Rewind: Your Week in Review for Aug. 5

On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss dueling endorsements from Donald Trump and Mike Pence in Wisconsin’s GOP guv primary, the Elections Commission’s latest actions, top primaries in the state and Milwaukee landing the 2024 Republican National Convention.

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Rewind: Your Week in Review for July 29

On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” CBS 58 Capitol Reporter Emilee Fannon and Associated Press Capitol Correspondent Scott Bauer discuss the controversy over whether to charge an activist who requested elected officials’ absentee ballots to be sent to him, the consolidation of the Dem U.S. Senate field, the GOP guv primary and more.

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Kleefisch, Michels spar over gas tax in radio debate

Former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch and construction exec Tim Michels sparred over Wisconsin’s gas tax with Michels saying “you can take it to the bank” that he will never raise gas taxes. The two Republican gubernatorial candidates yesterday during a

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Trump to stump for Michels in Waukesha Aug. 5

Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to travel to Waukesha on Aug. 5 for a rally in support of GOP guv candidate Tim Michels. Primary election day is Aug. 9. According to a release from Trump’s Save America PAC, Trump

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Nelson drops U.S. Senate bid, backs Barnes

Outagamie County Exec Tom Nelson announced today he’s suspending his U.S. Senate campaign and backing Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes for the Dem nomination to take on U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson. Nelson on Twitter said he made the decision because his

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Watch live at 6 p.m.: GOP gubernatorial debate

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Rewind: Your Week in Review for July 22

On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Republicans voting to remove guidance allowing clerks to fix mistakes on absentee ballot envelopes, former President Trump’s renewed call for Assembly Speaker Robin Vos to decertify the state’s 2020 election results, recent debates and more.

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Guests talk Wisconsin’s partisan primary election on ‘UpFront’

National GOP Chair Ronna McDaniel says Wisconsin will be pivotal in 2022 and 2024 and downplayed the split between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence after announcing Milwaukee will host the 2024 Republican National Convention. “This is what happens,” McDaniel said on WISN’s “UpFront,” which is produced

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Trump praises Michels, knocks Vos in pre-primary campaign stop

Former President Trump on Friday called Tim Michels “big time” as he urged voters to back the construction exec in Tuesday’s primary while dismissing his GOP guv rival Rebecca Kleefisch as someone running a campaign “of falsehood and lies.” Trump also took aim at Robin Vos as he urged supporters

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Rewind: Your Week in Review for Aug. 5

On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss dueling endorsements from Donald Trump and Mike Pence in Wisconsin’s GOP guv primary, the Elections Commission’s latest actions, top primaries in the state and Milwaukee landing the 2024 Republican National Convention.

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Pence praises Kleefisch as ‘proven conservative’ during Pewaukee event

Former Vice President Mike Pence praised GOP guv candidate Rebecca Kleefisch’s credentials, calling the former lieutenant guv a “proven conservative” who has stood up for Wisconsinites. Pence made the comments during a roundtable discussion Wednesday with law enforcement in Pewaukee alongside Kleefisch and former Republican Gov. Scott Walker. “When Rebecca

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Trump knocks Vos as ‘RINO,’ endorses his primary opponent

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos isn’t backing off his refusal to try overturning the 2020 election results after former President Trump endorsed his primary opponent. The Rochester Republican said in a statement late yesterday, “As a conservative, I believe in upholding the constitution. That’s why I won’t take the impossible step

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Rewind: Your Week in Review for July 29

On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” CBS 58 Capitol Reporter Emilee Fannon and Associated Press Capitol Correspondent Scott Bauer discuss the controversy over whether to charge an activist who requested elected officials’ absentee ballots to be sent to him, the consolidation of the Dem U.S. Senate field, the GOP guv primary and more.

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Elections Commission discusses possible criminal referrals for those who requested others’ absentee ballots, to alert clerks, voters

Wisconsin Elections Commission Chair Don Millis said he supports criminal referrals for individuals who have illegally requested other voters’ absentee ballots. Millis, the new Republican chair, urged a “rational” response instead of a “knee-jerk” reaction. Millis made the comments during a WEC meeting last night following the news that Racine

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Kleefisch, Michels spar over gas tax in radio debate

Former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch and construction exec Tim Michels sparred over Wisconsin’s gas tax with Michels saying “you can take it to the bank” that he will never raise gas taxes. The two Republican gubernatorial candidates yesterday during a live event on conservative Dan O’Donnell’s WISN radio show said

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Lasry drops U.S. Senate bid, endorses Barnes

Alex Lasry said today after dropping out of the U.S. Senate race that it was clear he had no path to winning the primary and that Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes was going to be the Democratic Party’s nominee to challenge incumbent Republican Ron Johnson. Lasry is the second Dem this

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Trump to stump for Michels in Waukesha Aug. 5

Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to travel to Waukesha on Aug. 5 for a rally in support of GOP guv candidate Tim Michels. Primary election day is Aug. 9. According to a release from Trump’s Save America PAC, Trump is to speak in support of Michels and “the entire

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Nelson drops U.S. Senate bid, backs Barnes

Outagamie County Exec Tom Nelson announced today he’s suspending his U.S. Senate campaign and backing Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes for the Dem nomination to take on U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson. Nelson on Twitter said he made the decision because his campaign ran out of funds. “We ran out of money.

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Watch live at 6 p.m.: GOP gubernatorial debate

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Rewind: Your Week in Review for July 22

On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Republicans voting to remove guidance allowing clerks to fix mistakes on absentee ballot envelopes, former President Trump’s renewed call for Assembly Speaker Robin Vos to decertify the state’s 2020 election results, recent debates and more.

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