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There were no major issues with absentee ballots statewide, but counting in Milwaukee and Kenosha was going slower than expected, a spokesman for the Wisconsin Elections Commission said. The count in both southeastern Wisconsin cities should still finish tonight, Reid
The unique nature of this year’s partisan primary–conducted amidst a pandemic with a slew of absentee voters–has complicated things in some of the more competitive races on today’s ballot. Going into today’s primary, more than 554,000 absentee ballots had already
Presumptive Dem nominee Joe Biden continued to lead President Trump among likely Wisconsin voters in the latest Marquette University Law School Poll with just slight movement in the numbers. Forty-nine percent of likely voters backed Biden, while 44 percent supported
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
There were no major issues with absentee ballots statewide, but counting in Milwaukee and Kenosha was going slower than expected, a spokesman for the Wisconsin Elections Commission said. The count in both southeastern Wisconsin cities should still finish tonight, Reid
The unique nature of this year’s partisan primary–conducted amidst a pandemic with a slew of absentee voters–has complicated things in some of the more competitive races on today’s ballot. Going into today’s primary, more than 554,000 absentee ballots had already
Presumptive Dem nominee Joe Biden continued to lead President Trump among likely Wisconsin voters in the latest Marquette University Law School Poll with just slight movement in the numbers. Forty-nine percent of likely voters backed Biden, while 44 percent supported
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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