Wisconsin’s crazy rollercoaster of a Democratic primary is finally over. After staying up all night waiting to see David Crowley declared the winner by one-half of one percentage point at 2:30 Wednesday morning, a lot of voters are feeling dizzy and seasick. Many Francesca Hong supporters are angry. Their grassroots campaign, the best organized, most […]
Vote counting to pick a Democrat to run against Republican U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman in Wisconsin’s 6th Congressional District finally reached a conclusion Wednesday, with Brad Smith called the winner by the Associated Press. With just over 50% of the total number of votes cast in the Democratic primary, Smith had 480 votes more than […]
Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley maintained a slight lead over state Rep. Francesca Hong late Tuesday evening in the Democratic contest for the nomination for governor, prolonging the uncertainty of a primary characterized by unprecedented chaos over the last two months. An error in uploading absentee ballot data in Milwaukee caused a delay in reporting […]
Yee Leng Xiong, a Marathon County school board treasurer and county board member, will face Republican State Treasurer John Leiber in November in the only race for a statewide office held by a member of the Republican party. With 90% of ballots counted, Xiong had 57% of the votes cast in the Democratic primary for […]
Fred Clark, former Democratic state legislator, former executive director of Wisconsin’s Green Fire and owner of Clark Forestry, Inc., won a three-way race for the Democratic nomination in Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District Tuesday night, with 37.3% of the vote. AP called the race at 11:37 p.m.  Ginger Murray, a small business owner and lawyer from […]
U.S. Rep Tom Tiffany easily defeated challenger Andy Manske in the GOP primary for governor. The AP called the race at 8:21p.m. With 45% of the ballots counted, Tiffany was leading 92.4% to Manske’s 3.8%. Tiffany’s victory was a foregone conclusion. He was endorsed by the Republican Party after President Donald Trump endorsed Tiffany and […]
Mitchell Berman, an emergency room nurse, won handily Tuesday in a three-way primary of active Democrats seeking to take on Republican U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil in Wisconsin’s 1st Congressional District. “I never imagined running for Congress, but I saw a culture of corruption in Washington that protects corporate special interests and insiders instead of solving […]
The battle to compete for U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany’s open seat in Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District ended Tuesday night in victory by Michael Alfonso, son-in-law of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, who previously held the 7th CD seat. Alfonso was endorsed by President Donald Trump. The AP called the race at 9:16 p.m. with 59% of the […]
Rebecca Cooke won the Democratic primary in Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District Tuesday, riding a massive monetary advantage and support from the national Democratic party to set up a rematch after her narrow 2024 loss to Republican Rep. Derrick Van Orden. Western Wisconsin’s purple 3rd District is one of the Democratic Party’s main targets in the […]
Wisconsin’s August primary election takes place Tuesday, with voters across the state heading to the polls to choose their preferred candidate for dozens of races on the ballot in November’s midterm elections. Polls open Tuesday morning at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. If there is a line at a polling place at 8 […]
