Campaign Finance

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. 

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.

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 a statement suggesting U.S. Supreme Court precedent “compels her recusal, and the United States Supreme Court will have the last word here.” But legal experts…

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. Tom Tiffany, R-Minocqua, took in nearly $114,000 in the second quarter of 2023, according to a report filed by his campaign with the Federal Elections…

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 history, according to the latest campaign finance reports, filed Monday night. The liberal favorite Janet Protasiewicz’s campaign outraised conservative opponent Dan Kelly’s campaign by more…

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 donors. But Judge Janet Protasiewicz said she would not recuse herself from cases involving other parties that advocate for Democrats, and she’d still hear cases…

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 spending records, too. “We are in a new era for state Supreme Court elections,” said Douglas Keith, an attorney with the Brennan Center for Justice…

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 in Tuesday’s four-way primary. With 94 percent of precincts reporting as of 10:40 p.m., unofficial results reported by the Associated Press showed Protasiewicz with 46…

Outside groups poured $93 million into trying to elect candidates for state office this fall, according to a report from the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign. That once again shattered a record for a Wisconsin midterm race. The latest total is a 50 percent increase compared to the previous record of $61.86 million spent on Wisconsin’s 2018…

Following the 2022 midterms, state party leaders for Wisconsin Republicans and Democrats joined Wisconsin Public Radio’s “The Morning Show” to examine the futures of their respective parties. Results were split in the midterms. Republicans gained ground in congressional races while Democrats held onto several statewide offices, including governor. Republican Paul Farrow joined the program Nov.…