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Assembly Campaigns and Elections Committee Chair Scott Krug on Tuesday praised Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe, telling WisPolitics he wants to have a joint hearing with the Senate on her work over the years.
GOP activists at this weekend’s state convention will consider a rules package that would remove the “no endorsement” option when they consider backing candidates in statewide races going forward.
Chair Brian Schimming says the state GOP is about to run an unprecedented gauntlet between now and the fall of 2024.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss legislative action on the shared revenue and education funding bill, and the Joint Finance Committee latest progress on the state budget. The show also features an interview with state GOP Chair Brian Schimming ahead of the party’s state convention this weekend.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at the GOP state party convention and whether Republicans can win statewide in future elections. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center for Public Leadership.
The state Dem Party will have a billboard near the state GOP convention in La Crosse this weekend targeting Wisconsin Republicans as “participation trophy winners.” Meanwhile, the Dem group Opportunity Wisconsin plans to have mobile billboards outside the convention knocking four GOP members of Wisconsin’s House delegation for their votes.
DC reporters say former President Donald Trump’s future frontrunner status is uncertain after being indicted over classified documents at Mar-a-Lago.
“We are ground zero, center of the universe in 2024 for the White House, for the Senate, the U.S. House, the state Legislature,” Wikler said on WISN’s “UpFront,” which is produced in partnership with WisPolitics.com. “Our theme is working hard for Wisconsin, and that is what every Democrat has to do.”
Lasry easily defeated Milwaukee County Dem Party activist Jim Carpenter 397 to 31 to become the state’s newest DNC member, representing state party member interests at the national level.
In advance of the state convention in Green Bay, WisPolitics interviews with more than two dozen Dem County Party chairs found most back President Biden’s reelection bid despite some reservations about his age.
Evers told attendees at the state Dem Party convention he’s glad to say he was right last year when he said the party was stronger than ever, arguing last year voters chose kindness and compassion over division and apathy.
Heading into 2024, President Biden’s job approval numbers have been upside down nationally and in the state. To keep Wisconsin in Biden’s column next year, state Dem Chair Ben Wikler says job No. 1 is to make sure people know what the president has achieved. Job No. 2 is making sure voters know the alternative.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss a deal reached on shared revenue, the latest Joint Finance Committee action, a bipartisan slate of election bills and a bill to change how reading is taught. The show also features a conversation with state Dem Party Chair Ben Wikler on the party’s state convention this weekend.
U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Allouez, announced today he won’t seek to challenge Dem Tammy Baldwin in 2024, denying national Republicans their top recruit in the race.
Wisconsin Republicans favored Donald Trump for the GOP presidential nomination and former Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke to take on U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin in 2024, according to a new poll from the Dem firm Public Policy Polling.
A Dane County judge has rejected efforts by the now-defunct Office of Special Counsel to dismiss a lawsuit by a Washington, D.C.-based group seeking to preserve records from former Justice Michael Gableman’s review of the 2020 election. Judge Jacob Frost
The Republican National Committee has set Aug. 23 in Milwaukee for the first GOP presidential primary debate, with the potential for a second debate the following day.
A Dane County jury could rule in the middle of the 2024 presidential election campaign whether a dozen people who participated in an effort to falsely cast Wisconsin’s 2020 electoral votes for Donald Trump should pay $2.4 million in damages for being part of the scheme.
The latest national Marquette University Law School Poll finds both Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis up on President Biden.
The public’s perception of the U.S. Supreme Court has taken another dip, according to a new national survey from the Marquette University Law School.
Assembly Campaigns and Elections Committee Chair Scott Krug on Tuesday praised Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe, telling WisPolitics he wants to have a joint hearing with the Senate on her work over the years.
GOP activists at this weekend’s state convention will consider a rules package that would remove the “no endorsement” option when they consider backing candidates in statewide races going forward.
Chair Brian Schimming says the state GOP is about to run an unprecedented gauntlet between now and the fall of 2024.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss legislative action on the shared revenue and education funding bill, and the Joint Finance Committee latest progress on the state budget. The show also features an interview with state GOP Chair Brian Schimming ahead of the party’s state convention this weekend.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at the GOP state party convention and whether Republicans can win statewide in future elections. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center for Public Leadership.
The state Dem Party will have a billboard near the state GOP convention in La Crosse this weekend targeting Wisconsin Republicans as “participation trophy winners.” Meanwhile, the Dem group Opportunity Wisconsin plans to have mobile billboards outside the convention knocking four GOP members of Wisconsin’s House delegation for their votes.
DC reporters say former President Donald Trump’s future frontrunner status is uncertain after being indicted over classified documents at Mar-a-Lago.
“We are ground zero, center of the universe in 2024 for the White House, for the Senate, the U.S. House, the state Legislature,” Wikler said on WISN’s “UpFront,” which is produced in partnership with WisPolitics.com. “Our theme is working hard for Wisconsin, and that is what every Democrat has to do.”
Lasry easily defeated Milwaukee County Dem Party activist Jim Carpenter 397 to 31 to become the state’s newest DNC member, representing state party member interests at the national level.
In advance of the state convention in Green Bay, WisPolitics interviews with more than two dozen Dem County Party chairs found most back President Biden’s reelection bid despite some reservations about his age.
Evers told attendees at the state Dem Party convention he’s glad to say he was right last year when he said the party was stronger than ever, arguing last year voters chose kindness and compassion over division and apathy.
Heading into 2024, President Biden’s job approval numbers have been upside down nationally and in the state. To keep Wisconsin in Biden’s column next year, state Dem Chair Ben Wikler says job No. 1 is to make sure people know what the president has achieved. Job No. 2 is making sure voters know the alternative.
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss a deal reached on shared revenue, the latest Joint Finance Committee action, a bipartisan slate of election bills and a bill to change how reading is taught. The show also features a conversation with state Dem Party Chair Ben Wikler on the party’s state convention this weekend.
U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Allouez, announced today he won’t seek to challenge Dem Tammy Baldwin in 2024, denying national Republicans their top recruit in the race.
Wisconsin Republicans favored Donald Trump for the GOP presidential nomination and former Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke to take on U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin in 2024, according to a new poll from the Dem firm Public Policy Polling.
A Dane County judge has rejected efforts by the now-defunct Office of Special Counsel to dismiss a lawsuit by a Washington, D.C.-based group seeking to preserve records from former Justice Michael Gableman’s review of the 2020 election. Judge Jacob Frost on Monday also again ordered the office to retain records
The Republican National Committee has set Aug. 23 in Milwaukee for the first GOP presidential primary debate, with the potential for a second debate the following day.
A Dane County jury could rule in the middle of the 2024 presidential election campaign whether a dozen people who participated in an effort to falsely cast Wisconsin’s 2020 electoral votes for Donald Trump should pay $2.4 million in damages for being part of the scheme.
The latest national Marquette University Law School Poll finds both Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis up on President Biden.
The public’s perception of the U.S. Supreme Court has taken another dip, according to a new national survey from the Marquette University Law School.