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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
Wisconsin would overhaul its policies for absentee ballots, indefinitely confined voters and the use of drop boxes under bills that cleared the state Senate today. The Senate also voted to ban the use of private money to cover the costs
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson says his decision to delay announcing whether he will seek reelection is saving Wisconsinites from a long campaign. The Oshkosh Republican told a Milwaukee Press Club-WisPolitics.com virtual luncheon Thursday the public won’t be paying attention this
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, take an early look at Dem Party candidates seeking to unseat GOP U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson in 2022, should he run for reelection.
The La Crosse County DA has decided not to press charges over potential voter fraud issues, saying his investigation showed there was no intent to break the law. The Elections Commission noted 22 instances of individuals improperly using a UPS
The Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections today passed along party lines a bill to ban municipal clerks from correcting defective information on absentee ballot envelopes. Instead, clerks would have to mail the ballots back to the voter, who would
State Sen. Chris Larson, D-Milwaukee, formally rolled out his bid for U.S. Senate today, calling on Wisconsinites to join him in “standing up to the bullies in Washington and Wall Street.” In a video posted to social media, Larson ripped
The state Elections Commission has identified 13 cases of possible voter fraud specific to the fall 2020 election with questions about another 16 voters who cast ballots last fall, according to materials prepared for a meeting next week. Of the
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
Wisconsin would overhaul its policies for absentee ballots, indefinitely confined voters and the use of drop boxes under bills that cleared the state Senate today. The Senate also voted to ban the use of private money to cover the costs of an election. Many of the provisions in the four
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson says his decision to delay announcing whether he will seek reelection is saving Wisconsinites from a long campaign. The Oshkosh Republican told a Milwaukee Press Club-WisPolitics.com virtual luncheon Thursday the public won’t be paying attention this year to Senate campaigns, adding he feels there’s still plenty
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, take an early look at Dem Party candidates seeking to unseat GOP U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson in 2022, should he run for reelection.
The La Crosse County DA has decided not to press charges over potential voter fraud issues, saying his investigation showed there was no intent to break the law. The Elections Commission noted 22 instances of individuals improperly using a UPS Store address when registering to vote and one instance of
The Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections today passed along party lines a bill to ban municipal clerks from correcting defective information on absentee ballot envelopes. Instead, clerks would have to mail the ballots back to the voter, who would then have to correct the form and resend it to
State Sen. Chris Larson, D-Milwaukee, formally rolled out his bid for U.S. Senate today, calling on Wisconsinites to join him in “standing up to the bullies in Washington and Wall Street.” In a video posted to social media, Larson ripped what he said is a system rigged through money, gerrymandering
The state Elections Commission has identified 13 cases of possible voter fraud specific to the fall 2020 election with questions about another 16 voters who cast ballots last fall, according to materials prepared for a meeting next week. Of the 13 cases, six involved voters who may have cast ballots