was “saying I do,” suggesting the senator’s in-laws set the stage for the business he once owned.
Sen. Kathy Bernier, R-Chippewa Falls, at a WisPolitics.com luncheon said the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision “may motivate some” voters in upcoming elections, but added she believes most people who support abortions rights vote for Democrats anyway.
First Lady Jill Biden in a Milwaukee speech Wednesday praised Gov. Tony Evers and Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes for spending millions of dollars on education.
The University of Virginia’s “Crystal Ball” has moved western Wisconsin’s 3rd CD to “likely Republican” from “lean Republican.” It was one of three House races where the organization changed its rating. In its reasoning, “Crystal Ball” cited reporting in Axios
A U.S. House committee has a compelling reason to subpoena Robin Vos because the Assembly speaker has intimate knowledge of former President Trump’s ongoing efforts to undermine the 2020 election results, according to a new court filing
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson moved ahead of Dem rival Mandela Barnes by 6 points in the most recent Marquette University Law School Poll, while the guv’s race remained about even. In both races, the numbers have shifted toward the GOP candidates since the August survey.
Dem U.S. Senate candidate Mandela Barnes and the groups backing him have significantly closed the spending gap with GOP U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson and his allies on paid media over the final four weeks of the race.
Gov. Tony Evers today said increasing shared revenue, especially for Milwaukee, will be his top priority. He also said he won’t sign an abortion bill with rape and incest exceptions if he wins reelection. The Dem guv at a Rotary
The state Elections Commission rejected a GOP effort to provide new guidance on what observers can do at the polls next month as Dems complained the proposal went beyond what’s allowed under state law. That leaves local clerks with no new directions on observer standards for the November election as the agency goes through the process of writing more detailed permanent rules on the topic.
MILWAUKEE — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson on Friday slammed Dem rival Mandela Barnes for supporting an end to cash bail, accusing him of seeking to defund the police and making Wisconsin less safe.
Barnes fired back that Johnson had abandoned the officers trying to protect the U.S. Capitol during a violent protest on Jan. 6, 2021, accusing him of supporting the insurrection.
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Dems’ focus on abortion, a judge’s ruling blocking voters from spoiling and recasting absentee ballots, themes to watch for in the first U.S. Senate debate and more.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at the attorney general contest between incumbent Dem Josh Kaul and GOP Fond du Lac County DA Eric Toney. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
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.
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the Wisconsin Elections Commission failing to reach agreement on new guidance for poll watchers, results of the latest Marquette University Law School poll, the debates between U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson and Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes and more.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss the races for secretary of state and state treasurer, and the potential for full GOP control of state government. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson and Dem challenger Mandela Barnes exchanged a series of personal barbs on Thursday as the GOP incumbent referred to the lieutenant governor as a performer.
Barnes fired back that Johnson’s biggest achievement in business was “saying I do,” suggesting the senator’s in-laws set the stage for the business he once owned.
Sen. Kathy Bernier, R-Chippewa Falls, at a WisPolitics.com luncheon said the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision “may motivate some” voters in upcoming elections, but added she believes most people who support abortions rights vote for Democrats anyway.
First Lady Jill Biden in a Milwaukee speech Wednesday praised Gov. Tony Evers and Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes for spending millions of dollars on education.
The University of Virginia’s “Crystal Ball” has moved western Wisconsin’s 3rd CD to “likely Republican” from “lean Republican.” It was one of three House races where the organization changed its rating. In its reasoning, “Crystal Ball” cited reporting in Axios
A U.S. House committee has a compelling reason to subpoena Robin Vos because the Assembly speaker has intimate knowledge of former President Trump’s ongoing efforts to undermine the 2020 election results, according to a new court filing
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson moved ahead of Dem rival Mandela Barnes by 6 points in the most recent Marquette University Law School Poll, while the guv’s race remained about even. In both races, the numbers have shifted toward the GOP candidates since the August survey.
Dem U.S. Senate candidate Mandela Barnes and the groups backing him have significantly closed the spending gap with GOP U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson and his allies on paid media over the final four weeks of the race.
Gov. Tony Evers today said increasing shared revenue, especially for Milwaukee, will be his top priority. He also said he won’t sign an abortion bill with rape and incest exceptions if he wins reelection. The Dem guv at a Rotary
The state Elections Commission rejected a GOP effort to provide new guidance on what observers can do at the polls next month as Dems complained the proposal went beyond what’s allowed under state law. That leaves local clerks with no new directions on observer standards for the November election as the agency goes through the process of writing more detailed permanent rules on the topic.
MILWAUKEE — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson on Friday slammed Dem rival Mandela Barnes for supporting an end to cash bail, accusing him of seeking to defund the police and making Wisconsin less safe.
Barnes fired back that Johnson had abandoned the officers trying to protect the U.S. Capitol during a violent protest on Jan. 6, 2021, accusing him of supporting the insurrection.
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Dems’ focus on abortion, a judge’s ruling blocking voters from spoiling and recasting absentee ballots, themes to watch for in the first U.S. Senate debate and more.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at the attorney general contest between incumbent Dem Josh Kaul and GOP Fond du Lac County DA Eric Toney. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
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.