Battleground Wisconsin Archives

Rewind: Your Week in Review for April 1

Friday, Apr 1, 2022

On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” CBS 58 Capitol Reporter Emilee Fannon and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel State Politics Reporter Patrick Marley discuss a Dane County judge finding Assembly Speaker Robin Vos in contempt for failing to produce 2020 election investigation records, confusion among clerks and voters regarding absentee voting for Tuesday’s election, a new entry into the attorney general’s race and more.

WisOpinion.com: ‘The Insiders’ discuss Gableman’s interim report on the 2020 election

Friday, Apr 1, 2022

The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, find different concerns with an interim report on the 2020 state election by former Justice Michael Gableman. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.

Supreme Court denies Evers motion justifying his legislative maps

Friday, Apr 1, 2022

The state Supreme Court today denied a motion from Gov. Tony Evers to accept a report from his expert witness that seeks to justify his proposal to create a seventh majority Black Assembly district. The expert testimony also argued the

Judge finds Vos, Assembly in contempt for failing to produce 2020 election probe records

Wednesday, Mar 30, 2022

A Dane County judge has found Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and the Assembly in contempt for failing to release records related to the ongoing probe into the 2020 election despite an order directing that. The Washington, D.C.-based liberal group American

Dems’ House Majority PAC investing in Wisconsin’s 3rd CD race

Wednesday, Mar 30, 2022

U.S. House Democrats’ House Majority PAC is spending $102 million on ads to protect Dem seats this fall, including western Wisconsin’s 3rd CD, being vacated by Dem U.S. Rep. Ron Kind. The initial buy includes $900,000 for the Wausau market,

Barnes releases poll showing him leading Dem U.S. Senate field

Tuesday, Mar 29, 2022

Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes released a new poll showing a 21-point lead over his Dem rivals in the race for U.S. Senate, but down 2 points compared to his campaign’s last poll. The poll found 38 percent of respondents say

WILL’s Esenberg, Fair Elections Project’s Chheda discuss redistricting on ‘UpFront’

Monday, Mar 28, 2022

The head of a conservative legal group says the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on the state’s legislative maps ought to change the mind of Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Brian Hagedorn. “It has to, right?” Rick Esenberg, president of the Wisconsin

Rewind: Your Week in Review for March 25

Friday, Mar 25, 2022

On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon and Capitol Bureau Chief Jessie Opoien discuss the latest in Wisconsin’s redistricting battle, former Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman’s election investigation, Milwaukee’s pitch to host the 2024 Republican National Convention and more.

WisOpinion.com: ‘The Insiders’ discuss the latest twist in Wisconsin’s redistricting battle

Friday, Mar 25, 2022

The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, offer different takes on the U.S. Supreme Court remanding Wisconsin’s redistricting maps to the state Supreme Court. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.

Conservative attorney says efforts to decertify 2020 election serve ‘zero legal purpose’

Friday, Mar 25, 2022

Conservative Attorney James Bopp told an Assembly committee efforts to decertify the results of the last presidential election in Wisconsin serve “zero legal purpose.” Bopp, who has represented former Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman during his investigation into the last

Evers asks state Supreme Court to take additional testimony on his legislative maps

Friday, Mar 25, 2022

Gov. Tony Evers’ lawyers are asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to take additional testimony on the legislative maps that he proposed. The letter comes after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the Wisconsin justices had failed to do the analysis necessary

Wisconsin’s GOP House delegation seeks to submit new congressional map to state Supreme Court

Thursday, Mar 24, 2022

Wisconsin’s GOP members of Congress have asked state justices to give them the chance to propose a new map after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected their challenge. Wednesday’s filing came hours after the U.S. Supreme Court, without comment, denied House

Kaul says SCOTUS rejecting Evers’ map symptomatic of ‘increasing activism’ among conservatives on high court

Wednesday, Mar 23, 2022

Dem AG Josh Kaul says he’s baffled to see the U.S. Supreme Court toss out Evers’ legislative maps. “I think it’s pretty shocking to see this ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court, and I think it’s frankly consistent with the

U.S. Supreme Court overturns legislative maps Evers drew, leaves in place governor’s congressional lines

Wednesday, Mar 23, 2022

The U.S. Supreme Court overturned Gov. Tony Evers’ legislative maps that Wisconsin’s justices had approved in a 4-3 ruling and sent the case back to state court for further proceedings. Wednesday’s ruling found the state court had erred in approving

Remiker named state Dem Party executive director after serving on interim basis

Tuesday, Mar 22, 2022

Following a national search for a new DPW executive director, Chair Ben Wikler has decided to promote from within and elevate Devin Remiker to the position. Remiker has been serving as interim executive director of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin

Rewind: Your Week in Review for March 18

Friday, Mar 18, 2022

On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Gov. Tony Evers’ use of federal COVID-19 funds for public safety, the continuing controversy over the 2020 presidential election, Milwaukee’s plan to use drop boxes for the spring election and more.

Trump says Vos wrong about Legislature being unable to overturn 2020 election results

Friday, Mar 18, 2022

Former President Trump says Assembly Speaker Robin Vos was wrong to say the Legislature couldn’t overturn 2020 election results even though the speaker for the first time claimed widespread fraud. Trump, who has raised a series of baseless claims about

Business group target Evers over taxes

Friday, Mar 18, 2022

The state’s largest business group is again hitting Tony Evers on tax hikes he once proposed. Meanwhile, the guv is hyping the tax cuts he signed as he runs for reelection. Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce declined to release details about

Vos claims widespread fraud in 2020 election after meeting with activists, but says no path to decertify

Thursday, Mar 17, 2022

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos claimed there was widespread fraud in the 2020 election even though several reviews — including one by the nonpartisan LAB he helped authorize — found there was not. Leaving a meeting yesterday in the Assembly Hearing

Elections Commission rejects complaint over Republicans who cast state’s electoral votes for Trump

Wednesday, Mar 16, 2022

The state Elections Commission voted unanimously to reject a complaint against 10 Republican electors who submitted documents to the federal government claiming they were casting Wisconsin’s votes for Donald Trump even though Joe Biden won the state. Commissioner Bob Spindell