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Republican Madison businessman Eric Hovde told “UpFront with Mike Gousha” he will not run for the U.S. Senate. In an interview to air Sunday, Hovde cited “a number of different factors” both personal and professional, including the pregnancy of his
The super PAC backing Leah Vukmir in the U.S. Senate race announced its first TV buy today, a spot that plays up the Brookfield Republican’s ties to Gov. Scott Walker. Wisconsin Next PAC said the buy, which starts tomorrow, includes
Gov. Scott Walker warned his backers late Tuesday Wisconsin is at risk for a blue wave this fall after Milwaukee Judge Rebecca Dallet won a seat on the state Supreme Court. After Sauk County Judge Michael Screnock, who was backed
GOP state Rep. Treig Pronschinske, who pulled a surprise upset in the 2016 election for his western Wisconsin Assembly seat, lost his re-election bid as Mondovi mayor Tuesday. According to results posted at the Buffalo County Clerk’s office, Pronshniske took
Sauk County Judge Michael Screnock thanked supporters for their support and prayers through the campaign in his concession speech Tuesday night. He said “as grueling of a task as running a statewide campaign is, and as fierce as some of
Milwaukee County Judge Rebecca Dallet said her victory is a message from voters that the special interests can’t buy a seat on the state Supreme Court. Dallet often railed against rival Michael Screnock, a Sauk County judge, for the more
Voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected a bid by Republicans to eliminate the state treasurer’s office, which backers of the constitutional amendment argued is an unnecessary use of taxpayer dollars. The group Save Our Fiscal Watchdog, which did an $85,000 TV buy urging
Milwaukee County Judge Rebecca Dallet will win the race of state Supreme Court, The Associated Press is projecting. She becomes the first candidate backed by liberals to win an open Supreme Court seat since 1995. When she takes her seat in
Milwaukee County Judge Rebecca Dallet opened a significant early lead over Sauk County Judge Michael Screnock in their race for an open seat on the state Supreme Court. With more than a third of the statewide vote in, Dallet was
The Elections Commission isn’t making any turnout predictions as voters today choose the next state Supreme Court justice and weigh in on a constitutional amendment to eliminate the office of state treasurer. Instead, the commission noted there have been seven
Michael Screnock on Friday sought to portray Supreme Court rival Rebecca Dallet as a liberal activist who would seek to rely on her political views rather than the law as a justice. But Dallet, a Milwaukee County judge, countered Screnock
The Greater Wisconsin Committee is running a new TV ad in the Madison market that knocks Supreme Court candidate Michael Screnock for his arrests nearly 30 years ago for blocking access to an abortion clinic during protests. In the Greater
The Greater Wisconsin Political Fund has a new TV ad that hits back at a WMC spot attacking Supreme Court candidate Rebecca Dallet and takes a shot at her rival, Michael Screnock. The narrator opens the spot saying “corporate special
The state Senate is dropping plans to come in next week to vote on a bill that would undercut a judge’s order to hold special elections in the vacant first SD and 42nd AD, the office of Scott Fitzgerald said.
Gov. Scott Walker this morning ordered special elections June 12 to fill vacancies in the 1st SD and 42nd AD. If necessary, the primary would be May 15. Nomination papers can begin circulating today with an April 17 deadline to
The Department of Justice says it isn’t going to request a delay for the guv to call special elections in the 1st SD and 42nd AD. The DOJ earlier today indicated it was looking at filing a direct appeal to
An appellate court today refused to delay the deadline to call special elections in two legislative seats as GOP lawmakers continued to forge ahead on legislation that would undercut an order to fill the vacancies. Meanwhile, the Department of Justice
A Dane County judge who denied a motion to delay the timeline for the guv to call two special elections ripped the state DOJ’s arguments as “speculative” and suggested Republicans are trying to deny representation to voters in the 1st
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin rails against “predators” who buy companies and then shut down plants, putting people out of work, in her latest TV ad. Baldwin, D-Madison, opens the spot saying a New York hedge fund takes control of a
A flurry of new ads are flowing into the state Supreme Court race from outside groups. That includes a $200,000 campaign the state GOP announced today hitting Milwaukee County Judge Rebecca Dallet on “San Francisco values.” The campaign includes a
Republican Madison businessman Eric Hovde told “UpFront with Mike Gousha” he will not run for the U.S. Senate. In an interview to air Sunday, Hovde cited “a number of different factors” both personal and professional, including the pregnancy of his
The super PAC backing Leah Vukmir in the U.S. Senate race announced its first TV buy today, a spot that plays up the Brookfield Republican’s ties to Gov. Scott Walker. Wisconsin Next PAC said the buy, which starts tomorrow, includes
Gov. Scott Walker warned his backers late Tuesday Wisconsin is at risk for a blue wave this fall after Milwaukee Judge Rebecca Dallet won a seat on the state Supreme Court. After Sauk County Judge Michael Screnock, who was backed
GOP state Rep. Treig Pronschinske, who pulled a surprise upset in the 2016 election for his western Wisconsin Assembly seat, lost his re-election bid as Mondovi mayor Tuesday. According to results posted at the Buffalo County Clerk’s office, Pronshniske took
Sauk County Judge Michael Screnock thanked supporters for their support and prayers through the campaign in his concession speech Tuesday night. He said “as grueling of a task as running a statewide campaign is, and as fierce as some of
Milwaukee County Judge Rebecca Dallet said her victory is a message from voters that the special interests can’t buy a seat on the state Supreme Court. Dallet often railed against rival Michael Screnock, a Sauk County judge, for the more
Voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected a bid by Republicans to eliminate the state treasurer’s office, which backers of the constitutional amendment argued is an unnecessary use of taxpayer dollars. The group Save Our Fiscal Watchdog, which did an $85,000 TV buy urging
Milwaukee County Judge Rebecca Dallet will win the race of state Supreme Court, The Associated Press is projecting. She becomes the first candidate backed by liberals to win an open Supreme Court seat since 1995. When she takes her seat in
Milwaukee County Judge Rebecca Dallet opened a significant early lead over Sauk County Judge Michael Screnock in their race for an open seat on the state Supreme Court. With more than a third of the statewide vote in, Dallet was
The Elections Commission isn’t making any turnout predictions as voters today choose the next state Supreme Court justice and weigh in on a constitutional amendment to eliminate the office of state treasurer. Instead, the commission noted there have been seven
Michael Screnock on Friday sought to portray Supreme Court rival Rebecca Dallet as a liberal activist who would seek to rely on her political views rather than the law as a justice. But Dallet, a Milwaukee County judge, countered Screnock
The Greater Wisconsin Committee is running a new TV ad in the Madison market that knocks Supreme Court candidate Michael Screnock for his arrests nearly 30 years ago for blocking access to an abortion clinic during protests. In the Greater
The Greater Wisconsin Political Fund has a new TV ad that hits back at a WMC spot attacking Supreme Court candidate Rebecca Dallet and takes a shot at her rival, Michael Screnock. The narrator opens the spot saying “corporate special
The state Senate is dropping plans to come in next week to vote on a bill that would undercut a judge’s order to hold special elections in the vacant first SD and 42nd AD, the office of Scott Fitzgerald said.
Gov. Scott Walker this morning ordered special elections June 12 to fill vacancies in the 1st SD and 42nd AD. If necessary, the primary would be May 15. Nomination papers can begin circulating today with an April 17 deadline to
The Department of Justice says it isn’t going to request a delay for the guv to call special elections in the 1st SD and 42nd AD. The DOJ earlier today indicated it was looking at filing a direct appeal to
An appellate court today refused to delay the deadline to call special elections in two legislative seats as GOP lawmakers continued to forge ahead on legislation that would undercut an order to fill the vacancies. Meanwhile, the Department of Justice
A Dane County judge who denied a motion to delay the timeline for the guv to call two special elections ripped the state DOJ’s arguments as “speculative” and suggested Republicans are trying to deny representation to voters in the 1st
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin rails against “predators” who buy companies and then shut down plants, putting people out of work, in her latest TV ad. Baldwin, D-Madison, opens the spot saying a New York hedge fund takes control of a
A flurry of new ads are flowing into the state Supreme Court race from outside groups. That includes a $200,000 campaign the state GOP announced today hitting Milwaukee County Judge Rebecca Dallet on “San Francisco values.” The campaign includes a