by Ashley Byrd | Nov 3, 2010
His campaign held out as long as possible while waiting for results to come in from Madison and Milwaukee, but Democrat Tom Barrett finally had to concede to his Republican opponent in the race for governor. Barrett told supporters gathered in Milwaukee Tuesday night...
by Ashley Byrd | Nov 2, 2010
After months of almost endless campaign ads, debates, and tours around the state, Wisconsin voters have a chance to make their voices heard today. Officials with the state Government Accountability Board are predicting moderate turnout at the polls, with about half of...
by Ashley Byrd | Oct 28, 2010
With a close contest for Russ Feingold’s U.S. Senate seat and polls showing Democrat Tom Barrett trailing in the race for governor, party leaders are hitting the streets and phone lines this weekend to try and rally voters to their candidates. Democratic Party...
by Ashley Byrd | Oct 22, 2010
The Democratic candidate in the race for governor continues to go after his Republican opponent’s views on stem cell research. Democrat Tom Barrett has been criticizing Republican Scott Walker in ads and on the campaign trail for saying he’d stop state...
by Ashley Byrd | Oct 8, 2010
The attacks from both sides echoed many of the campaign ads that have filled the airwaves for the past several months, as the two candidates vying for one of Wisconsin’s U.S. Senate seats met Friday night in their first debate. The debate between incumbent...
by Ashley Byrd | Oct 8, 2010
The candidates in the race for Wisconsin Attorney General sparred over their views on how the Department of Justice should be run, as they met Friday night in a forum on Wisconsin Public Television. Democratic challenger Scott Hassett went on the offensive right away,...
by Ashley Byrd | Sep 28, 2010
In a speech that focused heavily on voters who supported him in 2008, President Barack Obama urged students at UW-Madison to return to the polls again this November to keep fighting for change. An estimated crowd of over 17,000 people packed into Library Mall on the...
by Ashley Byrd | Sep 24, 2010
The candidates for Governor square-off tonight in their first debate, ahead of the November election. Democrat Tom Barrett and Republican Scott Walker expected to concentrate on economic issues in the meeting. UW political scientist David Canon says there’s...
by Ashley Byrd | Sep 15, 2010
The head of the state Republican Party says the stage is set for a major battle this November. Republicans want to take back control of Wisconsin, and state GOP chairman Reince Priebus expects a lot of national attention on races in the state. He says it’s going...
by Ashley Byrd | Sep 15, 2010
Wisconsin voters have named Scott Walker the Republican nominee in the race for governor. With nearly 57-percent of the vote, Walker won the GOP nomination in Tuesday’s primary election over former Congressman Mark Neumann. Walker thanked supporters rallying in...
by Ashley Byrd | Sep 14, 2010
Turnout in today’s primary election could set a new record. Reid Magney with the Government Accountability Board says they’re projecting about 28-percent of Wisconsin’s 4.3 million registered voters could cast ballots, about 1.2 million people in...
by Ashley Byrd | Sep 8, 2010
U.S. Senator Russ Feingold says he’s willing to participate in several debates with his eventual Republican opponent. Feingold has accepted invitations to six candidate debates, and wants the eventual Republican nominee to join him. The Wisconsin Democrat says...
by Ashley Byrd | Sep 7, 2010
After months of campaigning, voters will decide a week from today which candidate will be the Republican nominee in the race for governor. On the ballot are Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker, former Congressman Mark Neumann, and Scott Paterick of Wisconsin...
by Ashley Byrd | Sep 2, 2010
An effort is underway to get a former U.S. Senate candidate’s name back on the ballot. A website launched this week is urging voters to support Terrence Wall in the Republican primary later this month, by pledging to write-in his name on the ballot. Wall dropped...
by Ashley Byrd | Aug 26, 2010
A UW-Madison political scientist says all three Republican debates in the race for governor did little to set the candidates apart on their proposals. Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker and former Congressman Mark Neumann candidates met last night in their final...
by Ashley Byrd | Aug 6, 2010
There was little disagreement to be had between the two candidates seeking the Republican nomination for governor, as they met Friday in their first debate before the September primary. In a debate broadcast on Milwaukee’s WTMJ radio, former Congressman Mark...
by Ashley Byrd | Jul 9, 2010
Wisconsin’s workplace smoking ban is barely a week old…but it wouldn’t last much longer if a Republican candidate for governor has his way. Former Congressman Mark Neumann says the smoking ban is a case of “government overstepping where they...
by WRN Contributor | Jun 10, 2010
A UW-Madison expert sees some problems, and possible advantages, in the GOP race for Governor. The race has grown gotten increasingly nasty between former Congressman Mark Neumann and Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker. Political science professor Charles...
by Ashley Byrd | May 31, 2010
Only two candidates remain in the race for the Republican nomination for US Senate. However, UW Political Scientist Charles Franklin says businessmen Ron Johnson and David Westlake will need to overcome their outsider status if they hope to compete. Franklin says both...
by Ashley Byrd | May 27, 2010
The list of Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate is shrinking again. Madison-area developer Terrence Wall has dropped his bid for the U.S. Senate, less than a week after delegates at the state Republican Party convention endorsed Oshkosh businessman Ron Johnson...
