The Capitol Report

Next year Wisconsin voters will see the first open governor’s race since 2010 with Dem Gov. Tony Evers opting against a run for a third four-year term.

Several reasons suggest the 2026 Wisconsin Supreme Court campaign won’t be a race like the two previous ones that shattered spending records.

With the 2026 primaries for Wisconsin’s governor less than a year away, the field is growing, shifting and gaining attention.

Wisconsin’s average vaccination rate for the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine has declined by roughly 5 percentage points over the past eight years, new numbers show.

With the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship program due to expire in June 2026, Republican and Dem lawmakers are debating on how to proceed.

The Supreme Court race appears to be an early advantage for the liberals as they seek to broaden their high court majority, political insiders say.

The No. 1 challenge for 2026 gubernatorial candidates will be ensuring Wisconsin voters know them well enough that they can advance to the general election, Marquette University Law School Poll Director Charles Franklin tells WisPolitics’ “Capitol Chats” podcast.

Stalled legislation that would give incumbent utilities the first shot at building new transmission lines was the most lobbied bill during the first six months of the year, according to numbers compiled for WisPolitics.com.

Third gubernatorial terms in Wisconsin are hard to get.

Candidates and outside groups dropped nearly $115 million on Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race this spring, more than doubling the previous national record set just two years earlier, the latest WisPolitics tally shows. But will the spring 2026 race attract so much attention and money when ideological control of the court is no longer an issue?