Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — GOP lawmakers today tried to intervene in a Waukesha County lawsuit seeking to bar local clerks from filling in missing information on absentee ballot envelopes. The motion was filed in a suit brought by the Waukesha County GOP and others. It came

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers today said voters will be skeptical if GOP gubernatorial primary winner Tim Michels tries to reposition himself as more of a moderate Republican. The Dem guv in a press conference on Madison’s east side this morning said voters won’t

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers today announced the Department of Corrections has picked a location on Milwaukee’s north side for a new juvenile prison to replace the troubled Lincoln Hills. A source in the guv’s office told WisPolitics.com the lot at 7930 W. Clinton

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — If Rebecca Kleefisch wants to replicate Leah Vukmir’s path to victory, she needs to run up the score in southeastern Wisconsin tomorrow. But if Tim Michels can cut into her advantage in the state’s largest media market, Kleefisch may have to do

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The state Elections Commission said today it’s sending postcards to 3,962 voters whose absentee ballots for Tuesday’s primary are being sent to an address other than the one on file with their registrations. The commission voted last week to send the postcards

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Former Vice President Mike Pence today 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 with law enforcement in Pewaukee alongside Kleefisch

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Dem AG Josh Kaul’s latest campaign finance report shows he has more than 26 times as much campaign money as his nearest Republican competitor. Kaul, in his first term, ended the July 1 – 25 period with $2 million on hand. Former

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — A Dane County judge today ordered the Assembly to pay liberal group American Oversight $160,000 in attorney fees after holding former Justice Michael Gableman in contempt for failing to turn over records from his review of the 2020 election in a timely

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … Subscribers: We are sending this PM Update today instead of the usual REPORT, which will return next week. Thank you for subscribing! — GOP U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson charged Dems with facilitating a behind-the-scenes effort to prioritize now front-runner Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes.

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — A Dane County judge today ordered the GOP-run Assembly to pay the attorney fees of a liberal group after finding Assembly Speaker Robin Vos deleted records from the chamber’s probe into the 2020 election in violation of the state’s open records law.

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — 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

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — 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

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Four Wisconsinites with disabilities have filed a federal lawsuit against the Wisconsin Elections Commission and Administrator Meagan Wolfe, arguing they interpreted the state Supreme Court’s recent absentee ballot drop box decision in a way that will disenfranchise disabled voters. The lawsuit addresses

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Candidates in today’s GOP lieutenant governor debate voiced their support for restrictions on abortion while weighing in on a Trump 2024 bid and suspending the state’s income tax. During today’s Spectrum 1 News debate cosponsored by WisPolitics.com, five of the eight candidates

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules today voted along party lines to suspend a Wisconsin Elections Commission rule that would’ve directed clerks on the steps they must take to fix missing or incorrect information on absentee ballot envelopes. Still, agency

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — A Dane County judge has rejected Michael Gableman’s request that the judge recuse himself in a lawsuit over records in the former Supreme Court justice’s 2020 election probe. The Washington, D.C.-based liberal group American Oversight filed the suit against Gableman after he

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Tim Michels’ campaign says it will correct a false claim in a new mail piece that he’s been endorsed by the NRA even though the group hasn’t backed anyone in Wisconsin’s guv race. A Michels spokesman said the error was unintentional. But

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — GOP legislative leaders today asked the Republican co-chairs of JCRAR to halt efforts by the Wisconsin Elections Commission to continue allowing clerks to fill in missing information on absentee ballot envelopes. The commission in 2016 unanimously approved telling clerks they could address

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson raised $7 million during the second quarter of the year through his personal campaign account and his leadership PAC, about the same as what he pulled in during the first three months of 2022. Johnson’s campaign said he