Barnes, Barrett, Moore named convention officers

Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett are among the Wisconsin officials who will serve as officers at next month’s virtual national convention. The honorary chairs of the convention will be House Speaker Nancy

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New Biden ad knocks Trump’s response to COVID-19

The latest TV ad from Joe Biden’s campaign features a Wisconsin woman who knocks President Trump’s response to COVID-19, saying it felt like her grandmother “didn’t matter” to the administration as she died this spring from the disease. The campaign

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Yang praises Biden’s character during online Wisconsin event

Former presidential candidate Andrew Yang praised Joe Biden’s sincerity and character during a virtual Biden campaign event to mark 100 days until the election and help volunteers operate an online phone bank. “The stat that sticks with me is that 72 percent of Americans believe this is the worst time

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Barnes, Barrett, Moore named convention officers

Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett are among the Wisconsin officials who will serve as officers at next month’s virtual national convention. The honorary chairs of the convention will be House Speaker Nancy Pelois, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. Meanwhile,

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Republican Voters Against Trump launching $1 million ad buy

Republican Voters Against Trump is launching a $1 million ad campaign in the state this week with a trio of spots featuring Wisconsin GOP women knocking the president and saying they will vote for Joe Biden. A group spokesman says the ads will begin running in the Milwaukee TV market

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DNC’s latest ad knocking Trump running in Milwaukee

Milwaukee is one of the markets that will see the DNC‘s latest TV ad, which knocks President Trump on his response to COVID-19. The party, which released the spot yesterday, said this morning it will run on cable networks in Milwaukee with a target audience of parents with school-aged children

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Kleefisch kicks off Trump campaign office opening in Glendale

Former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, at the opening of a Trump campaign office in Glendale, implored Republicans to get out and vote. She also took a swipe at the state Democratic Party, which raised $10 million during the second quarter. The haul included a nearly $2.5 million donation from Illinois

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New Biden ad knocks Trump’s response to COVID-19

The latest TV ad from Joe Biden’s campaign features a Wisconsin woman who knocks President Trump’s response to COVID-19, saying it felt like her grandmother “didn’t matter” to the administration as she died this spring from the disease. The campaign is spending more than $14.5 million this week on TV

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Biden campaign calls Johnson’s Ukraine probe a ‘smear campaign”

The Biden campaign in a scathing memo slammed U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson over a “desperate taxpayer-funded smear campaign” by a panel led by the Oshkosh Republican. The panel is conducting a probe into the presumptive Dem nominee’s son’s involvement with a Ukrainian energy company. The memo, obtained by WisPolitics.com, comes

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Biden campaign adds $15M to battleground ad buys

Joe Biden’s presidential campaign is adding $15 million to its TV buy in a half-dozen swing states, including Wisconsin. The campaign declined to say how much of the $15 million over the next week would be spent in Wisconsin. In addition to running ads in the Milwaukee, Green Bay and

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Trump touts his work for Wisconsin in ‘tele-rally’

President Trump told supporters in the state he’s “done more for Wisconsin probably than any other president.” Trump, whose only public rally since the pandemic began was a poorly attended event in Oklahoma, on Friday did what his campaign billed as a tele-rally through Facebook live. The event was geared

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Kind, Buttigieg tout Biden’s “Build Back Better” plan

Joe Biden’s “Build Back Better” plan would build a strong economy in an environmentally sustainable manner while creating jobs and growing businesses, U.S. Rep. Ron Kind and former Dem presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg say. Speaking Thursday on a virtual roundtable hosted by the Biden campaign, Buttigieg said Americans need to

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