GOP lawmakers slammed Gov. Tony Evers for vetoing six GOP bills seeking to overhaul Wisconsin election laws. One of those sought to ban local clerks from filling in missing information on absentee ballot envelopes. Legislative leaders were mum on whether
Dem U.S. Rep. Ron Kind announced today he won’t seek reelection in 2022, telling a La Crosse news conference, “The truth is, I’ve run out of gas.” Kind has represented the western Wisconsin seat for more than 24 years and
Assembly Campaigns and Elections Committee Chair Janel Brandtjen announced today she has issued subpoenas for ballots and vote-counting machines from Milwaukee and Brown counties as part of her probe into the 2020 presidential election. Shortly after announcing the subpoenas, the
Americans are split on increasing the number of justices on the U.S. Supreme Court, according to a new national Marquette University Law School Poll. Some Dems have pushed the idea of expanding the court beyond the current configuration of nine
Chris Larson said he dropped his bid for the U.S. Senate today because the crowded Dem primary field made it difficult to break through and he wasn’t willing to go after his friend Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes. Speaking with reporters
Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes led his party rivals for U.S. Senate among Dem primary voters in Milwaukee County, according to a new poll commissioned by Milwaukee Works Inc. But 29 percent of those surveyed said they were undecided as to
Mayor Tom Barrett says Milwaukee “remains interested in being a national political convention site.” But he added the process of bidding to host the 2024 Democratic National Convention would require buy-in from a number of parties. The national party has
Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes tells WisPolitics.com he stands out from his seven fellow Dem U.S. Senate candidates because of his experience holding statewide office and his travels to all parts of Wisconsin. Barnes said he’s been to all of the
State Treasurer Sarah Godlewski, now a candidate for U.S. Senate, paid a $500 penalty for failing to quickly resolve a discrepancy in her state campaign finance report filings, according to a settlement obtained by WisPolitics.com. The settlement, paid March 17
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson pulled in $1.2 million during the second quarter, topping each of his potential Dem rivals in the 2022 Senate race, FEC filings show. The Oshkosh Republican, who has yet to say whether he will seek reelection
Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn Wisconsin’s election results were made in good faith so he shouldn’t be forced to cover the legal bills for Gov. Tony Evers and local state officials, Trump attorneys argue. In a federal filing late yesterday,
The Wisconsin Elections Commission will mail nearly 100,000 postcards to voters who may have moved. That mailing is separate from one the commission did last month warning 186,900 voters who hadn’t cast a ballot in four years that their registration
President Biden knocked reported remarks by U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, downplaying the dangers of climate change. Biden’s remarks Wednesday prompted Johnson to challenge the president via Twitter to a debate on climate change. During an appearance in Crystal Lake, Ill.,
The Dem field for the U.S. Senate race next year continues to grow. Milwaukee attorney Peter Peckarsky, who ran unsuccessfully for a Wisconsin spot on the DNC four years ago, announced over the weekend that he’s getting into the race.
Former conservative Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman will be paid $44,000 through this fall to oversee an Assembly investigation into the 2020 election, according to a contract obtained by WisPolitics.com. That’s more than four times what the investigators retained for
Gov. Tony Evers vetoed a bill that would prohibit local election commissions from accepting private money to help cover costs. The guv said he vetoed AB 173 because the state’s election laws are so robust that private funds do not
Dem U.S. Senate candidates agreed on expanding healthcare coverage for Americans but offered different views on how to achieve that. The six candidates, during a WisPolitics.com virtual forum yesterday, also showed different approaches to easing the student debt burden. The
President Biden in La Crosse today praised a bipartisan infrastructure deal as a “blue-collar blueprint to rebuild America.” In his second visit to the state since becoming president, Biden touched on the nation’s high road fatality rates and how car
The conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty has filed a lawsuit in Waukesha County Circuit Court seeking a ban on the use of absentee ballot drop boxes ahead of the 2022 election. The lawsuit, filed Monday on behalf of
Two Assembly Republicans who traveled to Arizona to witness the partisan audit of the 2020 election told WisPolitics.com they’d like to see a similar review of Wisconsin’s presidential results as part of an ongoing Legislative Audit Bureau review. But the
GOP lawmakers slammed Gov. Tony Evers for vetoing six GOP bills seeking to overhaul Wisconsin election laws. One of those sought to ban local clerks from filling in missing information on absentee ballot envelopes. Legislative leaders were mum on whether they would try to override the vetoes. Senate Majority Leader
Dem U.S. Rep. Ron Kind announced today he won’t seek reelection in 2022, telling a La Crosse news conference, “The truth is, I’ve run out of gas.” Kind has represented the western Wisconsin seat for more than 24 years and was already a top GOP target in 2022 after his
Assembly Campaigns and Elections Committee Chair Janel Brandtjen announced today she has issued subpoenas for ballots and vote-counting machines from Milwaukee and Brown counties as part of her probe into the 2020 presidential election. Shortly after announcing the subpoenas, the Menomonee Falls Republican spoke to a rally in front of
Americans are split on increasing the number of justices on the U.S. Supreme Court, according to a new national Marquette University Law School Poll. Some Dems have pushed the idea of expanding the court beyond the current configuration of nine justices after Republicans shortly before the November election confirmed Donald
Chris Larson said he dropped his bid for the U.S. Senate today because the crowded Dem primary field made it difficult to break through and he wasn’t willing to go after his friend Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes. Speaking with reporters after a Capitol news conference, the Milwaukee Dem said he
Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes led his party rivals for U.S. Senate among Dem primary voters in Milwaukee County, according to a new poll commissioned by Milwaukee Works Inc. But 29 percent of those surveyed said they were undecided as to which candidate to back in the crowded August 2022 primary
Mayor Tom Barrett says Milwaukee “remains interested in being a national political convention site.” But he added the process of bidding to host the 2024 Democratic National Convention would require buy-in from a number of parties. The national party has sent letters to more than 20 cities inviting them to
Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes tells WisPolitics.com he stands out from his seven fellow Dem U.S. Senate candidates because of his experience holding statewide office and his travels to all parts of Wisconsin. Barnes said he’s been to all of the state’s 72 counties and was “not just stopping at a
State Treasurer Sarah Godlewski, now a candidate for U.S. Senate, paid a $500 penalty for failing to quickly resolve a discrepancy in her state campaign finance report filings, according to a settlement obtained by WisPolitics.com. The settlement, paid March 17 to the Wisconsin Ethics Commission, was disclosed in Godlewski’s latest
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson pulled in $1.2 million during the second quarter, topping each of his potential Dem rivals in the 2022 Senate race, FEC filings show. The Oshkosh Republican, who has yet to say whether he will seek reelection next year, reported $498,265 in expenses and $1.7 million cash
Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn Wisconsin’s election results were made in good faith so he shouldn’t be forced to cover the legal bills for Gov. Tony Evers and local state officials, Trump attorneys argue. In a federal filing late yesterday, the Trump attorneys argued Evers and the local officials had
The Wisconsin Elections Commission will mail nearly 100,000 postcards to voters who may have moved. That mailing is separate from one the commission did last month warning 186,900 voters who hadn’t cast a ballot in four years that their registration would be deactivated if they didn’t respond by July 15.
President Biden knocked reported remarks by U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, downplaying the dangers of climate change. Biden’s remarks Wednesday prompted Johnson to challenge the president via Twitter to a debate on climate change. During an appearance in Crystal Lake, Ill., Biden told a crowd at McHenry County College that Illinois
The Dem field for the U.S. Senate race next year continues to grow. Milwaukee attorney Peter Peckarsky, who ran unsuccessfully for a Wisconsin spot on the DNC four years ago, announced over the weekend that he’s getting into the race. Prior to his unsuccessful bid for the DNC spot, he
Former conservative Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman will be paid $44,000 through this fall to oversee an Assembly investigation into the 2020 election, according to a contract obtained by WisPolitics.com. That’s more than four times what the investigators retained for the probe are scheduled to be paid, according to their
Gov. Tony Evers vetoed a bill that would prohibit local election commissions from accepting private money to help cover costs. The guv said he vetoed AB 173 because the state’s election laws are so robust that private funds do not threaten the integrity of the election process. The bill would
Dem U.S. Senate candidates agreed on expanding healthcare coverage for Americans but offered different views on how to achieve that. The six candidates, during a WisPolitics.com virtual forum yesterday, also showed different approaches to easing the student debt burden. The election for GOP Sen. Ron Johnson’s seat is next year.
President Biden in La Crosse today praised a bipartisan infrastructure deal as a “blue-collar blueprint to rebuild America.” In his second visit to the state since becoming president, Biden touched on the nation’s high road fatality rates and how car exhaust is one of the leading causes of air pollution
The conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty has filed a lawsuit in Waukesha County Circuit Court seeking a ban on the use of absentee ballot drop boxes ahead of the 2022 election. The lawsuit, filed Monday on behalf of two state residents, comes on the heels of the state
Two Assembly Republicans who traveled to Arizona to witness the partisan audit of the 2020 election told WisPolitics.com they’d like to see a similar review of Wisconsin’s presidential results as part of an ongoing Legislative Audit Bureau review. But the ranking Dem member of the Campaign and Elections Committee called