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Dem state Sen. Jennifer Shilling, having announced she won’t seek reelection this fall, will step down from her position as Senate minority leader Friday. Shilling said she will serve out the remainder of her term representing the La Crosse area.
7th CD Dem candidate Tricia Zunker today released her first TV ad of the general election, calling GOP rival Tom Tiffany bad for our health and economy. Zunker’s campaign didn’t release details on where the ad was running or how
The state Elections Commission voted unanimously Saturday to move toward adding intelligent barcodes to absentee ballots so they can be better tracked in future elections after a record number were cast this spring. Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe said the move
The leading super PAC backing President Trump announced a $2.7 million TV buy in Wisconsin seeking to label presumptive Dem nominee Joe Biden as soft on China. America First Action PAC said the ad will run in the Wausau, La
Tom Tiffany’s 7th CD campaign released a new TV ad today hinting at the COVID-19 pandemic as the Republican lawmaker says he’d like to “shake your hand and ask for your vote” ahead of the May 12 special election, but
Dane County Judge Jill Karofsky defeated conservative Daniel Kelly in the state Supreme Court race, becoming just the second person to knock off a sitting justice in 53 years. With just more than 60 percent of the precincts in, Karofsky
Chris Larson said today he won’t seek a recount in his narrow loss to fellow Dem lawmaker David Crowley in the Milwaukee County exec’s race. Numbers from the Milwaukee Elections Commission had Crowley, a state representative, with a 1,039-vote lead
State Rep. David Crowley was clinging to a narrow lead over state Sen. Chris Larson in the Milwaukee County exec’s race, according to unofficial returns late Monday. Numbers from the Milwaukee Elections Commission had Crowley with a 1,039-vote lead out
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett has cruised to a fifth term, defeating Sen. Lena Taylor, D-Milwaukee by nearly a 2-to-1 margin. With one precinct outstanding, Barrett had 63 percent of the vote to Taylor’s 37 percent. “Being your Mayor is the
The Marsy’s Law constitutional amendment that establishes a crime victim bill of rights has passed. The Associated Press first declared the referendum in favor of the amendment with 21.31 percent of precincts reporting across the state, and 76.53 percent of
The AP has called Wisconsin’s presidential primaries for Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Biden topped Bernie Sanders, who was harshly critical of the decision to allow voters to head to the polls in the leadup to election day. Sanders conceded
Alleging inaction by lawmakers in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic disenfranchised “thousands” of electors, a group of 14 Milwaukee-area residents is asking a federal court for a revote. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Madison ahead of
Election workers at the Milwaukee’s central facility for processing absentee ballots tally votes from the April 7 spring election. Photos by Adam Kelnhofer…. Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, please contact schmies@wispolitics.com for subscription
Six days after voters went to the polls amid the COVID-19 pandemic — and with absentee ballots still coming in — candidates in Wisconsin’s spring election will begin to see results sometime late this afternoon and early evening. Thanks to
The Wisconsin Elections Commission ruled Friday local clerks should accept some absentee ballots that weren’t expressly postmarked with a date on or before Tuesday, but only if the U.S. Postal Service certifies the stamp they bear was used only on
The state’s district attorneys are asking the state Elections Commission to consider possible alternatives to requiring candidates to circulate nomination papers. In a letter to the commission this week, the Wisconsin District Attorneys Association noted the process of circulating nomination
U.S. Sens. Ron Johnson and Tammy Baldwin are urging the U.S. Postal Service inspector general to investigate “irregularities” in the delivery of absentee ballots for the state’s spring election. In a letter addressed to USPS IG Tammy Whitcomb, the pair
In the wake of Bernie Sanders ending his presidential campaign, Rep. David Bowen says the Vermont independent will be “key on the campaign trail” to helping Joe Biden defeat President Trump. But Bowen told WisPolitics.com he believes the extent to
More than 80 percent of the absentee ballots local clerks mailed to voters have now been returned, according to the latest update from the Elections Commission. That’s an additional 39,268 ballots logged by local clerks compared to yesterday’s update. The
Roughly 2,700 more voters in Madison turned out to cast ballots in person than in the city of Milwaukee, with current totals from both cities eclipsing turnout figures from the April 2019 election. The Madison municipal clerk’s office tweeted turnout
Dem state Sen. Jennifer Shilling, having announced she won’t seek reelection this fall, will step down from her position as Senate minority leader Friday. Shilling said she will serve out the remainder of her term representing the La Crosse area.
7th CD Dem candidate Tricia Zunker today released her first TV ad of the general election, calling GOP rival Tom Tiffany bad for our health and economy. Zunker’s campaign didn’t release details on where the ad was running or how
The state Elections Commission voted unanimously Saturday to move toward adding intelligent barcodes to absentee ballots so they can be better tracked in future elections after a record number were cast this spring. Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe said the move
The leading super PAC backing President Trump announced a $2.7 million TV buy in Wisconsin seeking to label presumptive Dem nominee Joe Biden as soft on China. America First Action PAC said the ad will run in the Wausau, La
Tom Tiffany’s 7th CD campaign released a new TV ad today hinting at the COVID-19 pandemic as the Republican lawmaker says he’d like to “shake your hand and ask for your vote” ahead of the May 12 special election, but
Dane County Judge Jill Karofsky defeated conservative Daniel Kelly in the state Supreme Court race, becoming just the second person to knock off a sitting justice in 53 years. With just more than 60 percent of the precincts in, Karofsky
Chris Larson said today he won’t seek a recount in his narrow loss to fellow Dem lawmaker David Crowley in the Milwaukee County exec’s race. Numbers from the Milwaukee Elections Commission had Crowley, a state representative, with a 1,039-vote lead
State Rep. David Crowley was clinging to a narrow lead over state Sen. Chris Larson in the Milwaukee County exec’s race, according to unofficial returns late Monday. Numbers from the Milwaukee Elections Commission had Crowley with a 1,039-vote lead out
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett has cruised to a fifth term, defeating Sen. Lena Taylor, D-Milwaukee by nearly a 2-to-1 margin. With one precinct outstanding, Barrett had 63 percent of the vote to Taylor’s 37 percent. “Being your Mayor is the
The Marsy’s Law constitutional amendment that establishes a crime victim bill of rights has passed. The Associated Press first declared the referendum in favor of the amendment with 21.31 percent of precincts reporting across the state, and 76.53 percent of
The AP has called Wisconsin’s presidential primaries for Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Biden topped Bernie Sanders, who was harshly critical of the decision to allow voters to head to the polls in the leadup to election day. Sanders conceded
Alleging inaction by lawmakers in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic disenfranchised “thousands” of electors, a group of 14 Milwaukee-area residents is asking a federal court for a revote. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Madison ahead of
Election workers at the Milwaukee’s central facility for processing absentee ballots tally votes from the April 7 spring election. Photos by Adam Kelnhofer…. Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, please contact schmies@wispolitics.com for subscription
Six days after voters went to the polls amid the COVID-19 pandemic — and with absentee ballots still coming in — candidates in Wisconsin’s spring election will begin to see results sometime late this afternoon and early evening. Thanks to
The Wisconsin Elections Commission ruled Friday local clerks should accept some absentee ballots that weren’t expressly postmarked with a date on or before Tuesday, but only if the U.S. Postal Service certifies the stamp they bear was used only on
The state’s district attorneys are asking the state Elections Commission to consider possible alternatives to requiring candidates to circulate nomination papers. In a letter to the commission this week, the Wisconsin District Attorneys Association noted the process of circulating nomination
U.S. Sens. Ron Johnson and Tammy Baldwin are urging the U.S. Postal Service inspector general to investigate “irregularities” in the delivery of absentee ballots for the state’s spring election. In a letter addressed to USPS IG Tammy Whitcomb, the pair
In the wake of Bernie Sanders ending his presidential campaign, Rep. David Bowen says the Vermont independent will be “key on the campaign trail” to helping Joe Biden defeat President Trump. But Bowen told WisPolitics.com he believes the extent to
More than 80 percent of the absentee ballots local clerks mailed to voters have now been returned, according to the latest update from the Elections Commission. That’s an additional 39,268 ballots logged by local clerks compared to yesterday’s update. The
Roughly 2,700 more voters in Madison turned out to cast ballots in person than in the city of Milwaukee, with current totals from both cities eclipsing turnout figures from the April 2019 election. The Madison municipal clerk’s office tweeted turnout