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The Wisconsin Elections Commission unanimously signed off on a proposal reaffirming state law governing the distribution of nomination papers. But the move could invalidate nearly a month’s worth of signatures on nomination papers if Gov. Tony Evers issues a new
— State Sen. Tom Tiffany raised nearly $250,000 in 20 days after announcing his intention to run for the 7th CD. The Minocqua Republican jumped into the race on Sept. 10, roughly three weeks before Federal Elections Commission’s third-quarter reporting
Former Wisconsin Senate candidate Kevin Nicholson today endorsed Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald’s run for the 5th CD. “The voters of the 5th Congressional District will be well served with Scott Fitzgerald as their congressman. I hope others will join
Dems Tricia Zunker and Lawrence Dale today announced they are running in the special election for the 7th CD. Zunker is the president of the Wausau school board and an associate justice of the Ho-Chunk Nation Supreme Court. She unveiled
The guv’s office is looking at options to reschedule the planned special election in the 7th CD. A conflict between state and federal law rules out holding it on the current dates or scheduling it concurrently with the regularly scheduled
Republican Jason Church, a retired Army captain and aide to GOP U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, formally launched his bid for the 7th CD, saying he “answered the call to serve my country and I am proudly doing so again today.”
Voters will go to the polls Jan. 27 to fill the seat of outgoing U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy — a rare Monday election — under an executive order Gov. Tony Evers issued today. The expected primary will be Dec. 30.
MILWAUKEE: U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar said it should be easier for people to vote and vowed to protect voting rights during a stop today before a small group of activists on the city’s north side. The Minnesota Democrat also discussed
Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, formally launched his bid for the 5th CD today, touting his work on conservative priorities such as 2011’s Act 10, right-to-work and anti-abortion legislation. “I haven’t just talked about conservative principles. I’ve lived them,
Both state Dem party Chair Ben Wikler and state GOP Chair Andrew Hitt stressed a commitment to expanding their party’s ground game and voter outreach programs ahead of the 2020 presidential election. Speaking at a Sept. 12 WisPolitics.com luncheon, Hitt
DNC Chair Tom Perez on Friday touted Dems’ revamped infrastructure and ground game in Wisconsin, a state he said would be “the ground zero” for the 2020 presidential election. Perez said his primary job since taking over as the leader
Trump campaign Senior Adviser Kimberly Guilfoyle called on UW-Madison students to speak out about conservative values and mobilize themselves and their peers on Election Day 2020. Speaking to a lecture hall packed by UW-Madison College Republicans Thursday night, Guilfoyle touted
State Sen. Tom Tiffany, R-Minocqua, formally launched his campaign for the 7th CD today, vowing to be “the ally President Trump needs to keep moving our country forward.” Meanwhile, a Wausau thoracic surgeon is now looking at a run, as
GOP U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, who next year will become the longest-serving House member in Wisconsin history, announced today he won’t seek re-election next year. Sensenbrenner, who was elected to the House in 1978, noted in his announcement that he’s
The latest Marquette University Law School Poll again finds President Trump’s job approval numbers underwater, Joe Biden in the strongest position of any Dem challenger and voters more pessimistic about the economy’s future than at any point in the survey’s
U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan questioned Dems’ chances of winning the 7th CD in an upcoming special election, saying the northern Wisconsin district has been gerrymandered to the GOP’s benefit. Pocan told the Madison Rotary Club Wednesday the 7th CD had
U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Weston, announced on his Facebook page this morning that he will resign from Congress Sept. 23. Duffy wrote in his post his ninth child, who is due in October, has a heart condition. “With much prayer,
The PAC Randy Bryce rolled out in March to back working-class congressional candidates has yet to make a single donation to someone running for office, according to his latest FEC report. Instead, nearly half the money it spent went to
State Sen. Pat Testin was the “named Republican candidate” who was neck-and-neck with Dem U.S. Rep. Ron Kind in an NRCC poll released last month, but the lawmaker says he is focused on re-election to the state Senate in 2020.
MILWAUKEE — U.S. Sen. Cory Booker told a crowd at a business incubator in the city’s Sherman Park neighborhood that the way to beat President Donald Trump is not by engaging in his tactics, but by inspiring people to get
The Wisconsin Elections Commission unanimously signed off on a proposal reaffirming state law governing the distribution of nomination papers. But the move could invalidate nearly a month’s worth of signatures on nomination papers if Gov. Tony Evers issues a new
— State Sen. Tom Tiffany raised nearly $250,000 in 20 days after announcing his intention to run for the 7th CD. The Minocqua Republican jumped into the race on Sept. 10, roughly three weeks before Federal Elections Commission’s third-quarter reporting
Former Wisconsin Senate candidate Kevin Nicholson today endorsed Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald’s run for the 5th CD. “The voters of the 5th Congressional District will be well served with Scott Fitzgerald as their congressman. I hope others will join
Dems Tricia Zunker and Lawrence Dale today announced they are running in the special election for the 7th CD. Zunker is the president of the Wausau school board and an associate justice of the Ho-Chunk Nation Supreme Court. She unveiled
The guv’s office is looking at options to reschedule the planned special election in the 7th CD. A conflict between state and federal law rules out holding it on the current dates or scheduling it concurrently with the regularly scheduled
Republican Jason Church, a retired Army captain and aide to GOP U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, formally launched his bid for the 7th CD, saying he “answered the call to serve my country and I am proudly doing so again today.”
Voters will go to the polls Jan. 27 to fill the seat of outgoing U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy — a rare Monday election — under an executive order Gov. Tony Evers issued today. The expected primary will be Dec. 30.
MILWAUKEE: U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar said it should be easier for people to vote and vowed to protect voting rights during a stop today before a small group of activists on the city’s north side. The Minnesota Democrat also discussed
Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, formally launched his bid for the 5th CD today, touting his work on conservative priorities such as 2011’s Act 10, right-to-work and anti-abortion legislation. “I haven’t just talked about conservative principles. I’ve lived them,
Both state Dem party Chair Ben Wikler and state GOP Chair Andrew Hitt stressed a commitment to expanding their party’s ground game and voter outreach programs ahead of the 2020 presidential election. Speaking at a Sept. 12 WisPolitics.com luncheon, Hitt
DNC Chair Tom Perez on Friday touted Dems’ revamped infrastructure and ground game in Wisconsin, a state he said would be “the ground zero” for the 2020 presidential election. Perez said his primary job since taking over as the leader
Trump campaign Senior Adviser Kimberly Guilfoyle called on UW-Madison students to speak out about conservative values and mobilize themselves and their peers on Election Day 2020. Speaking to a lecture hall packed by UW-Madison College Republicans Thursday night, Guilfoyle touted
State Sen. Tom Tiffany, R-Minocqua, formally launched his campaign for the 7th CD today, vowing to be “the ally President Trump needs to keep moving our country forward.” Meanwhile, a Wausau thoracic surgeon is now looking at a run, as
GOP U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, who next year will become the longest-serving House member in Wisconsin history, announced today he won’t seek re-election next year. Sensenbrenner, who was elected to the House in 1978, noted in his announcement that he’s
The latest Marquette University Law School Poll again finds President Trump’s job approval numbers underwater, Joe Biden in the strongest position of any Dem challenger and voters more pessimistic about the economy’s future than at any point in the survey’s
U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan questioned Dems’ chances of winning the 7th CD in an upcoming special election, saying the northern Wisconsin district has been gerrymandered to the GOP’s benefit. Pocan told the Madison Rotary Club Wednesday the 7th CD had
U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Weston, announced on his Facebook page this morning that he will resign from Congress Sept. 23. Duffy wrote in his post his ninth child, who is due in October, has a heart condition. “With much prayer,
The PAC Randy Bryce rolled out in March to back working-class congressional candidates has yet to make a single donation to someone running for office, according to his latest FEC report. Instead, nearly half the money it spent went to
State Sen. Pat Testin was the “named Republican candidate” who was neck-and-neck with Dem U.S. Rep. Ron Kind in an NRCC poll released last month, but the lawmaker says he is focused on re-election to the state Senate in 2020.
MILWAUKEE — U.S. Sen. Cory Booker told a crowd at a business incubator in the city’s Sherman Park neighborhood that the way to beat President Donald Trump is not by engaging in his tactics, but by inspiring people to get