TOP STORIES Kamala Harris tells WPR she supports eliminating the filibuster to restore abortion rights The presidential candidate appears on WPR’s ‘Wisconsin Today’ shortly after her Sep. 20 rally at Alliant Center … “I think we should eliminate the filibuster
From WisPolitics … — The parade of presidential campaign surrogates continues to roll through Wisconsin. Former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords, D-Arizona, will be in Bayside and Wauwatosa today to campaign for Vice President Kamala Harris. Then Gwen Walz, the wife
From WisPolitics … — The Wisconsin Elections Commission today postponed until after the November election a vote on whether to reprimand two clerks for not accepting absentee ballots at polling places until 8 p.m. on Election Day during previous elections.
TOP STORIES Donald Trump to campaign in Prairie du Chien on Saturday … expected to begin speaking at the Prairie du Chien Area Arts Center at 11:30 a.m. and will likely focus on immigration. … [U.S. Rep. Van Orden] earlier
From WisPolitics … — The state Elections Commission will meet today to consider complaints accusing the clerks in Greenfield and Brookfield of failing to follow state law by refusing to accept absentee ballots at polling places up until 8 p.m.
From WisPolitics … — Former President Donald Trump will campaign in Prairie du Chien on Saturday, his campaign announced today. Multiple GOP sources told WisPolitics that Trump is also looking at stops in Madison and Milwaukee on Oct. 1. The
TOP STORIES Kamala Harris aims to energize liberal Madison for Election Day … held a packed rally [estimated 10,500] at the Alliant Energy Center Coliseum on Friday, marking her first visit to Madison since declaring her candidacy … [WisDems chair
From WisPolitics … — Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway says the political “center of gravity” is moving toward Madison and Dane County, underscoring its critical importance for Democrats ahead of Election Day. “Dane County is a very highly Democratic performing area
Quotes of the Week The American media, the Democrats and the Kamala Harris campaign — they’ve got to cut this crap out, or they’re going to get somebody killed. – GOP VP nominee and Ohio U.S. Sen. JD Vance in
TOP STORIES DOJ asks WI Supreme Court to decide whether Robert F. Kennedy stays on ballot … “This question justifies prompt, final resolution by this Court: it is highly time sensitive and hugely consequential for the people of Wisconsin,” [Asst.
From WisPolitics … — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says it’s premature to ask the state Supreme Court whether he should be on the Wisconsin presidential ballot. The state Department of Justice yesterday asked the justices to take over the case,
From WisPolitics … — The Department of Justice today asked the state Supreme Court to take over Robert F. Kennedy’s legal quest to be removed from the presidential ballot, arguing the case is “highly time sensitive and hugely consequential for
TOP STORIES Wisconsin appeals court takes up RFK Jr. ballot case [2nd District appeals panel – Gundrum, Lazar, Neubauer – agreed to take the case] same day that county clerks are required by law to deliver ballots and supplies to
From WisPolitics … — The Milwaukee-based Teamsters Joint Council 39’s executive board endorsed Kamala Harris for president after the national union declined to back anyone in the race. Trump’s campaign yesterday was quick to tout the national union’s decision after
From WisPolitics … — The conservative 2nd District Court of Appeals today agreed to decide on an accelerated schedule whether Robert F. Kennedy Jr. should’ve been granted an order taking him off Wisconsin’s presidential ballot. Today’s appeals court ruling reflects
TOP STORIES VP candidate Vance campaigns in Eau Claire … Tuesday at the Eau Claire Event District before about 500 supporters. … with many visitors lining the back wall. Vance said that [Biden-Harris’] “open border policies” … have allowed illegal
From WisPolitics … — GOP VP nominee JD Vance told an Eau Claire crowd that while he is “not perfect,” Democrats need to “tone down the political rhetoric.” Vance’s remarks came two days after a man with an AK-47-style rifle
From WisPolitics … — Robert F. Kennedy went back to the conservative 2nd District Court of Appeals today in his quest to get off Wisconsin’s presidential ballots, with county clerks facing a deadline tomorrow to have them printed and in
TOP STORIES RFK Jr.’s challenge to appearing on Wisconsin ballots fails in Dane County court … Judge Stephen Ehlke said arguments that Kennedy’s rights would be violated if he remained on the ballot were outweighed by constitutional and state law
From WisPolitics … — U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin is out with a new ad hitting GOP rival Eric Hovde on abortion as part of a joint buy with the state Dem Party. According to AdImpact, the Madison Dem and the
TOP STORIES Kamala Harris tells WPR she supports eliminating the filibuster to restore abortion rights The presidential candidate appears on WPR’s ‘Wisconsin Today’ shortly after her Sep. 20 rally at Alliant Center … “I think we should eliminate the filibuster for Roe,” Harris said in an interview that aired Tuesday
From WisPolitics … — The parade of presidential campaign surrogates continues to roll through Wisconsin. Former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords, D-Arizona, will be in Bayside and Wauwatosa today to campaign for Vice President Kamala Harris. Then Gwen Walz, the wife of VP nominee Tim Walz, will be in the WOW
From WisPolitics … — The Wisconsin Elections Commission today postponed until after the November election a vote on whether to reprimand two clerks for not accepting absentee ballots at polling places until 8 p.m. on Election Day during previous elections. The postponement came after Republican commissioners argued against allowing voters
TOP STORIES Donald Trump to campaign in Prairie du Chien on Saturday … expected to begin speaking at the Prairie du Chien Area Arts Center at 11:30 a.m. and will likely focus on immigration. … [U.S. Rep. Van Orden] earlier this month voiced concerns about an alleged transnational gang member
From WisPolitics … — The state Elections Commission will meet today to consider complaints accusing the clerks in Greenfield and Brookfield of failing to follow state law by refusing to accept absentee ballots at polling places up until 8 p.m. on Election Day. Agency staff in both cases recommended finding
From WisPolitics … — Former President Donald Trump will campaign in Prairie du Chien on Saturday, his campaign announced today. Multiple GOP sources told WisPolitics that Trump is also looking at stops in Madison and Milwaukee on Oct. 1. The announcement about the stop focused on illegal immigration. Prairie du
TOP STORIES Kamala Harris aims to energize liberal Madison for Election Day … held a packed rally [estimated 10,500] at the Alliant Energy Center Coliseum on Friday, marking her first visit to Madison since declaring her candidacy … [WisDems chair Wikler, Mayor Rhodes-Conway, interim DaneCo Exec. Kuhn] opened the rally,
From WisPolitics … — Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway says the political “center of gravity” is moving toward Madison and Dane County, underscoring its critical importance for Democrats ahead of Election Day. “Dane County is a very highly Democratic performing area of the state,” Rhodes-Conway said on WISN’s “UpFront,” which is
Quotes of the Week The American media, the Democrats and the Kamala Harris campaign — they’ve got to cut this crap out, or they’re going to get somebody killed. – GOP VP nominee and Ohio U.S. Sen. JD Vance in Eau Claire on Tuesday, suggesting Dems and the media are
TOP STORIES DOJ asks WI Supreme Court to decide whether Robert F. Kennedy stays on ballot … “This question justifies prompt, final resolution by this Court: it is highly time sensitive and hugely consequential for the people of Wisconsin,” [Asst. AG Gibson’s] court filing states. Kennedy’s appeal rests with 2nd
From WisPolitics … — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says it’s premature to ask the state Supreme Court whether he should be on the Wisconsin presidential ballot. The state Department of Justice yesterday asked the justices to take over the case, which is now before the conservative 2nd District Court of
From WisPolitics … — The Department of Justice today asked the state Supreme Court to take over Robert F. Kennedy’s legal quest to be removed from the presidential ballot, arguing the case is “highly time sensitive and hugely consequential for the people of Wisconsin.” The DOJ petition came the same
TOP STORIES Wisconsin appeals court takes up RFK Jr. ballot case [2nd District appeals panel – Gundrum, Lazar, Neubauer – agreed to take the case] same day that county clerks are required by law to deliver ballots and supplies to municipal clerks, and one day before absentee ballots must be
From WisPolitics … — The Milwaukee-based Teamsters Joint Council 39’s executive board endorsed Kamala Harris for president after the national union declined to back anyone in the race. Trump’s campaign yesterday was quick to tout the national union’s decision after the Teamsters released the results from surveys of members that
From WisPolitics … — The conservative 2nd District Court of Appeals today agreed to decide on an accelerated schedule whether Robert F. Kennedy Jr. should’ve been granted an order taking him off Wisconsin’s presidential ballot. Today’s appeals court ruling reflects the “extreme time pressure on this case,” and the judges
TOP STORIES VP candidate Vance campaigns in Eau Claire … Tuesday at the Eau Claire Event District before about 500 supporters. … with many visitors lining the back wall. Vance said that [Biden-Harris’] “open border policies” … have allowed illegal immigration to significantly increase. “Now Wisconsin, and every other state,
From WisPolitics … — GOP VP nominee JD Vance told an Eau Claire crowd that while he is “not perfect,” Democrats need to “tone down the political rhetoric.” Vance’s remarks came two days after a man with an AK-47-style rifle was arrested at one of Donald Trump’s golf courses in
From WisPolitics … — Robert F. Kennedy went back to the conservative 2nd District Court of Appeals today in his quest to get off Wisconsin’s presidential ballots, with county clerks facing a deadline tomorrow to have them printed and in the hands of local election officials. Kennedy’s petition for appeal
TOP STORIES RFK Jr.’s challenge to appearing on Wisconsin ballots fails in Dane County court … Judge Stephen Ehlke said arguments that Kennedy’s rights would be violated if he remained on the ballot were outweighed by constitutional and state law concerns [anyone who files valid nomination papers MUST appear on
From WisPolitics … — U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin is out with a new ad hitting GOP rival Eric Hovde on abortion as part of a joint buy with the state Dem Party. According to AdImpact, the Madison Dem and the state party have reserved $413,395 over the next week on