The Wisconsin Elections Commission on Monday warned local officials they can’t shutter early voting locations ahead of the April 7 election. The move comes after the City of Milwaukee announced it will no longer be operating its three in-person absentee
A federal judge Friday night pushed back the deadline to register electronically to vote in the spring election, citing the impact of the coronavirus. Judge William Conley also denied two other requests from state and national Dems as they sought
The state Dem Party today announced it will cancel all congressional district conventions and scale back its state convention from two days to one. The convention was slated for June 12-13 in the Wisconsin Dells. But the party’s administrative committee
Derrick Van Orden, a former Navy SEAL who grew up in southeastern Wisconsin and then moved back to the state after his military career, has launched his bid for the GOP nomination to take on 3rd CD U.S. Rep. Ron
The Wisconsin Elections Commission deadlocked along party lines on a proposal that would have asked Gov. Tony Evers and the state Legislature to convene a special session to give the agency flexibility to run elections safely in the wake of
State and national Dems said their federal lawsuit seeking to make it easier to vote absentee in the spring election was an effort to prevent the disenfranchisement of voters due to the coronavirus pandemic. But the state GOP accused Dems
Requests to vote absentee have surged in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, according to the Wisconsin Elections Commission. WEC today said roughly 64,000 of the more than 173,000 total requests for an absentee ballot have come in since Friday.
Rep. Romaine Quinn has announced he will not seek reelection this fall. In an interview with DrydenWire.com, the Barron Republican said his decision came after he was approached to take a job locally, a prospect he found attractive as he
Daniel Kelly today released his first TV ad of the general election that portrays him as the kind of justice the voters ordered. The campaign said it was a $500,000 buy that will run through the April 7 election on
Dane County Judge Jill Karofsky vows in her first TV ad of the general election that she will hold violent criminals and corrupt politicians accountable if elected to the state Supreme Court. The campaign said the buy, which started this
President Trump’s campaign has postponed a rally it planned next week in Milwaukee to unveil its “Catholics for Trump” effort, citing the coronavirus outbreak. Campaign spokesman Tim Murtaugh tweeted late Wednesday the decision was made out “of an abundance of
The Elections Commission says it referred 43 cases of suspected cross-state voting to DAs in 19 Wisconsin counties stemming from the November 2018 election. Details of the cases, including which counties received the referrals, weren’t immediately available. Voting more than
President Donald Trump is to visit Milwaukee March 19 to launch a “Catholics for Trump” coalition, his campaign announced today. The event is slated for 4 p.m. at the Wisconsin Center. Trump was last in Wisconsin for a Jan. 14
A good chunk of Michael Bloomberg’s Wisconsin backers are likely to move toward Joe Biden, according to recent Marquette University Law School polling. And Bernie Sanders has an edge on Biden for those who were supporting Elizabeth Warren. But it’s
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren is now the third presidential candidate to run TV ads in Wisconsin, going up with spots that take shots at rival Mike Bloomberg and feature former President Obama praising her. Warren’s campaign said the ads are
State Rep. Mary Felzkowski announced today she will run this fall for the Senate seat of fellow Republican Tom Tiffany, who’s running in a May special election for the 7th CD. Tiffany, R-Minocqua, planned to join Felzkowski, R-Irma, at two
Bernie Sanders jumped out to a double-digit lead among Dem primary voters in the latest Marquette University Law School Poll. Meanwhile, the presidential race in Wisconsin continued to be tight. The latest poll found 29 percent of those who plan
Priorities USA announced two new TV ads that will run in Wisconsin as part of a push to paint President Trump’s time in office as chaotic while knocking him on protections for those with pre-existing conditions. Cassidy Geoghegan, Wisconsin outreach
GOP state Sen. Luther Olsen announced today he won’t seek reelection this fall after 26 years in the state Legislature. Rep. Joan Ballweg, R-Markesan, quickly announced plans to run for the seat. She won the Assembly seat Olsen, R-Ripon vacated
President Trump was neck-and-neck with his potential Dem rivals in a new poll from the UW-Madison Elections Research Center. Meanwhile, Bernie Sanders was leading the Dem field by a double-digit margin. The new poll found Sanders favored by 30 percent
The Wisconsin Elections Commission on Monday warned local officials they can’t shutter early voting locations ahead of the April 7 election. The move comes after the City of Milwaukee announced it will no longer be operating its three in-person absentee
A federal judge Friday night pushed back the deadline to register electronically to vote in the spring election, citing the impact of the coronavirus. Judge William Conley also denied two other requests from state and national Dems as they sought
The state Dem Party today announced it will cancel all congressional district conventions and scale back its state convention from two days to one. The convention was slated for June 12-13 in the Wisconsin Dells. But the party’s administrative committee
Derrick Van Orden, a former Navy SEAL who grew up in southeastern Wisconsin and then moved back to the state after his military career, has launched his bid for the GOP nomination to take on 3rd CD U.S. Rep. Ron
The Wisconsin Elections Commission deadlocked along party lines on a proposal that would have asked Gov. Tony Evers and the state Legislature to convene a special session to give the agency flexibility to run elections safely in the wake of
State and national Dems said their federal lawsuit seeking to make it easier to vote absentee in the spring election was an effort to prevent the disenfranchisement of voters due to the coronavirus pandemic. But the state GOP accused Dems
Requests to vote absentee have surged in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, according to the Wisconsin Elections Commission. WEC today said roughly 64,000 of the more than 173,000 total requests for an absentee ballot have come in since Friday.
Rep. Romaine Quinn has announced he will not seek reelection this fall. In an interview with DrydenWire.com, the Barron Republican said his decision came after he was approached to take a job locally, a prospect he found attractive as he
Daniel Kelly today released his first TV ad of the general election that portrays him as the kind of justice the voters ordered. The campaign said it was a $500,000 buy that will run through the April 7 election on
Dane County Judge Jill Karofsky vows in her first TV ad of the general election that she will hold violent criminals and corrupt politicians accountable if elected to the state Supreme Court. The campaign said the buy, which started this
President Trump’s campaign has postponed a rally it planned next week in Milwaukee to unveil its “Catholics for Trump” effort, citing the coronavirus outbreak. Campaign spokesman Tim Murtaugh tweeted late Wednesday the decision was made out “of an abundance of
The Elections Commission says it referred 43 cases of suspected cross-state voting to DAs in 19 Wisconsin counties stemming from the November 2018 election. Details of the cases, including which counties received the referrals, weren’t immediately available. Voting more than
President Donald Trump is to visit Milwaukee March 19 to launch a “Catholics for Trump” coalition, his campaign announced today. The event is slated for 4 p.m. at the Wisconsin Center. Trump was last in Wisconsin for a Jan. 14
A good chunk of Michael Bloomberg’s Wisconsin backers are likely to move toward Joe Biden, according to recent Marquette University Law School polling. And Bernie Sanders has an edge on Biden for those who were supporting Elizabeth Warren. But it’s
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren is now the third presidential candidate to run TV ads in Wisconsin, going up with spots that take shots at rival Mike Bloomberg and feature former President Obama praising her. Warren’s campaign said the ads are
State Rep. Mary Felzkowski announced today she will run this fall for the Senate seat of fellow Republican Tom Tiffany, who’s running in a May special election for the 7th CD. Tiffany, R-Minocqua, planned to join Felzkowski, R-Irma, at two
Bernie Sanders jumped out to a double-digit lead among Dem primary voters in the latest Marquette University Law School Poll. Meanwhile, the presidential race in Wisconsin continued to be tight. The latest poll found 29 percent of those who plan
Priorities USA announced two new TV ads that will run in Wisconsin as part of a push to paint President Trump’s time in office as chaotic while knocking him on protections for those with pre-existing conditions. Cassidy Geoghegan, Wisconsin outreach
GOP state Sen. Luther Olsen announced today he won’t seek reelection this fall after 26 years in the state Legislature. Rep. Joan Ballweg, R-Markesan, quickly announced plans to run for the seat. She won the Assembly seat Olsen, R-Ripon vacated
President Trump was neck-and-neck with his potential Dem rivals in a new poll from the UW-Madison Elections Research Center. Meanwhile, Bernie Sanders was leading the Dem field by a double-digit margin. The new poll found Sanders favored by 30 percent