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GOP presidential contenders Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis each raised more money from Wisconsinites over the first six months of the year than former President Donald Trump, even though they had a smaller window to fundraise after getting into the race.
The campaign will encourage voters to cast their ballots ahead of election day – a practice some Republicans are leery of as former President Donald Trump continues to deny his 2020 loss.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the FBI interviewing Wisconsin election officials in its 2020 election investigation, Republican Paul Melotik’s victory in the 24th AD special election and the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at the role third-party presidential candidates have played in Wisconsin over the years. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
A year after the outgoing conservative majority on the state Supreme Court banned drop boxes, two groups filed suit in Dane County Circuit Court seeking a declaration that they’re legal.
WisPolitics has tracked more than $56 million spent on this spring’s Supreme Court race — almost four times the previous national record — as liberals flipped control of the body for the first time in 15 years. And it’s likely the final tab was significantly higher, thanks to issue ads and spending on infrastructure that aren’t reported to the state.
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, in early May repaid himself $400,000 of what he gave his campaigns in 2010 and 2016, despite insisting earlier this year he had no intentions of recouping money from old loans.
Small business owner Rebecca Cooke, who finished second in the Dem primary for the 3rd CD last year, announced she is taking another shot at the western Wisconsin seat. She is the first Dem to formally announce plans to run
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the state budget and the governor’s veto powers, the fate of Elections Administrator Meagan Wolfe, U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin’s latest fundraising numbers and more.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is accusing Dem Gov. Tony Evers of lying to voters and GOP lawmakers after he vetoed into state law a provision annually increasing caps on K-12 school spending for the next four centuries.
GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis has added a luncheon in Lake Geneva to his Wisconsin stop next week after selling out a breakfast fundraiser in Hartland. WisPolitics previously reported DeSantis planned to be in the state next week for a
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin over the past three months raised $3.2 million, which her campaign says is the most ever raised by a Wisconsin Senate candidate for a quarter in a non-election year.
Ann Jacobs, a Democratic Party member of the Wisconsin Elections Commission, isn’t ruling out filing a lawsuit on her own in the turmoil surrounding the state’s top election chief just as Administrator Meagan Wolfe’s term expired.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the GOP budget headed to Gov. Tony Evers’ desk, uncertainty surrounding whether Meagan Wolfe will continue as Wisconsin’s top election official, federal broadband funds heading to Wisconsin and more.
The initial ratings of the 2024 presidential election from the University of Virginia’s “Crystal Ball” lists Wisconsin as one of just four toss-up states. The other three are Arizona, Georgia and Nevada. “Wisconsin, meanwhile, may be the purest Toss-up on
Senate Minority Leader Melissa Agard says her caucus is “disgusted and frustrated” after Republicans moved late last night to pave the way for a vote on whether Meagan Wolfe will continue to serve as Wisconsin’s top election official.
The first Marquette University Law School Poll of 2023 found a tight GOP presidential contest in Wisconsin, with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis faring better in a head-to-head matchup with President Biden than Donald Trump.
The state Elections Commission failed Tuesday evening to reach consensus on renominating Meagan Wolfe as Wisconsin’s top election official, which Dem appointees argued left her in the administrator’s job indefinitely.
GOP U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany says he’ll make a formal decision whether to run for U.S. Senate in July or August.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” CBS 58 Capitol Reporter Emilee Fannon and CBS 58’s A.J. Bayatpour discuss the Joint Finance Committee’s passage of the state budget, Gov. Tony Evers’ signing of the shared revenue bill and the Assembly’s passage of bills to overhaul alcohol regulations and change literacy instruction in K-12 schools.
GOP presidential contenders Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis each raised more money from Wisconsinites over the first six months of the year than former President Donald Trump, even though they had a smaller window to fundraise after getting into the race.
The campaign will encourage voters to cast their ballots ahead of election day – a practice some Republicans are leery of as former President Donald Trump continues to deny his 2020 loss.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the FBI interviewing Wisconsin election officials in its 2020 election investigation, Republican Paul Melotik’s victory in the 24th AD special election and the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at the role third-party presidential candidates have played in Wisconsin over the years. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
A year after the outgoing conservative majority on the state Supreme Court banned drop boxes, two groups filed suit in Dane County Circuit Court seeking a declaration that they’re legal.
WisPolitics has tracked more than $56 million spent on this spring’s Supreme Court race — almost four times the previous national record — as liberals flipped control of the body for the first time in 15 years. And it’s likely the final tab was significantly higher, thanks to issue ads and spending on infrastructure that aren’t reported to the state.
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, in early May repaid himself $400,000 of what he gave his campaigns in 2010 and 2016, despite insisting earlier this year he had no intentions of recouping money from old loans.
Small business owner Rebecca Cooke, who finished second in the Dem primary for the 3rd CD last year, announced she is taking another shot at the western Wisconsin seat. She is the first Dem to formally announce plans to run against freshman U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Prairie du Chien.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the state budget and the governor’s veto powers, the fate of Elections Administrator Meagan Wolfe, U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin’s latest fundraising numbers and more.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is accusing Dem Gov. Tony Evers of lying to voters and GOP lawmakers after he vetoed into state law a provision annually increasing caps on K-12 school spending for the next four centuries.
GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis has added a luncheon in Lake Geneva to his Wisconsin stop next week after selling out a breakfast fundraiser in Hartland. WisPolitics previously reported DeSantis planned to be in the state next week for a fundraising stop. According to invites shared with WisPolitics today, both
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin over the past three months raised $3.2 million, which her campaign says is the most ever raised by a Wisconsin Senate candidate for a quarter in a non-election year.
Ann Jacobs, a Democratic Party member of the Wisconsin Elections Commission, isn’t ruling out filing a lawsuit on her own in the turmoil surrounding the state’s top election chief just as Administrator Meagan Wolfe’s term expired.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the GOP budget headed to Gov. Tony Evers’ desk, uncertainty surrounding whether Meagan Wolfe will continue as Wisconsin’s top election official, federal broadband funds heading to Wisconsin and more.
The initial ratings of the 2024 presidential election from the University of Virginia’s “Crystal Ball” lists Wisconsin as one of just four toss-up states. The other three are Arizona, Georgia and Nevada. “Wisconsin, meanwhile, may be the purest Toss-up on the whole map: Its presidential margin was below a point
Senate Minority Leader Melissa Agard says her caucus is “disgusted and frustrated” after Republicans moved late last night to pave the way for a vote on whether Meagan Wolfe will continue to serve as Wisconsin’s top election official.
The first Marquette University Law School Poll of 2023 found a tight GOP presidential contest in Wisconsin, with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis faring better in a head-to-head matchup with President Biden than Donald Trump.
The state Elections Commission failed Tuesday evening to reach consensus on renominating Meagan Wolfe as Wisconsin’s top election official, which Dem appointees argued left her in the administrator’s job indefinitely.
GOP U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany says he’ll make a formal decision whether to run for U.S. Senate in July or August.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” CBS 58 Capitol Reporter Emilee Fannon and CBS 58’s A.J. Bayatpour discuss the Joint Finance Committee’s passage of the state budget, Gov. Tony Evers’ signing of the shared revenue bill and the Assembly’s passage of bills to overhaul alcohol regulations and change literacy instruction in K-12 schools.