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$3.5 M & counting: Parties dump cash into race for SW Wisconsin Senate seat that pays $64k per year
Both parties are using a well-worn loophole – that the Legislature could close – to boost their candidate, creating a tsunami of advertising in the relatively small race.
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Liberal super PACs outspent their counterparts 10-1 for Van Orden’s seat. Dems still lost.
U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden outraised his Democratic challenger, Rebecca Cooke, but got swamped by advertising from Super PACs.
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Rep. Bryan Steil ran far ahead of Trump in his SE Wisconsin congressional district
Democrats had hoped to put the 1st Congressional District in play, but did not come close despite a strong candidate.
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Van Orden ran behind Trump. Can he hold his western Wis district in ’26?
Donald Trump won the 3rd Congressional District by seven points, while Rep. Derrick Van Orden won it by less than three. In the southeastern Wisconsin district, Rep. Bryan Steil ran…
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Alaska kept its Final-Four Voting reforms. Another push is planned in Wisconsin.
Proponents of Final-Four or Five Voting, which puts candidates from all parties on one “jungle primary” ballot and enacts ranked-choice voting in the general, argue it promotes political compromise and…
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Noticing more ads every election? Blame a loophole Wisconsin legislators could close
The ultrawealthy are using a loophole in state law to flood our elections with cash and ads. State Republicans have refused to close it, so Democrats are now using it…
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Trump increased his vote percentage in Wisconsin in each election
The Democratic candidate increased his vote totals by a greater amount than Trump in 2020, but the script flipped this year.