David Crowley promised Act 10 repeal, a BadgerCare option and universal pre-K in his first 30 days. A shrinking budget balance, a lost federal Medicaid bonus and a one-vote Senate cushion stand in the way.
David Crowley will be Wisconsin's first Black governor, with 18-15 and 53-46 majorities behind him. Bargaining rights, BadgerCare and school money top a long Democratic list, while two new constitutional amendments narrow the field.
Crowley carried Brown County, reportedly the first Democrat to do so since 1982, while Brandy Tollefson flipped the 88th and Green Bay's $158 million referendum passed. Gillett, Pulaski and Seymour voters said no.
David Crowley will be Wisconsin's first Black governor, with 18-15 and 53-46 majorities behind him. Bargaining rights, BadgerCare and school money top a long Democratic list, while two new constitutional amendments narrow the field.
Crowley carried Brown County, reportedly the first Democrat to do so since 1982, while Brandy Tollefson flipped the 88th and Green Bay's $158 million referendum passed. Gillett, Pulaski and Seymour voters said no.
More than a dozen area districts are asking voters Tuesday to exceed state revenue limits or borrow. Three of them lost in April and came back with smaller requests, and Green Bay's $158 million ask is the largest in the state.
The last Marquette Law School Poll before Nov. 3 puts Crowley ahead 51% to 44% among likely voters. Less-certain voters lean Tiffany, and Trump's approval in Wisconsin hit a record low.
Independent spending in the 88th Assembly District passed $1 million, the third-highest Assembly total in Wisconsin. Democratic committees raised more this fall, but Republican committees, backed by a few billionaires, are outspending them.
The Justice Department wants a federal court to hold up Alaska's Senate result if the Republican incumbent loses. In Wisconsin, the same department has already lost twice this year in its push for the state's voter rolls.
In the race's lone televised debate, Tom Tiffany pitched handing Wisconsin's $3 billion surplus back as tax cuts while David Crowley pushed schools, child care and a fairer tax code. They also clashed on ICE, abortion and 2020.
A De Pere school board treasurer wants more for public schools and BadgerCare. The first-term Republican she's challenging is running on bridge, port, and prison money. Here's where they stand on some of the issues.
The Wisconsin Elections Commission will vote Thursday on guidance telling clerks how to handle ICE, FBI or other officers at polling places, after months of mixed signals from the Trump administration.
Three in four Wisconsin voters now say data centers cost more than they're worth. Both candidates for governor are running against the industry's tax break, while towns from Greenleaf to Mishicot have already fought developers on their own.
Trump told a Tennessee rally Saturday that every adult citizen would get $5,000 a year if Republicans hold Congress. Tariffs, his stated funding source, raise a fraction of the roughly $1.2 trillion cost, and Wisconsin households have been paying them.
The Pentagon used an emergency process to remove a checkbox for Americans abroad who've never lived in the U.S. Democrats have sued. Wisconsin told its clerks the change doesn't affect who can vote here.
