U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson is accusing the FBI of warning him last summer he may be the target of a Russian disinformation campaign as part of a “complete setup” to later leak information and discredit his probe into allegations against
Two Wisconsin men charged with storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 had their first court appearances today at the Madison federal courthouse. According to the criminal complaint, Brandon Nelson of Dane County and Abram Markofski of La Crosse County,
Building Back Together, a group created to support Joe Biden’s agenda, is launching a multi-million dollar ad campaign in five states to promote the first 100 days of his administration. The group said it will begin airing a 60-second ad
The Elections Commission voted unanimously to begin the process of removing up to nearly 188,000 people from the voter rolls after they failed to cast a ballot in the past four years. During a special virtual meeting yesterday, commissioners approved the new
A Dane County judge voided two contracts GOP legislative leaders signed that put taxpayers on the hook for more than $1 million in legal fees, ruling lawmakers don’t have the authority to retain private counsel for a redistricting suit that
A former Trump campaign attorney today told an Assembly committee the U.S. Constitution allows state legislatures to pass presidential election laws without input from the governor. A Leg Council attorney, however, told the committee all bills Wisconsin lawmakers pass are
Wisconsin has held onto its eight congressional seats, according to new U.S. Census Bureau reapportionment data. The state’s population grew 3.6 percent over the past decade to nearly 5.9 million people. That growth rate exceeded the average for the Midwest
The NRCC is running a new digital ad seeking to tie U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, D-La Crosse, to controversial comments made by some of his Dem colleagues. Kind is one of five House Dems the National Republican Congressional Committee is
GOP U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, who hasn’t said whether he will seek a third term in 2022, significantly ramped up his fundraising in the first quarter of the year. Johnson reported $545,337 in receipts in an FEC filing as he
More than a third of the nearly $1.1 million Dem Alex Lasry raised for his U.S. Senate bid was from out-of-state donors who gave him the maximum amount, a WisPolitics.com review shows. More than 65 donors have already given Lasry
Dem state Treasurer Sarah Godlewski today announced her bid for the U.S. Senate. Godlewski said she’s “different” than Ron Johnson. She charged the GOP incumbent tried to stop additional COVID aid for those in need, espoused conspiracy theories and defended
The state GOP has recovered about 40 percent of the $2.3 million that hackers stole in the runup to the November election, according to a filing with the FEC. Days before the Nov. 3 election, Chair Andrew Hitt said $2.3
The state Supreme Court ruled today the Elections Commission has no power to remove from the rolls thousands of voters who may have moved, but didn’t respond to a mailer seeking to confirm their address. In the 5-2 ruling, the
Milwaukee County officials are the latest defendants in Donald Trump’s failed election lawsuit to ask a judge to force the former president and his attorneys to cover their legal fees. In a filing yesterday, Milwaukee County Clerk George Christenson and
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider whether U.S. Rep. Ron Kind might run for U.S. Senate and the chance U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson will seek a third term.
Former President Trump is endorsind U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson for reelection even though the Oshkosh Republican hasn’t said whether he will seek a third term in 2022. In the statement released by his leadership PAC Thursday, Trump acknowledged that Johnson
Republican Derrick Van Orden, who lost to Ron Kind last year in the closest race of the La Crosse Dem’s 24 years in Congress, today announced he is taking another run at western Wisconsin’s 3rd CD. Van Orden’s announcement comes
Gov. Tony Evers has asked federal courts to force Donald Trump, his attorneys and the parties in a second lawsuit seeking to overturn Wisconsin’s election results to reimburse the state for $250,000 in legal costs to hire private attorneys in
With the April 6 election looming, a Waukesha businessman has asked the state Supreme Court to bar local clerks from filling in missing information on absentee ballot envelopes. But filing deadlines the justices issued make it unlikely the court will
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider the post-Trump future for Wisconsin politics and the GOP.
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson is accusing the FBI of warning him last summer he may be the target of a Russian disinformation campaign as part of a “complete setup” to later leak information and discredit his probe into allegations against
Two Wisconsin men charged with storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 had their first court appearances today at the Madison federal courthouse. According to the criminal complaint, Brandon Nelson of Dane County and Abram Markofski of La Crosse County,
Building Back Together, a group created to support Joe Biden’s agenda, is launching a multi-million dollar ad campaign in five states to promote the first 100 days of his administration. The group said it will begin airing a 60-second ad
The Elections Commission voted unanimously to begin the process of removing up to nearly 188,000 people from the voter rolls after they failed to cast a ballot in the past four years. During a special virtual meeting yesterday, commissioners approved the new
A Dane County judge voided two contracts GOP legislative leaders signed that put taxpayers on the hook for more than $1 million in legal fees, ruling lawmakers don’t have the authority to retain private counsel for a redistricting suit that
A former Trump campaign attorney today told an Assembly committee the U.S. Constitution allows state legislatures to pass presidential election laws without input from the governor. A Leg Council attorney, however, told the committee all bills Wisconsin lawmakers pass are
Wisconsin has held onto its eight congressional seats, according to new U.S. Census Bureau reapportionment data. The state’s population grew 3.6 percent over the past decade to nearly 5.9 million people. That growth rate exceeded the average for the Midwest
The NRCC is running a new digital ad seeking to tie U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, D-La Crosse, to controversial comments made by some of his Dem colleagues. Kind is one of five House Dems the National Republican Congressional Committee is
GOP U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, who hasn’t said whether he will seek a third term in 2022, significantly ramped up his fundraising in the first quarter of the year. Johnson reported $545,337 in receipts in an FEC filing as he
More than a third of the nearly $1.1 million Dem Alex Lasry raised for his U.S. Senate bid was from out-of-state donors who gave him the maximum amount, a WisPolitics.com review shows. More than 65 donors have already given Lasry
Dem state Treasurer Sarah Godlewski today announced her bid for the U.S. Senate. Godlewski said she’s “different” than Ron Johnson. She charged the GOP incumbent tried to stop additional COVID aid for those in need, espoused conspiracy theories and defended
The state GOP has recovered about 40 percent of the $2.3 million that hackers stole in the runup to the November election, according to a filing with the FEC. Days before the Nov. 3 election, Chair Andrew Hitt said $2.3
The state Supreme Court ruled today the Elections Commission has no power to remove from the rolls thousands of voters who may have moved, but didn’t respond to a mailer seeking to confirm their address. In the 5-2 ruling, the
Milwaukee County officials are the latest defendants in Donald Trump’s failed election lawsuit to ask a judge to force the former president and his attorneys to cover their legal fees. In a filing yesterday, Milwaukee County Clerk George Christenson and
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider whether U.S. Rep. Ron Kind might run for U.S. Senate and the chance U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson will seek a third term.
Former President Trump is endorsind U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson for reelection even though the Oshkosh Republican hasn’t said whether he will seek a third term in 2022. In the statement released by his leadership PAC Thursday, Trump acknowledged that Johnson
Republican Derrick Van Orden, who lost to Ron Kind last year in the closest race of the La Crosse Dem’s 24 years in Congress, today announced he is taking another run at western Wisconsin’s 3rd CD. Van Orden’s announcement comes
Gov. Tony Evers has asked federal courts to force Donald Trump, his attorneys and the parties in a second lawsuit seeking to overturn Wisconsin’s election results to reimburse the state for $250,000 in legal costs to hire private attorneys in
With the April 6 election looming, a Waukesha businessman has asked the state Supreme Court to bar local clerks from filling in missing information on absentee ballot envelopes. But filing deadlines the justices issued make it unlikely the court will
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider the post-Trump future for Wisconsin politics and the GOP.