Election clerks across Wisconsin are busy because there’s a slew of primaries on Aug. 11 that demand attention to deadlines, spur questions from voters and spike worries about federal actions that could affect how elections are run in Wisconsin.
The first major candidate to drop out of the Democratic governor’s race is Missy Hughes, the former Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. secretary and CEO.
The latest straw poll from the Dem convention showed Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez to be the favorite of party activists attending the gathering; state Rep. Francesca Hong just behind in second place.
The Trump administration is doing what it can to help Rep. Derrick Van Orden — though insiders wonder if that’s a double-edged sword.
More and more local governments across the state are moving to temporarily prohibit construction of power-guzzling data center facilities — amid darkening public perception and growing skepticism of their purported benefits.
It’s said that politics creates strange bedfellows. And some strange ads.
Witness a new ad to boost longtime GOP state Sen. Howard Marklein.
State Republicans are stressing unity with their presumptive and now-endorsed candidate, Tom Tiffany, but also have some internal struggles stemming from calls to oust state Party Chair Brian Schimming.
The 99-member Assembly has been viewed as the GOP’s best bet this fall. Those odds just got a little worse with the retirements of Republican Reps. Jessie Rodriguez and Dean Kaufert.
Warning: you will be seeing more political ads this fall than four years ago, and they’ll be more difficult to avoid.
Call it the tale of two swing districts:
Two Republican members of Congress in Wisconsin. Two different personalities. Two very different outlooks for the fall.