Candidates Brad Schimel and Susan Crawford both are drawing financial support from partisans in the state's April 1 Supreme Court race.
As Democrats head toward an uncertain future under a second Trump administration, the party’s search for a new leader to help rebuild the party also remains unsettled.
Neither of Wisconsin’s Democratic members of the U.S. House will be in the crowd for President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. Both Madison Congressman Mark Pocan and Milwaukee Congresswoman Gwen Moore this week said they plan to skip Monday’s ceremonies.
The Democratic Party begins 2025 with several looming questions. Among them: who will lead its national party apparatus, and how it will handle President-elect Donald Trump's second term.
Ben Wikler’s emergence as a contender to lead the Democratic National Committee means Wisconsin Democrats might soon need to find a new party chair.
A proposed constitutional amendment on Wisconsin’s April ballot would enshrine the state’s existing photo ID requirement for voting.
Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams threw her support behind Wisconsin state party chair Ben Wikler in the race to take the helm of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). “Ben has proven that with year-round voter protection,
Ben Wikler of Wisconsin is emerging as the one Martin has to beat in a race that also includes former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley.
Effective government begins with districts that reflect real communities, yet Wisconsin’s maps still fall short of this basic standard.
When Democrats lost the White House in November, and watched the Senate flip and the House remain in Republican control, they immediately set their sights on the next fight in 2028. But some Democrats say that’s a mistake.
Wisconsin’s photo ID requirement for voting would be elevated from a state law to a constitutional amendment under a proposal approved in the Republican-controlled Assembly with no support from Democrats.
Wisconsinites will vote this spring on whether to enshrine the state's voter ID law into the state constitution, a move that would make it more difficult for the Wisconsin Supreme Court to overturn or loosen the state's law requiring a photo ID to vote.