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While every Senate seat matters, some contests expose deep challenges within the Democratic and Republican parties. Arizona, Michigan, Ohio & Wisconsin are four of the seven most competitive Senate races. Our multi-state report from State Affairs.
Kamala Harris told a Madison rally Friday that the country is in “a healthcare crisis, and Donald Trump is the architect” due to the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the latest in Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s bid to be removed from Wisconsin’s ballot, municipalities opting against using absentee ballot drop boxes, a Republican National Committee lawsuit over election observers, a push for more funding for the Universities of Wisconsin and more.
With thousands of ballots already in voters’ hands, the court wrote in the order that it “will endeavor to issue a written decision as expeditiously as possible.”
The state Department of Justice yesterday asked the justices to take over the case, which is now before the conservative 2nd District Court of Appeals.
— In this week’s DC Wrap: Dem U.S. Reps. Gwen Moore and Mark Pocan vote against a GOP measure to extend government funding and curb noncitizen voting.
GOP VP nominee JD Vance told an Eau Claire crowd that while he is “not perfect,” Democrats need to “tone down the political rhetoric.”
Judge Stephen Ehlke based his ruling on a state law that doesn’t allow candidates who file nomination papers to withdraw them. That statute only allows a candidate to be removed from the ballot due to death, and Ehlke found Kennedy was essentially asking the court to create an exception to that requirement for him.
Quentin Fulks, the principal deputy campaign manager for Kamala Harris, says the vice president will continue returning to Wisconsin ahead of Election Day.
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss results from the latest Marquette University Law School poll, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s lawsuit to be removed from Wisconsin’s ballot, state Supreme Court hearings in two voting-related lawsuits and more.
Sen. Van Wanggaard, R-Racine, says there should be consequences for Milwaukee Public Schools after the district failed to turn in its district aid certification two weeks ago amid ongoing financial issues.
Meanwhile, the spread in the U.S. Senate race in head-to-head questions closely matched the presidential race for the first time this year after Dem incumbent Tammy Baldwin has consistently run ahead of the top of the ticket in previous Marquette polls.
In this week’s DC Wrap: U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, calls for passage of a bill aiming to prevent noncitizen voting and Wisconsin House members clash over a potential government shutdown.
Dodge County’s Republican sheriff pressed three municipal clerks not to use absentee ballot drop boxes this fall, warning it could create the appearance of fraud and “degrade trust in our system,” according to records obtained by WisPolitics.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is now asking the conservative 2nd District Court of Appeals to remove him from Wisconsin’s presidential ballot, acknowledging that he is “running against the clock.”
Thompson said he personally delivered the message to Trump when he campaigned in La Crosse.
Trump also said he’d sign pardons on “day one” of his presidency for those convicted of charges related to violent attack on the U.S. Capitol in January 2021, drawing a rebuke from Kamala Harris’ campaign.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss President Joe Biden’s visit to Westby, presidential campaign visits, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s lawsuit to be removed from Wisconsin’s presidential ballot, political ad spending, controversy over student test score changes and more.
Biden announced $7.3 billion for 16 cooperatives in the country that provide electric and clean energy alternatives in rural areas and small towns. The first co-op to be chosen was Dairyland Power Cooperative in La Crosse. The cooperative in Westby is a member coop of Dairyland.
In the filing, Kennedy’s attorneys argue Wisconsin law inappropriately creates a different standard for third-party candidates because Democrats and Republicans have until 5 p.m. on the first Tuesday in September ahead of an election to certify who their presidential nominee will be.
While every Senate seat matters, some contests expose deep challenges within the Democratic and Republican parties. Arizona, Michigan, Ohio & Wisconsin are four of the seven most competitive Senate races. Our multi-state report from State Affairs.
Kamala Harris told a Madison rally Friday that the country is in “a healthcare crisis, and Donald Trump is the architect” due to the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the latest in Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s bid to be removed from Wisconsin’s ballot, municipalities opting against using absentee ballot drop boxes, a Republican National Committee lawsuit over election observers, a push for more funding for the Universities of Wisconsin and more.
With thousands of ballots already in voters’ hands, the court wrote in the order that it “will endeavor to issue a written decision as expeditiously as possible.”
The state Department of Justice yesterday asked the justices to take over the case, which is now before the conservative 2nd District Court of Appeals.
— In this week’s DC Wrap: Dem U.S. Reps. Gwen Moore and Mark Pocan vote against a GOP measure to extend government funding and curb noncitizen voting.
GOP VP nominee JD Vance told an Eau Claire crowd that while he is “not perfect,” Democrats need to “tone down the political rhetoric.”
Judge Stephen Ehlke based his ruling on a state law that doesn’t allow candidates who file nomination papers to withdraw them. That statute only allows a candidate to be removed from the ballot due to death, and Ehlke found Kennedy was essentially asking the court to create an exception to that requirement for him.
Quentin Fulks, the principal deputy campaign manager for Kamala Harris, says the vice president will continue returning to Wisconsin ahead of Election Day.
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss results from the latest Marquette University Law School poll, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s lawsuit to be removed from Wisconsin’s ballot, state Supreme Court hearings in two voting-related lawsuits and more.
Sen. Van Wanggaard, R-Racine, says there should be consequences for Milwaukee Public Schools after the district failed to turn in its district aid certification two weeks ago amid ongoing financial issues.
Meanwhile, the spread in the U.S. Senate race in head-to-head questions closely matched the presidential race for the first time this year after Dem incumbent Tammy Baldwin has consistently run ahead of the top of the ticket in previous Marquette polls.
In this week’s DC Wrap: U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, calls for passage of a bill aiming to prevent noncitizen voting and Wisconsin House members clash over a potential government shutdown.
Dodge County’s Republican sheriff pressed three municipal clerks not to use absentee ballot drop boxes this fall, warning it could create the appearance of fraud and “degrade trust in our system,” according to records obtained by WisPolitics.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is now asking the conservative 2nd District Court of Appeals to remove him from Wisconsin’s presidential ballot, acknowledging that he is “running against the clock.”
Thompson said he personally delivered the message to Trump when he campaigned in La Crosse.
Trump also said he’d sign pardons on “day one” of his presidency for those convicted of charges related to violent attack on the U.S. Capitol in January 2021, drawing a rebuke from Kamala Harris’ campaign.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss President Joe Biden’s visit to Westby, presidential campaign visits, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s lawsuit to be removed from Wisconsin’s presidential ballot, political ad spending, controversy over student test score changes and more.
Biden announced $7.3 billion for 16 cooperatives in the country that provide electric and clean energy alternatives in rural areas and small towns. The first co-op to be chosen was Dairyland Power Cooperative in La Crosse. The cooperative in Westby is a member coop of Dairyland.
In the filing, Kennedy’s attorneys argue Wisconsin law inappropriately creates a different standard for third-party candidates because Democrats and Republicans have until 5 p.m. on the first Tuesday in September ahead of an election to certify who their presidential nominee will be.