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Kanye West’s campaign: Papers filed on time because 5 p.m. deadline is really 5:01 p.m.

Monday, Aug 10, 2020

Kanye West’s campaign insisted Monday that his nomination papers to make the presidential ballot in Wisconsin were filed on time even if the person dropping them off entered the Elections Commission office building slightly after 5 p.m. on the day

Read More »

Challenges allege West nomination papers filed after deadline, have deficiencies

Friday, Aug 7, 2020

Two challenges were filed late this afternoon to the nomination papers entertainer Kanye West filed to run for president in Wisconsin, each alleging that he failed to turn them in on time. One of the challenges, filed by the state

Read More »

Biden, other speakers won’t travel to Milwaukee for 2020 Dem National Convention

Wednesday, Aug 5, 2020

Joe Biden will not accept the Dem presidential nomination in Milwaukee, citing concerns over rising COVID-19 cases in the state. The convention in a statement today revealed Biden would instead accept the nomination from his home in Delaware, after earlier

Read More »

Kanye West files to run for president in Wisconsin, filings under review

Wednesday, Aug 5, 2020

The Elections Commission will take the coming days to determine whether entertainer Kayne West and four others met the qualifications to be on the presidential ballot in Wisconsin. And West may have some Republicans to thank if he makes the

Read More »

Kleefisch launches PAC to help GOP legislative candidates

Thursday, Jul 30, 2020

Former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, who’s widely expected to explore a bid for guv in 2022, is launching a PAC to help GOP legislative candidates this fall. Kleefsich still had $212,524 in her campaign account at the end of June.

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Republican Voters Against Trump launching $1 million ad buy

Tuesday, Jul 28, 2020

Republican Voters Against Trump is launching a $1 million ad campaign in the state this week with a trio of spots featuring Wisconsin GOP women knocking the president and saying they will vote for Joe Biden. A group spokesman says

Read More »

DNC’s latest ad knocking Trump running in Milwaukee

Tuesday, Jul 28, 2020

Milwaukee is one of the markets that will see the DNC‘s latest TV ad, which knocks President Trump on his response to COVID-19. The party, which released the spot yesterday, said this morning it will run on cable networks in

Read More »

Voters requested nearly 750K absentee ballots so far for August primary

Wednesday, Jul 22, 2020

Three weeks out from the Aug. 11 primary, voters have already requested at least 743,908 absentee ballots. That’s well above the 645,619 ballots cast in the August 2016 primary, when 101,803 voted absentee. Meanwhile, with President Trump raising questions about

Read More »

Retiring Sensenbrenner endorses Fitzgerald to replace him in 5th CD

Wednesday, Jul 22, 2020

Retiring GOP U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner has endorsed state Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald to replace him in the 5th CD. Sensenbrenner, who has held his current Congressional seat since 1979, touted the Juneau Republican as “someone who can look

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State Dem Party’s record fundraising haul included $2.5M donation from Illinois Gov. Pritzker

Thursday, Jul 16, 2020

The state Dem Party’s record fundraising over the last three months was fueled by large donations, including a nearly $2.5 million contribution from Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, according to a WisPolitics.com review. The party announced earlier this week that it

Read More »

State Supreme Court race spending topped $10M, shattering previous $8M record

Thursday, Jul 16, 2020

Candidates and outside groups combined to spend more than $10 million on this year’s state Supreme Court race, shattering the record of $8 million set just last year. The latest campaign finance reports filed with the state show Justice-elect Jill

Read More »

Evers fundraising dips amid push to help state party

Wednesday, Jul 15, 2020

Tony Evers’ campaign tells WisPolitics.com the guv raised $709,756 during the first half of 2020, a drop off from the more than $1 million he pulled in during the last six months of 2019. Evers’ campaign says he spent $312,253

Read More »

Van Orden touts Navy SEAL service in first TV ad of 3rd CD bid

Wednesday, Jul 15, 2020

Republican Derrick Van Orden, in the first TV ad of his bid for the 3rd CD, touts his service as a Navy Seal. His campaign said the ad will run on cable district-wide but declined to provide other details on

Read More »

State Supreme Court unlikely to issue decision on voter list lawsuit before November election

Wednesday, Jul 1, 2020

The state Supreme Court has declined to fast track a case seeking to force from the rolls thousands of voters who may have moved, making it likely the suit won’t be resolved until after the Nov. 3 election. The court

Read More »

Appeals court upholds GOP law placing restrictions on early voting in long-watched case

Tuesday, Jun 30, 2020

A unanimous federal appeals court upheld a series of GOP-authored election laws — including restrictions on early, in-person voting — and ruled while the changes were designed to give Republicans a political advantage, they are nonetheless constitutional. Yesterday’s decision means

Read More »

Trump touts shipbuilding contract, efforts to rebuild military during visit to Marinette shipyard

Thursday, Jun 25, 2020

President Trump touted his efforts to rebuild the military and breathe life into the nation’s manufacturing sector in a winding address that also promoted the USMCA trade deal and his administration’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking from an outdoor

Read More »

2020 Dem National Convention moving to largely virtual format, smaller venue

Wednesday, Jun 24, 2020

The Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee is being shifted to a largely virtual format and is to be held in a smaller venue to limit the potential spread of COVID-19. The normally weeklong event will instead take place over four

Read More »

Marquette Poll finds Biden leading Trump by 8 points in Wisconsin

Wednesday, Jun 24, 2020

Presumptive Dem nominee Joe Biden opened up an 8-point lead over Donald Trump in the latest Marquette University Law School Poll as Wisconsin voters gave the president poor marks on his handling of the protests that have swept the country

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Biden taps veteran Baldwin, Evers operatives to lead Wisconsin campaign

Wednesday, Jun 24, 2020

Joe Biden has tapped veterans of past Tammy Baldwin and Tony Evers operations to lead his Wisconsin campaign. They include Danielle Melfi. The Biden campaign says she’s the first female Wisconsin state director in 20 years and the second woman

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Pence dismisses calls to defund police, praises school choice during Waukesha Co. stops

Tuesday, Jun 23, 2020

PEWAUKEE: Vice President Mike Pence during a pair of suburban Milwaukee visits today dismissed calls to defund police, touted an improving economy and praised private school choice.

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Kanye West’s campaign: Papers filed on time because 5 p.m. deadline is really 5:01 p.m.

Monday, Aug 10, 2020

Kanye West’s campaign insisted Monday that his nomination papers to make the presidential ballot in Wisconsin were filed on time even if the person dropping them off entered the Elections Commission office building slightly after 5 p.m. on the day

Read More »

Challenges allege West nomination papers filed after deadline, have deficiencies

Friday, Aug 7, 2020

Two challenges were filed late this afternoon to the nomination papers entertainer Kanye West filed to run for president in Wisconsin, each alleging that he failed to turn them in on time. One of the challenges, filed by the state

Read More »

Biden, other speakers won’t travel to Milwaukee for 2020 Dem National Convention

Wednesday, Aug 5, 2020

Joe Biden will not accept the Dem presidential nomination in Milwaukee, citing concerns over rising COVID-19 cases in the state. The convention in a statement today revealed Biden would instead accept the nomination from his home in Delaware, after earlier

Read More »

Kanye West files to run for president in Wisconsin, filings under review

Wednesday, Aug 5, 2020

The Elections Commission will take the coming days to determine whether entertainer Kayne West and four others met the qualifications to be on the presidential ballot in Wisconsin. And West may have some Republicans to thank if he makes the

Read More »

Kleefisch launches PAC to help GOP legislative candidates

Thursday, Jul 30, 2020

Former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, who’s widely expected to explore a bid for guv in 2022, is launching a PAC to help GOP legislative candidates this fall. Kleefsich still had $212,524 in her campaign account at the end of June.

Read More »

Republican Voters Against Trump launching $1 million ad buy

Tuesday, Jul 28, 2020

Republican Voters Against Trump is launching a $1 million ad campaign in the state this week with a trio of spots featuring Wisconsin GOP women knocking the president and saying they will vote for Joe Biden. A group spokesman says

Read More »

DNC’s latest ad knocking Trump running in Milwaukee

Tuesday, Jul 28, 2020

Milwaukee is one of the markets that will see the DNC‘s latest TV ad, which knocks President Trump on his response to COVID-19. The party, which released the spot yesterday, said this morning it will run on cable networks in

Read More »

Voters requested nearly 750K absentee ballots so far for August primary

Wednesday, Jul 22, 2020

Three weeks out from the Aug. 11 primary, voters have already requested at least 743,908 absentee ballots. That’s well above the 645,619 ballots cast in the August 2016 primary, when 101,803 voted absentee. Meanwhile, with President Trump raising questions about

Read More »

Retiring Sensenbrenner endorses Fitzgerald to replace him in 5th CD

Wednesday, Jul 22, 2020

Retiring GOP U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner has endorsed state Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald to replace him in the 5th CD. Sensenbrenner, who has held his current Congressional seat since 1979, touted the Juneau Republican as “someone who can look

Read More »

State Dem Party’s record fundraising haul included $2.5M donation from Illinois Gov. Pritzker

Thursday, Jul 16, 2020

The state Dem Party’s record fundraising over the last three months was fueled by large donations, including a nearly $2.5 million contribution from Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, according to a WisPolitics.com review. The party announced earlier this week that it

Read More »

State Supreme Court race spending topped $10M, shattering previous $8M record

Thursday, Jul 16, 2020

Candidates and outside groups combined to spend more than $10 million on this year’s state Supreme Court race, shattering the record of $8 million set just last year. The latest campaign finance reports filed with the state show Justice-elect Jill

Read More »

Evers fundraising dips amid push to help state party

Wednesday, Jul 15, 2020

Tony Evers’ campaign tells WisPolitics.com the guv raised $709,756 during the first half of 2020, a drop off from the more than $1 million he pulled in during the last six months of 2019. Evers’ campaign says he spent $312,253

Read More »

Van Orden touts Navy SEAL service in first TV ad of 3rd CD bid

Wednesday, Jul 15, 2020

Republican Derrick Van Orden, in the first TV ad of his bid for the 3rd CD, touts his service as a Navy Seal. His campaign said the ad will run on cable district-wide but declined to provide other details on

Read More »

State Supreme Court unlikely to issue decision on voter list lawsuit before November election

Wednesday, Jul 1, 2020

The state Supreme Court has declined to fast track a case seeking to force from the rolls thousands of voters who may have moved, making it likely the suit won’t be resolved until after the Nov. 3 election. The court

Read More »

Appeals court upholds GOP law placing restrictions on early voting in long-watched case

Tuesday, Jun 30, 2020

A unanimous federal appeals court upheld a series of GOP-authored election laws — including restrictions on early, in-person voting — and ruled while the changes were designed to give Republicans a political advantage, they are nonetheless constitutional. Yesterday’s decision means

Read More »

Trump touts shipbuilding contract, efforts to rebuild military during visit to Marinette shipyard

Thursday, Jun 25, 2020

President Trump touted his efforts to rebuild the military and breathe life into the nation’s manufacturing sector in a winding address that also promoted the USMCA trade deal and his administration’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking from an outdoor

Read More »

2020 Dem National Convention moving to largely virtual format, smaller venue

Wednesday, Jun 24, 2020

The Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee is being shifted to a largely virtual format and is to be held in a smaller venue to limit the potential spread of COVID-19. The normally weeklong event will instead take place over four

Read More »

Marquette Poll finds Biden leading Trump by 8 points in Wisconsin

Wednesday, Jun 24, 2020

Presumptive Dem nominee Joe Biden opened up an 8-point lead over Donald Trump in the latest Marquette University Law School Poll as Wisconsin voters gave the president poor marks on his handling of the protests that have swept the country

Read More »

Biden taps veteran Baldwin, Evers operatives to lead Wisconsin campaign

Wednesday, Jun 24, 2020

Joe Biden has tapped veterans of past Tammy Baldwin and Tony Evers operations to lead his Wisconsin campaign. They include Danielle Melfi. The Biden campaign says she’s the first female Wisconsin state director in 20 years and the second woman

Read More »

Pence dismisses calls to defund police, praises school choice during Waukesha Co. stops

Tuesday, Jun 23, 2020

PEWAUKEE: Vice President Mike Pence during a pair of suburban Milwaukee visits today dismissed calls to defund police, touted an improving economy and praised private school choice.

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