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Dan Shafer: Hong’s recent national media appearances have some Wisconsin Democrats worried
Hong has some in Wisconsin Democratic circles concerned following a round of national media interviews that have drawn negative attention to her and her campaign.

Gregory Humphrey: Democrats need to take a hard look at electability in Wisconsin’s governor’s race
The stakes are too high, the margins too unforgiving, and the electorate too volatile to allow the political path in 2026 to be blown up by someone who simply cannot win in November.

John Nichols: Abdul El-Sayed: ‘The power of our many is greater than the power of their money’
The lessons from a primary win that can be applied to defeat a Republican in November.

James Wigderson: Just give us the strong stuff
Congratulations Democrats, you’ve become addicted to the pure stuff. You don’t want that moderate, play-by-the-rules Democratic politician like Gov. Tony Evers. You want somebody who really upsets the other side, the wackier the better, just to prove you’re pure.

Dave Cieslewicz: The postmortem before the election
Now that the primary is over (accept for the technicality of counting the votes), let’s evaluate what happened to each of the candidates.

Robert Meyer: Moderate Republicans aren’t on the Wisconsin ballot. Why?
If you’re voting Republican in the primary and want to get back to running the great American experiment together, let’s make history again and make me the first-ever write-in candidate to win a primary.

Bruce Thompson: Most Republicans support raising the minimum wage
Why don’t Republican politicians like Tom Tiffany and Wisconsin legislators?

Michael Lucas: Econ 101: Socialism, Part II
When you understand fascism and the fascists of old, it becomes incredibly hard to deny that the bulk of the anti-fascists, socialists, democratic socialists, and other like-minded people in America are themselves fascists.

James E. Causey: It’s time for Milwaukee to show up for activist Vaun Mayes
For years, Vaun Mayes has been one of the people Milwaukee turns to in times of crisis. After a heartbreaking series of personal tragedies, it’s time for the community to help him.

Leah Vukmir: Paul Farrow was a dreamer, a believer who got things done
Paul was a dreamer, a believer, and one of the most loyal friends anyone could hope for.

Christopher LaForge: In the solar business, hope is renewable too
I’ve been in the solar industry since 1988. During this time, we’ve pulled the cost of solar electric modules down 99%. We took more than a year to install a gigawatt of solar in 2004; today, we do it in 17 hours. Our ability to do the tasks necessary to slow and reverse climate change has never been greater. I

John Torinus: Crowley a long shot versus Hong
Let’s do some gubernatorial math with fewer than two weeks to go before the August 11 primary. It’s not over yet, even though Rep. Francesca Hong has an apparently unstoppable lead in the polls.

Mark Belling: Fellow Democrats tell Tony Evers to just go away
Lame-duck governor’s Crowley endorsement lands with a thud

Jessica McBride: Frantic Fran Hong is a whirling national TV dervish, and Tony Evers says she ‘probably’ won’t defeat Tom Tiffany
They think they’re winning these things because, when hit with some crazy thing she repeatedly put in writing, Frantic Fran just says she’s evolving and then buries the answer in a Kamala-style word salad.

Gregory Humphrey: Francesca Hong fails to understand history still matters, and some lines cannot be crossed
I am embarrassed that Hong, the purported leader in the Democratic primary, chooses to campaign alongside someone who treats Mao Zedong’s atrocities as a shrug.

John Nichols: Wisconsin Democrats already elected a socialist for governor
In the last months of World War II, when Wisconsin Democrats voted in the Aug. 15, 1944, gubernatorial primary, they gave 63% of the vote to Daniel Webster Hoan, the longtime Socialist Party mayor of Milwaukee who, after finishing his final term in 1940, chose to make his next move in the Democratic Party of “New Deal” President Franklin Roosevelt.

Tom Content: Data center safeguards critical protections for Big Tech bets
We should learn from the past. Wisconsin utilities invested billions in power plants that were shuttered before reaching their retirement age — with a big debt remaining to be paid.

Jeff Mantes and Jim Kaminski: Milwaukee’s sewer system is a success story
Deep Tunnel system and decades of strategic investments, the region has captured and cleaned more than 98 percent of the stormwater and wastewater entering the system, well above the national benchmark.

Bill Barth: Not surprising, but outrageous
The U.S. Department of Energy, in an official court document, admitted that 284 federal grants totaling $7.6 billion were terminated in several states for the sole reason that a majority of voters there had supported Democrat Kamala Harris for president in 2024.

Brian Fraley: Why the 175th Wisconsin State Fair means more to us than ever
The fair’s roots actually trace all the way back to 1851 along the banks of the Rock River in Janesville. After years of bouncing from city to city, it finally found its permanent home here in 1892. Now, in 2026, organizers are preparing to welcome over one million fairgoers for the 11-day run, and they are pulling out all the stops for the anniversary.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ examine the battle for control of the Wisconsin Legislature
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, review the upcoming races to control the Wisconsin Legislature and the issues that favor each party. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for Sept. 18
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk discuss Tom Tiffany’s plane crash, the U.S. Supreme Court halting President Trump’s mail-in balloting restrictions, oral arguments before the state Supreme Court in two cases challenging the state’s congressional lines and more.