The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look back at the 2024 general election and its highs and lows in Wisconsin. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin pledged to work with President-elect Donald Trump when it benefits the people of Wisconsin and to stand up to him when his policies don’t.
U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Prairie du Chien, fresh off his reelection this week, faulted the Dem-controlled Senate for delays in a new farm bill and said his first priority is getting the legislation passed.
In this week’s Capitol Chats, GOP strategist Bill McCoshen and Dem strategist Joe Zepecki join a special edition of the podcast on this week’s elections in Wisconsin. McCoshen credits President-elect Donald Trump for winning over more voters in rural areas and Zepecki touts Dem U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin winning reelection despite Trump carrying the state.
Wisconsin Elections Administrator Meagan Wolfe says Election Day in Wisconsin “went very well and was successfully administered.” But Wolfe, while speaking to media Wednesday, declined to say whether she will remain in her current role after the election is certified.
After issues at Milwaukee’s central count and other communities that took until Wednesday to report results, Krug said he wants to have a conversation about moving to a Florida-style system.
GOP U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde isn’t conceding to Dem Tammy Baldwin this morning, saying in a statement his campaign will “continue to monitor returns and make sure that every vote is counted.”
Dem U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin early this morning declared victory after Milwaukee’s final tally of its absentee ballots pushed her to a nearly 16,000-vote lead over GOP businessman Eric Hovde.
Multiple media outlets have projected Donald Trump will win Wisconsin, putting the Badger State back in his column four years after narrowly losing it to Joe Biden.
Republicans maintained control of the Assembly today despite new legislative lines that gave Dems more opportunities to flip the chamber than previous maps. As of early this morning, Republicans had secured the 50 seats they needed to maintain the majority, according to a WisPolitics check of unofficial returns.
Dems picked up three seats in the state Senate on Tuesday — including knocking off GOP state Sens. Joan Ballweg and Duey Stroebel — as they kept the door open to taking a run at flipping control of the chamber in 2026. They also led in early returns in a fourth seat that would mark a clean sweep of the contested races on Tuesday’s ballot.
Republican U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden declared victory in his reelection bid in western Wisconsin’s 3rd CD tonight in one of the most closely watched races in the Badger State.
U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil won reelection tonight to the 1st CD as De Pere businessman Tony Wied secured the open 8th CD for Republicans.
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, who joined Republican Party Chair Brian Schimming to inspect Milwaukee central count operation, said Milwaukee “obviously wasn’t” ready for Election Day, calling it “sloppy.”
Milwaukee election officials are starting over with counting some 31,000 absentee ballots initially fed through tabulators that hadn’t properly been locked, likely adding significant time to the final tally.
City of Milwaukee Election Commission Director Paulina Gutierrez cautioned it would be a late night in Milwaukee due to the number of absentee ballots that must be processed.
Walz and Vance held competing rallies yesterday in La Crosse – a big hub in the crucial 3rd Congressional District – on the eve of the election. The rallies came just days after their running mates, Harris and Donald Trump, rallied voters at dueling events in Milwaukee on Friday. Walz also had visits in Stevens Point and Milwaukee. Yesterday marked Walz and Vance’s ninth Wisconsin visits.
Brian Schimming, chairman of the Republican Party of Wisconsin, says the remaining final hours of get-out-the-vote efforts will be “very intense” ahead of Election Day.
Donald Trump told his supporters at a Milwaukee rally Kamala Harris “hates you” as he charged she can’t answer a question, is a “dummy,” “cracks under pressure” and is a “weak person.” Five miles away at her own rally, Harris warned her backers that Trump is “not done” after his picks for the U.S. Supreme Court voted to overturn Roe v. Wade and would seek to impose a national abortion ban, restrict access to birth control and put IVF treatments at risk.
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss candidates’ closing arguments head of Tuesday’s election, highlights from the Marquette University Law School Poll, early voting data, legislative races to watch and more.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look back at the 2024 general election and its highs and lows in Wisconsin. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin pledged to work with President-elect Donald Trump when it benefits the people of Wisconsin and to stand up to him when his policies don’t.
U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Prairie du Chien, fresh off his reelection this week, faulted the Dem-controlled Senate for delays in a new farm bill and said his first priority is getting the legislation passed.
In this week’s Capitol Chats, GOP strategist Bill McCoshen and Dem strategist Joe Zepecki join a special edition of the podcast on this week’s elections in Wisconsin. McCoshen credits President-elect Donald Trump for winning over more voters in rural areas and Zepecki touts Dem U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin winning reelection despite Trump carrying the state.
Wisconsin Elections Administrator Meagan Wolfe says Election Day in Wisconsin “went very well and was successfully administered.” But Wolfe, while speaking to media Wednesday, declined to say whether she will remain in her current role after the election is certified.
After issues at Milwaukee’s central count and other communities that took until Wednesday to report results, Krug said he wants to have a conversation about moving to a Florida-style system.
GOP U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde isn’t conceding to Dem Tammy Baldwin this morning, saying in a statement his campaign will “continue to monitor returns and make sure that every vote is counted.”
Dem U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin early this morning declared victory after Milwaukee’s final tally of its absentee ballots pushed her to a nearly 16,000-vote lead over GOP businessman Eric Hovde.
Multiple media outlets have projected Donald Trump will win Wisconsin, putting the Badger State back in his column four years after narrowly losing it to Joe Biden.
Republicans maintained control of the Assembly today despite new legislative lines that gave Dems more opportunities to flip the chamber than previous maps. As of early this morning, Republicans had secured the 50 seats they needed to maintain the majority, according to a WisPolitics check of unofficial returns.
Dems picked up three seats in the state Senate on Tuesday — including knocking off GOP state Sens. Joan Ballweg and Duey Stroebel — as they kept the door open to taking a run at flipping control of the chamber in 2026. They also led in early returns in a fourth seat that would mark a clean sweep of the contested races on Tuesday’s ballot.
Republican U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden declared victory in his reelection bid in western Wisconsin’s 3rd CD tonight in one of the most closely watched races in the Badger State.
U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil won reelection tonight to the 1st CD as De Pere businessman Tony Wied secured the open 8th CD for Republicans.
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, who joined Republican Party Chair Brian Schimming to inspect Milwaukee central count operation, said Milwaukee “obviously wasn’t” ready for Election Day, calling it “sloppy.”
Milwaukee election officials are starting over with counting some 31,000 absentee ballots initially fed through tabulators that hadn’t properly been locked, likely adding significant time to the final tally.
City of Milwaukee Election Commission Director Paulina Gutierrez cautioned it would be a late night in Milwaukee due to the number of absentee ballots that must be processed.
Walz and Vance held competing rallies yesterday in La Crosse – a big hub in the crucial 3rd Congressional District – on the eve of the election. The rallies came just days after their running mates, Harris and Donald Trump, rallied voters at dueling events in Milwaukee on Friday. Walz also had visits in Stevens Point and Milwaukee. Yesterday marked Walz and Vance’s ninth Wisconsin visits.
Brian Schimming, chairman of the Republican Party of Wisconsin, says the remaining final hours of get-out-the-vote efforts will be “very intense” ahead of Election Day.
Donald Trump told his supporters at a Milwaukee rally Kamala Harris “hates you” as he charged she can’t answer a question, is a “dummy,” “cracks under pressure” and is a “weak person.” Five miles away at her own rally, Harris warned her backers that Trump is “not done” after his picks for the U.S. Supreme Court voted to overturn Roe v. Wade and would seek to impose a national abortion ban, restrict access to birth control and put IVF treatments at risk.
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss candidates’ closing arguments head of Tuesday’s election, highlights from the Marquette University Law School Poll, early voting data, legislative races to watch and more.