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Dan Shafer: 12 Takeaways from Wisconsin’s Discombobulating Democratic Primary
Our post-election deep-dive breakdown on everything from David Crowley’s comeback to Francesca Hong’s campaign to how the race was won to the looming electability question and everything in between.

James N. Fitzhenry: Wisconsin election results stun as humans wreck the machines
Did it occur to the people wringing their hands that the outcome was more about how voters in the Democratic primary see themselves and their future than what the commentators and pollsters decreed?

Jing Wang: Hong as Wong not simple racist punchline. It’s even worse.
Throughout her campaign, right-wing media and social media users have shown blatant anti-Asian racism toward Hong.

Austin Ramirez: Luck is no way to choose a governor
Final five elections replace the closed partisan primaries with one open primary where every candidate competes and the top five advance, regardless of party. November is then decided by an instant runoff, so the winner must earn a real majority. No spoilers. No wasted votes. And no more hoping the establishment can protect us from the fringe by a few thousand votes.

James E. Causey: GLP-1 pills are popular. People of color can’t afford them.
A breakthrough class of weight-loss drugs is transforming lives, but for many Americans, cost and insurance coverage remain the biggest barriers to treatment.

Dan Knodl: Success has more than one path
Too often, our culture sends the message that success is defined by a four-year degree. Wisconsin’s economy tells a different story.

Jon Shelton: Along with new UW president, we need a new Board of Regents
Most of the current regents have very little knowledge (or any interest in learning) how things work on our campuses, how they could work better, or even the educational needs of our students.

Fabu: Police and public would benefit from use of body cameras
Madisonians should want to preserve human life as a priority, while also recognizing humanity includes police, especially their families. My hope is that future use of body cameras will help assist people and police with improved relationships.

Bill Kaplan: Ron Johnson, political distraction and vaccine ignorance
Johnson increasingly acts like Joe McCarthy with fearmongering and bold-faced lies.

Dave Zweifel: Attack on Fauci a sign of the times
Here is a doctor who could have made millions in private practice, instead devoting 50-plus years to working a civil service job. Acknowledged as the man who tackled the AIDS crisis, now he’s being dragged through the political mud in his retirement years.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ analyze Wisconsin’s gubernatorial primary results
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, review Wisconsin’s gubernatorial primary, its late-stage twists and turns, and the general election dynamics for November. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center for Public Leadership.

Tom Still: True healthcare debate in Wisconsin would help people, economy
“Price transparency” is a phrase used by politicians right and left to oversimplify real problems with healthcare costs, access and delivery in the United States. This fall’s campaigns for state and federal offices should move beyond that social media meme to a debate that respects the public’s ability to comprehend.

Christian Schneider: Tony Evers, Electoral gangster
A Democratic Midwestern governor moves quickly to save his party from socialism.

Scott Walker: Democrats pick classic tax-and-spend leftist David Crowley for Wisconsin governor
A tax-and-spend liberal from Milwaukee, where the schools are some of the worst in the nation — that is the person Democrats have nominated for governor in Wisconsin.

Lee Rasch: Election integrity about much more than how ballots are counted
Our democracy depends on candidates who compete honestly, election officials who administer the law fairly and voters who take the time to become informed before casting their ballots.

Ankita Bharadwaj: Wisconsin’s primary was a warning for Democrats
Democrats need to understand something that political institutions are often slow to accept: fear politics may have worked for them for decades, but the overwhelming support for a candidate like Francesca Hong should tell them that it is not working for them anymore.

Michelle Bryant: When a badge becomes a shield for violence
A lawsuit should not be the only mechanism that forces us to ask difficult questions. The public should not have to wonder whether an officer will be treated differently simply because they wear a badge.

Jared Walczak: Wisconsin should stop treating data centers worse than other taxpaying industries
Sales tax exemption isn’t a subsidy but a common shield against increasing consumers’ prices with hidden levies.

Duey Stroebel: Follow HUD’s lead: How deregulation is making homes affordable again
Through prudent deregulation, innovation and improving our agency’s day-to-day work processes, HUD is expanding opportunity and reducing costs for American homebuyers.

Stephanie Kay: Summer shouldn’t cost this much
Working families understand that prices rise from time to time. They don’t expect every problem to be solved overnight. But they do expect leaders to stop making life more expensive.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ analyze the blue wave that flipped Wisconsin’s Legislature
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss the political blue wave that swept Wisconsin Democrats into control of the state Legislature. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for Nov. 6
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk discuss the factors behind the blue wave in Wisconsin as Democrats win a trifecta and flip the 1st and 3rd CDs, the priorities of Gov.-elect David Crowley and the incoming Dem legislative majority, the wrangling for legislative leadership posts and more.