The Capitol Report

How did Donald Trump win back Wisconsin over Kamala Harris on his way to a victorious comeback?

The number of annual union petitions in the state has more than doubled in recent years, suggesting interest in unionization is on the rise even as the share of Wisconsin workers in unions has fallen substantially.

Absentee and early in-person voting will be an important piece of the 2024 election puzzle. Activists on both sides are working furiously to get their voters to complete ballots before Nov. 5, Election Day.

New Wisconsin school test results have fueled an ongoing debate about methodology and persistent racial achievement gaps.

The era of the big checkbook continues. And it’s factoring into Wisconsin legislative races in remarkable — perhaps unprecedented — ways.

For insiders it was a foregone conclusion that Robert F. Kennedy’s name would stay on the Wisconsin presidential ballot after the state Supreme Court rushed to take the case then slow-walked a decision as absentee ballots were being mailed.

Dems and their allies as of mid-September had more than three times the ad reservations than their GOP counterparts in nine of 12 key Assembly races through Election Day, according to WisPolitics review of AdImpact data.

Hillary Clinton famously failed to visit Wisconsin in the 2016 campaign and lost the Badger State and the presidency to Donald Trump. Neither 2024 ticket is going to make that mistake.

Some smaller and more rural communities in GOP parts of Wisconsin are choosing not to use election drop boxes this fall.

Wisconsin Dems at the DNC spent four days in Chicago basking in the
excitement of seeing new momentum with Kamala Harris and Tim Walz at
the top of the ticket.