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Adam Steen, who lost the GOP primary in the 63rd AD to Assembly Speaker Robin Vos by 260 votes after he was endorsed by former President Trump, will run as a write-in candidate in November. Steen in an interview with
GOP guv candidate Tim Michels is building out his campaign, bringing in former state and national Republican Chair Reince Priebus as a senior adviser. Along with Priebus, who served as chief of staff for former President Trump, the campaign has
A new Fox News poll found U.S. Senate candidate Mandela Barnes and Gov. Tony Evers with edges over their GOP rivals. The poll found 50 percent backed Barnes, the lieutenant governor, while 46 percent supported U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh.
A Dane County judge has ordered the Assembly’s Office of Special Counsel to pay $24,000 in fines for the days it took former Justice Michael Gableman to prove he had done a thorough search and turned over records stemming from
Challengers Mandela Barnes and Tim Michels both saw post-primary bumps in the first Marquette University Law School Poll since they won their parties’ nominations for U.S. Senate and guv. Fifty-one percent of registered voters surveyed backed Barnes, the Dem lieutenant
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos vowed to fight the thousands of dollars in legal fees awarded to a Washington, D.C.-based group that sought records from Michael Gableman’s review of the 2020 election. But it is likely that Assembly Republicans will drop
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos vowed to fight the thousands of dollars in legal fees awarded to a Washington, D.C.-based group that sought records from Michael Gableman’s review of the 2020 election. But it is likely that Assembly Republicans will drop
On the heels of AdImpact predicting $344 million will be spent on ads for Wisconsin races this cycle, a flurry of new spots are out in various state contests. The AdImpact projection includes $159 million in the U.S. Senate race
The Assembly GOP caucus will meet tomorrow after Speaker Robin Vos fired Michael Gableman. “I really don’t think there’s any need to have a discussion,” Vos said on WISN’s “UpFront,” which is produced in partnership with WisPolitics.com. “He did a
Speaker Robin Vos announced today he has fired Michael Gableman as special counsel to the Assembly. The move comes three days after the Rochester Republican beat back a primary challenge by Adam Steen, who Gableman had endorsed. The move brings
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the results of top primaries, the future of former Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman’s 2020 election investigation, site selection for a new facility to replace Wisconsin’s troubled youth prison and more.
GOP lawmakers filed a motion to intervene in a Waukesha County lawsuit seeking to bar local clerks from filling in missing information on absentee ballot envelopes. The motion was filed in a suit brought by the Waukesha County GOP and
Joint Legislative Audit Committee Dems called on Co-Chair Sen. Rob Cowles, R-Green Bay, for a “comprehensive audit” of former Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman’s 2020 election probe. Sen. Melissa Agard, of Madison, Sen. Tim Carpenter, of Milwaukee, Rep. Dianne Hesselbein,
Gov. Tony Evers is hitting the road today on a general election campaign swing. Evers’ campaign swing is taking him through Madison, Stevens Point, Appleton and Milwaukee on the day after primary results set up the November races. Evers and
Construction business exec Tim Michels vowed Tuesday night to stand up for the hardworking taxpayers of Wisconsin after he won the GOP nomination for guv and ripped Dem Tony Evers as a failed leader. Michels thanked former President Trump in
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos called his narrow win in a GOP primary a testament to his conservative record, saying former President Trump’s endorsement of opponent Adam Steen made the race closer than he expected. The Rochester Republican also called Michael
Fond du Lac County DA Eric Toney narrowly won the GOP nomination for attorney general despite being vastly outspent by GOP rival Adam Jarchow and his allies. Jarchow, a former state lawmaker from Balsam Lake, conceded early Wednesday morning as
State Sen. Brad Pfaff, of Onalaska, won the Dem primary for the 3rd CD seat of retiring U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, D-La Crosse. Pfaff, who is endorsed by Kind, will face Republican Derrick Van Orden in the November general election.
U.S. Senate hopeful Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes after winning the Dem primary said while he doesn’t necessarily look like a “normal politician,” that “is a good thing.” “We need more real people in the United States Senate,” Barnes told supporters
Former Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman recorded a robocall urging voters to support Adam Steen in tomorrow’s GOP primary, saying Assembly Speaker Robin Vos “never wanted a real investigation into the 2020 election in Wisconsin.” Vos, R-Rochester, said the call
Adam Steen, who lost the GOP primary in the 63rd AD to Assembly Speaker Robin Vos by 260 votes after he was endorsed by former President Trump, will run as a write-in candidate in November. Steen in an interview with WisPolitics.com said with more time, he believes the former president’s
GOP guv candidate Tim Michels is building out his campaign, bringing in former state and national Republican Chair Reince Priebus as a senior adviser. Along with Priebus, who served as chief of staff for former President Trump, the campaign has added operative Brandon Rosner as finance director. They join a
A new Fox News poll found U.S. Senate candidate Mandela Barnes and Gov. Tony Evers with edges over their GOP rivals. The poll found 50 percent backed Barnes, the lieutenant governor, while 46 percent supported U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh. Another 1 percent preferred someone else, while 5 percent said
A Dane County judge has ordered the Assembly’s Office of Special Counsel to pay $24,000 in fines for the days it took former Justice Michael Gableman to prove he had done a thorough search and turned over records stemming from his review of the 2020 election. While Judge Frank Remington
Challengers Mandela Barnes and Tim Michels both saw post-primary bumps in the first Marquette University Law School Poll since they won their parties’ nominations for U.S. Senate and guv. Fifty-one percent of registered voters surveyed backed Barnes, the Dem lieutenant governor, in the U.S. Senate race over Republican Ron Johnson,
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos vowed to fight the thousands of dollars in legal fees awarded to a Washington, D.C.-based group that sought records from Michael Gableman’s review of the 2020 election. But it is likely that Assembly Republicans will drop Gableman’s effort to jail the mayors of Green Bay and
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos vowed to fight the thousands of dollars in legal fees awarded to a Washington, D.C.-based group that sought records from Michael Gableman’s review of the 2020 election. But it is likely that Assembly Republicans will drop Gableman’s effort to jail the mayors of Green Bay and
On the heels of AdImpact predicting $344 million will be spent on ads for Wisconsin races this cycle, a flurry of new spots are out in various state contests. The AdImpact projection includes $159 million in the U.S. Senate race and $126 million for the guv’s campaign. The group, which
The Assembly GOP caucus will meet tomorrow after Speaker Robin Vos fired Michael Gableman. “I really don’t think there’s any need to have a discussion,” Vos said on WISN’s “UpFront,” which is produced in partnership with WisPolitics.com. “He did a good job last year, kind of got off the rails
Speaker Robin Vos announced today he has fired Michael Gableman as special counsel to the Assembly. The move comes three days after the Rochester Republican beat back a primary challenge by Adam Steen, who Gableman had endorsed. The move brings to a close an investigation that lasted more than a
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the results of top primaries, the future of former Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman’s 2020 election investigation, site selection for a new facility to replace Wisconsin’s troubled youth prison and more.
GOP lawmakers filed a motion to intervene in a Waukesha County lawsuit seeking to bar local clerks from filling in missing information on absentee ballot envelopes. The motion was filed in a suit brought by the Waukesha County GOP and others. It came on the heels of a legislative committee
Joint Legislative Audit Committee Dems called on Co-Chair Sen. Rob Cowles, R-Green Bay, for a “comprehensive audit” of former Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman’s 2020 election probe. Sen. Melissa Agard, of Madison, Sen. Tim Carpenter, of Milwaukee, Rep. Dianne Hesselbein, of Middleton, and Rep. Francesca Hong, of Madison, made the
Gov. Tony Evers is hitting the road today on a general election campaign swing. Evers’ campaign swing is taking him through Madison, Stevens Point, Appleton and Milwaukee on the day after primary results set up the November races. Evers and Rep. Sara Rodriguez, D-Brookfield, will face wealthy construction exec Tim
Construction business exec Tim Michels vowed Tuesday night to stand up for the hardworking taxpayers of Wisconsin after he won the GOP nomination for guv and ripped Dem Tony Evers as a failed leader. Michels thanked former President Trump in his victory speech for his endorsement, calling it a “tremendous
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos called his narrow win in a GOP primary a testament to his conservative record, saying former President Trump’s endorsement of opponent Adam Steen made the race closer than he expected. The Rochester Republican also called Michael Gableman – hired by Vos to review the 2020 election
Fond du Lac County DA Eric Toney narrowly won the GOP nomination for attorney general despite being vastly outspent by GOP rival Adam Jarchow and his allies. Jarchow, a former state lawmaker from Balsam Lake, conceded early Wednesday morning as Toney clung to a lead of less than 3,600 votes
State Sen. Brad Pfaff, of Onalaska, won the Dem primary for the 3rd CD seat of retiring U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, D-La Crosse. Pfaff, who is endorsed by Kind, will face Republican Derrick Van Orden in the November general election. The Trump-endorsed Van Orden ran unopposed in today’s GOP primary
U.S. Senate hopeful Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes after winning the Dem primary said while he doesn’t necessarily look like a “normal politician,” that “is a good thing.” “We need more real people in the United States Senate,” Barnes told supporters in Milwaukee. Barnes will face incumbent GOP U.S. Sen. Ron
Former Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman recorded a robocall urging voters to support Adam Steen in tomorrow’s GOP primary, saying Assembly Speaker Robin Vos “never wanted a real investigation into the 2020 election in Wisconsin.” Vos, R-Rochester, said the call shows how desperate Gableman is to remain relevant. Former President