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The five Democratic candidates for governor in a televised debate vowed they wouldn’t sign a state budget that cut money to law enforcement, even as state Rep. Francesca Hong and former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes explained past comments critical of the police.
Put on by WISN-TV and cosponsored by WisPolitics, the debate was broadcast statewide and featured former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, former DOA Secretary Joel Brennan, Milwaukee County Exec David Crowley, state Rep. Francesca Hong and state Sen. Kelda Roys.
Two Dem members of the Election Commission and the Republican National Committee want to intervene in a lawsuit seeking to allow Wisconsin voters to spoil their absentee ballots if they change their minds on who they want to support.
David Crowley, a Democratic candidate for governor, says voters “aren’t worried about tweets” from 2010 linked to an account registered to Crowley that included racist, homophobic and sexist posts.
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisconsinEye’s Rewind Host Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk and Associated Press Statehouse Correspondent Scott Bauer discuss Milwaukee County Exec David Crowley rejoining the Dem gubernatorial field, the latest Marquette University Law School Poll, reaction to a police shooting in Madison, a lawsuit challenging Elections Commission guidance on spoiling absentee ballots and more.
Democratic gubernatorial frontrunner Francesca Hong called the police killing of a Madison resident an “execution,” while presumptive GOP nominee Tom Tiffany pushed back on “rushing to judgment.”
Wisconsin Elections Commission Chair Don Millis said he has “no plans” to call a meeting to rescind commission guidance barring absentee voters from changing their vote after casting a ballot.
A Trump administration push to keep aging Midwestern coal-fired power plants open is set to cost Wisconsin ratepayers some $117 million, Gov. Tony Evers wrote in a letter protesting the directive.
The state GOP reported its strongest fundraising through its federal account since the 2024 general election but still lagged the state Dem Party by more than half a million dollars.
Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez dropped out of the Dem primary race for governor Friday, and David Crowley reentered, winning Gov. Tony Evers’ endorsement.
Ten days after telling voters he had no path to victory, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley jumped back into the governor’s race today, arguing he is the best Dem candidate to beat likely GOP nominee Tom Tiffany.
Milwaukee County Exec David Crowley will re-enter the governor’s race tomorrow a little more than a week after dropping his bid because he no longer believed he had a path to the Dem nomination, according to a source with knowledge
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya Van Wagtendonk discuss Sara Rodriguez dropping out of the race for governor, the latest campaign finance reports, the denial of disaster relief funds
The state Elections Commission said it couldn’t comment on the referral beyond noting the commissioners voted 5-1 to find probable cause Musk broke Wisconsin’s election bribery law, which prohibits offering anything of value above $1 to cast a ballot.
In their only televised debate of the race, all three Democratic candidates in the 7th CD said they supported greater federal regulation of data centers but stopped short of endorsing a moratorium.
Dem gubernatorial candidate Sara Rodriguez said her team was still trying to figure out the extent of the irregularities. But a WisPolitics review found she may have overstated her donations over the second half of 2025 by at least $137,500.
Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez today said her gubernatorial campaign is moving forward after finding her former campaign manager had double-counted donations and failed to pay bills, calling it a “bump in the road.”
Dem gubernatorial candidate Sara Rodriguez has fired her campaign manager “after discovering serious mismanagement and inaccuracies in campaign finance filings she prepared.”
U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore isn’t ruling out endorsing in the Democratic primary for governor ahead of the Aug. 11 election.
The five Democratic candidates for governor in a televised debate vowed they wouldn’t sign a state budget that cut money to law enforcement, even as state Rep. Francesca Hong and former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes explained past comments critical of the police.
Put on by WISN-TV and cosponsored by WisPolitics, the debate was broadcast statewide and featured former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, former DOA Secretary Joel Brennan, Milwaukee County Exec David Crowley, state Rep. Francesca Hong and state Sen. Kelda Roys.
Two Dem members of the Election Commission and the Republican National Committee want to intervene in a lawsuit seeking to allow Wisconsin voters to spoil their absentee ballots if they change their minds on who they want to support.
David Crowley, a Democratic candidate for governor, says voters “aren’t worried about tweets” from 2010 linked to an account registered to Crowley that included racist, homophobic and sexist posts.
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisconsinEye’s Rewind Host Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk and Associated Press Statehouse Correspondent Scott Bauer discuss Milwaukee County Exec David Crowley rejoining the Dem gubernatorial field, the latest Marquette University Law School Poll, reaction to a police shooting in Madison, a lawsuit challenging Elections Commission guidance on spoiling absentee ballots and more.
Democratic gubernatorial frontrunner Francesca Hong called the police killing of a Madison resident an “execution,” while presumptive GOP nominee Tom Tiffany pushed back on “rushing to judgment.”
Wisconsin Elections Commission Chair Don Millis said he has “no plans” to call a meeting to rescind commission guidance barring absentee voters from changing their vote after casting a ballot.
A Trump administration push to keep aging Midwestern coal-fired power plants open is set to cost Wisconsin ratepayers some $117 million, Gov. Tony Evers wrote in a letter protesting the directive.
The state GOP reported its strongest fundraising through its federal account since the 2024 general election but still lagged the state Dem Party by more than half a million dollars.
Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez dropped out of the Dem primary race for governor Friday, and David Crowley reentered, winning Gov. Tony Evers’ endorsement.
Ten days after telling voters he had no path to victory, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley jumped back into the governor’s race today, arguing he is the best Dem candidate to beat likely GOP nominee Tom Tiffany.
Milwaukee County Exec David Crowley will re-enter the governor’s race tomorrow a little more than a week after dropping his bid because he no longer believed he had a path to the Dem nomination, according to a source with knowledge of his plans. The source said Crowley was expected to
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya Van Wagtendonk discuss Sara Rodriguez dropping out of the race for governor, the latest campaign finance reports, the denial of disaster relief funds and this week’s WisPolitics Stock Report picks. Watch “Rewind” on
The state Elections Commission said it couldn’t comment on the referral beyond noting the commissioners voted 5-1 to find probable cause Musk broke Wisconsin’s election bribery law, which prohibits offering anything of value above $1 to cast a ballot.
In their only televised debate of the race, all three Democratic candidates in the 7th CD said they supported greater federal regulation of data centers but stopped short of endorsing a moratorium.
Dem gubernatorial candidate Sara Rodriguez said her team was still trying to figure out the extent of the irregularities. But a WisPolitics review found she may have overstated her donations over the second half of 2025 by at least $137,500.
Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez today said her gubernatorial campaign is moving forward after finding her former campaign manager had double-counted donations and failed to pay bills, calling it a “bump in the road.”
Dem gubernatorial candidate Sara Rodriguez has fired her campaign manager “after discovering serious mismanagement and inaccuracies in campaign finance filings she prepared.”
U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore isn’t ruling out endorsing in the Democratic primary for governor ahead of the Aug. 11 election.