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No Labels filed 26,775 signatures with the state Elections Commission — more than double what is needed — as it seeks to secure a line on Wisconsin’s presidential ballot this fall. In doing so, the party opted to take the more difficult route to the ballot.
State Revenue Secretary Peter Barca, who’s leaving his position next month after five years on the job, is considering a run for the 1st CD, an office he held 30 years ago, multiple Dem sources say.
The group seeking to recall Robin Vos has launched a new attempt targeting the GOP Assembly speaker after the first one appeared to fall short of the signatures needed to force an election.
With so many moving pieces and the new maps, WisPoiltics has assembled webpages for the Assembly and Senate so you can track who’s in, who’s out and who’s on the move.
Trempealeau County Supv. Stacey Klein tells WisPolitics she’s dropping her bid for the GOP U.S. Senate nomination and taking her “campaign in a different direction” in light of the new legislative maps.
A progressive group founded by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., has announced it will reach out to 146,000 of its Wisconsin members urging them to vote “uninstructed” in Tuesday’s Dem presidential primary. Our Revolution, which spun off of Sanders’ 2016
Forty-six percent of registered Wisconsin voters surveyed backed Biden, while 45% supported Trump.
The group seeking to recall Robin Vos asked a Dane County Court for more time to respond to the challenge filed by the GOP Assembly speaker, who wants the effort dismissed.
Former President Donald Trump will be in Green Bay Tuesday for an evening rally, the same day Wisconsin voters go to the polls for the spring election.
Organizers for this year’s Republican National Convention in Milwaukee are preparing for a wide range of possible security threats, ranging from relatively minor disruptions to attacks on critical infrastructure and communications.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, and new RNC staffer Christina Bobb continue to feud over social media.
Robin Vos says his decision to hire Michael Gableman to review the 2020 election was the biggest mistake he’s made since becoming speaker and the former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice should be disbarred.
GOP U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher abruptly announced today he will resign from Congress next month, further narrowing a tenuous Republican majority.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the latest in the recall effort against Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, a Milwaukee election official’s conviction for illegally requesting absentee ballots and Gov. Tony Evers’ actions on a series of election-related bills and other legislation.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos declared the recall effort against him a “waste of time and resources,” filing a challenge that urged the Elections Commission to dismiss the effort both because it’s short of the signatures needed and it’s legally barred.
Gov. Tony Evers announced vetoes of a series of election-related bills, including one that sought to define what information voters and witnesses must provide on an absentee ballot envelope for the vote to count.
Liberal Justice Janet Protasiewicz has rejected a motion seeking her recusal in a case over whether Racine’s use of a mobile voting van in the August 2022 primary was legal. Protasiewicz received nearly $10 million from the state Dem Party
A new Emerson College Polling/The Hill survey of registered Wisconsin voters found 46% backed Donald Trump for president, while 43% supported Joe Biden.
The Rochester Republican at a WisPolitics event described those seeking to oust him as fitting the definition of “moron,” adding he will formally challenge the signatures submitted last week. Vos said his volunteers and a private investigator have found a litany of issues such as forged signatures, duplicate names, signatures from at least one person who has dementia and his own name.
Franklin businessman Scott Mayer told WisPolitics he decided against running for the U.S. Senate to avoid a “bloody primary” with Madison businessman Eric Hovde that he feared would damage Republicans’ chances of beating Dem incumbent Tammy Baldwin.
No Labels filed 26,775 signatures with the state Elections Commission — more than double what is needed — as it seeks to secure a line on Wisconsin’s presidential ballot this fall. In doing so, the party opted to take the more difficult route to the ballot.
State Revenue Secretary Peter Barca, who’s leaving his position next month after five years on the job, is considering a run for the 1st CD, an office he held 30 years ago, multiple Dem sources say.
The group seeking to recall Robin Vos has launched a new attempt targeting the GOP Assembly speaker after the first one appeared to fall short of the signatures needed to force an election.
With so many moving pieces and the new maps, WisPoiltics has assembled webpages for the Assembly and Senate so you can track who’s in, who’s out and who’s on the move.
Trempealeau County Supv. Stacey Klein tells WisPolitics she’s dropping her bid for the GOP U.S. Senate nomination and taking her “campaign in a different direction” in light of the new legislative maps.
A progressive group founded by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., has announced it will reach out to 146,000 of its Wisconsin members urging them to vote “uninstructed” in Tuesday’s Dem presidential primary. Our Revolution, which spun off of Sanders’ 2016 presidential campaign, also backed similar efforts in Michigan and Washington.
Forty-six percent of registered Wisconsin voters surveyed backed Biden, while 45% supported Trump.
The group seeking to recall Robin Vos asked a Dane County Court for more time to respond to the challenge filed by the GOP Assembly speaker, who wants the effort dismissed.
Former President Donald Trump will be in Green Bay Tuesday for an evening rally, the same day Wisconsin voters go to the polls for the spring election.
Organizers for this year’s Republican National Convention in Milwaukee are preparing for a wide range of possible security threats, ranging from relatively minor disruptions to attacks on critical infrastructure and communications.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, and new RNC staffer Christina Bobb continue to feud over social media.
Robin Vos says his decision to hire Michael Gableman to review the 2020 election was the biggest mistake he’s made since becoming speaker and the former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice should be disbarred.
GOP U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher abruptly announced today he will resign from Congress next month, further narrowing a tenuous Republican majority.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the latest in the recall effort against Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, a Milwaukee election official’s conviction for illegally requesting absentee ballots and Gov. Tony Evers’ actions on a series of election-related bills and other legislation.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos declared the recall effort against him a “waste of time and resources,” filing a challenge that urged the Elections Commission to dismiss the effort both because it’s short of the signatures needed and it’s legally barred.
Gov. Tony Evers announced vetoes of a series of election-related bills, including one that sought to define what information voters and witnesses must provide on an absentee ballot envelope for the vote to count.
Liberal Justice Janet Protasiewicz has rejected a motion seeking her recusal in a case over whether Racine’s use of a mobile voting van in the August 2022 primary was legal. Protasiewicz received nearly $10 million from the state Dem Party during last spring’s Supreme Court race that flipped control to
A new Emerson College Polling/The Hill survey of registered Wisconsin voters found 46% backed Donald Trump for president, while 43% supported Joe Biden.
The Rochester Republican at a WisPolitics event described those seeking to oust him as fitting the definition of “moron,” adding he will formally challenge the signatures submitted last week. Vos said his volunteers and a private investigator have found a litany of issues such as forged signatures, duplicate names, signatures from at least one person who has dementia and his own name.
Franklin businessman Scott Mayer told WisPolitics he decided against running for the U.S. Senate to avoid a “bloody primary” with Madison businessman Eric Hovde that he feared would damage Republicans’ chances of beating Dem incumbent Tammy Baldwin.