Anya van Wagtendonk is WPR’s state Capitol reporter.
Anya van Wagtendonk
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Biden, Trump tied in Wisconsin in latest Marquette poll
The survey also found Democratic incumbent Tammy Baldwin leading Republican Eric Hovde in the U.S. Senate race.
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Longtime Wisconsin congressmen honored for decades of service
Former U.S. Reps. David Obey, a Democrat, and Tom Petri, a Republican, received an award named for former Republican Gov. Tommy Thompson.
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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer campaigns for Biden in Wisconsin
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer appeared alongside Gov. Tony Evers at a panel focused on abortion access in Madison on Monday, a signal that the issue will be key to Democrats’ messaging in Midwestern battleground states.
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As campaign season picks up, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos under attack from liberals and conservatives
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has spent this year fighting attempts by some conservatives to recall him from office. Now, a liberal group is attacking him for for being being a “roadblock” for Democratic ideas.
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Robert Plant surprises Madison record store with a visit
Robert Plant made a stop at Madison record store, B-Side Records, after a show in town.
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Speaker Robin Vos’ Republican challenger drops out of Assembly race
Andrew Cegielski, the lone Republican challenging Assembly Speaker Robin Vos in the August primary, announced he is dropping his candidacy due to “circumstances beyond my control.”
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Dane County Judge Susan Crawford running for Wisconsin Supreme Court
As liberals seek to maintain a hard-fought majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, a Dane County judge who previously worked for Democrats and represented Planned Parenthood as a private attorney has announced her candidacy for an open seat on the court.
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Wisconsin Democrats stress importance of 2024 election amid divisions over Israel-Hamas war
The two-day event at the Potawatomi Casino Hotel in Milwaukee on Saturday and Sunday highlighted the critical role Wisconsin will play in national elections — and the tight margins that Democrats must fight to maintain — as they eye a coalition fraying over a war that has entered its ninth month.
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False electors’ communications counter ‘contingency’ argument
For months, participants in Wisconsin’s false electors scheme have maintained that they were developing a contingency plan in the face of pending legal action.
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Wisconsin AG files felony charges against Trump allies involved in 2020 false electors scheme
Wisconsin’s attorney general filed felony charges Tuesday against three people in connection with a 2020 scheme to submit a slate of false electors in support of former President Donald Trump.