Campaign Finance
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Outside groups have spent nearly $11M in races for the Wisconsin Legislature
Outside groups have spent more than $10.9 million on Wisconsin’s legislative races as of Oct. 17, according to the nonpartisan campaign finance watchdog group Wisconsin Democracy Campaign.
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Republican Eric Hovde loans US Senate campaign another $7M in closing months of election
With the help of a $7 million personal loan, Republican banking executive Eric Hovde took a slight fundraising lead over Democratic U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin in the latest campaign finance reports.
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Eric Hovde’s brother spends $1M on super PAC attacking Tammy Baldwin
A super PAC that has spent more than $220,000 on digital ads this month attacking Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin as a “career politician” is almost entirely funded by the brother of Republican challenger Eric Hovde.Â
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State ethics investigators recommend felony charges against Trump committee, GOP arms
The bipartisan Wisconsin Ethics Commission is recommending felony prosecution of a committee related to former President Donald Trump and several elected Wisconsin officials on allegations of campaign finance violations.
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Vos says SCOTUS will have last word in voting maps fight. Experts say that’s far from certain.
Days after Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz announced she will not step away from a legal challenge seeking to overturn Republican-drawn voting maps, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, issued […]
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Tiffany picks up fundraising as he considers US Senate run, but lags far behind Baldwin
A potential 2024 challenger to U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin is picking up some fundraising steam, though his campaign war chest is still far smaller than the Democratic incumbent’s. U.S. Rep. […]
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Janet Protasiewicz far outpaces Dan Kelly in fundraising for hotly contested Wisconsin Supreme Court seat
In six weeks, the two candidates for Wisconsin’s high-profile Supreme Court race raised and spent millions of dollars in what has become the most expensive judiciary race in the nation’s […]
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Supreme Court candidate Janet Protasiewicz says she’d recuse herself in cases involving state Democratic Party
The liberal candidate for Wisconsin’s pivotal Supreme Court race said Wednesday she would likely recuse herself in any cases involving the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, one of her top campaign […]
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Wisconsin Supreme Court race expected to break campaign spending records
Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race broke turnout records in Tuesday’s primary. With some analysts expecting tens of millions of dollars in campaign ads before the April election, it’s expected to shatter […]
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Janet Protasiewicz, Dan Kelly to face off in high-stakes Wisconsin Supreme Court election
The stage for Wisconsin’s pivotal April Supreme Court election is set after Milwaukee County Judge Janet Protasiewicz and former Supreme Court Justice Dan Kelly emerged as the top two vote-getters […]
