GREEN BAY — Darwin and Elijah Behnke entered the primary election in Wisconsin as a father-son duo with newly drawn absentee ballots; according to unofficial results, only Elijah won. Father and son were competing for legislative seats in two neighboring districts and faced thousands of dollars in mail, text messages and phone calls from opposition […]
Republicans have never been more united, and Donald Trump deserves all the credit for that. Pundits, editorial boards, virtually every Republican politician, Republican consultant, MAGA warrior, and rallygoer are united on one theme: Trump needs to put aside his personal grievances and complaints, focus on the issues, and attack Vice President Kamala Harris and Governor […]
Here are the results of Tuesday’s contested partisan primaries for U.S. Senate, U.S. Congress, Wisconsin State Assembly and Marathon County elections. Voters in the Wausau area went to the polls Tuesday to vote on two state constitutional amendments and on the candidates to represent the parties in the Nov. 5 general election. Up for election […]
There will be no major shake-up in the Milwaukee County Treasurer’s Office this election cycle after incumbent David Cullen won a landslide victory over political newcomer Ted Chisholm on Tuesday. With 92.7% of the vote, Cullen, who has served as treasurer since 2014, won by a 2-1 margin over Chisholm, the 26-year-old son of Milwaukee […]
After the VP Spotlight, Senator Mark Kelly talks about what comes next Senator Mark Kelly talks about what he’s focused on after being touted as a potential vice presidential candidate for Kamala Harris. After the “interesting” ordeal as the Democratic vice presidential candidate, Senator Mark Kelly said he remains firmly behind his party’s new slate, […]
Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, whose prison sentence was reduced by former President Donald Trump, will be a keynote speaker at the Oakland County Republican Party’s Lincoln Day Dinner next week, according to the Oakland County Republican Party. In a social media post Tuesday afternoon, Oakland County Republican Party Chairman Vance Patrick announced Kilpatrick’s upcoming […]
MANSFIELD – A former member of the Republican Party will be the guest speaker at a Richland County Democratic Party kickoff event on Aug. 27. Shelby County farmer Chris Gibbs, who organizers said spent 20 years in local Republican Party government, including as party chairman and chairman of the Shelby County Board of Elections, will […]
Who suffers most from decades of appeals? Who suffers most when justice delayed becomes justice denied? The families who have become victims. Michelle Reynolds | Guest columnist Investigation shows: Youth prisons in Ohio full of problems Journalists from the USA TODAY network of newspapers in Ohio spent eight months investigating what happens in the state’s […]
Peter Goodman | Las Cruces Sun-News Tim Walz stops Kamala Harris campaign rally in Wisconsin to help supporters Tim Walz was mid-sentence when he paused after noticing a supporter at Kamala Harris’ campaign rally in Wisconsin. Welcome, Governor Walz! Let’s put the parties aside for a moment and see how authenticity compares to falseness and […]
Democrats held their largest rally since relaunching their presidential nomination, and attendees in Glendale – from presidential candidate Kamala Harris to one of their vice presidential candidates, U.S. Senator Mark Kelly, to spectators in the stands – delivered messages about the importance of it all. Here are five takeaways from an event that seemed to […]
