Those hated TV ads worked in Wisconsin this election
On Election Day, capping off months of record spending on federal and state political campaigns, reporters from the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism visited some Madison polling places to...
View ArticleVote tallies suggest redistricting boosted Wisconsin Republicans in 2012 races
In the aftermath of the Nov. 6 elections, words like "fickle" and "schizophrenic" are being bandied about to describe the Wisconsin electorate. How else can anyone explain a group of voters who...
View ArticleAccusations fly about Wisconsin election law violations in 2012 races
A week before the Nov. 6 election, Americans for Prosperity tried to pump up support for GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney. The conservative advocacy group offered $1.84 per gallon gas to...
View ArticleWisconsin Sen. Dale Schultz expects better mining bill, with environmental...
Two days after the Nov. 6 election in which Republicans retained dominion in the state Assembly and regained control of the Senate, a GOP assemblyman interviewed in the state Capitol press room...
View ArticleRedistricting that favored Wisconsin Republicans spurs call for reforms
"The outcome of this year's U.S. House as well as state Senate and state Assembly elections testify to the power of redistricting," Mike McCabe, the executive director of the Wisconsin Democracy...
View ArticleWisconsin Senate race between Tammy Baldwin and Tommy Thompson shatters state...
Candidates and interest groups poured more than $78 million into Wisconsin's recent U.S. Senate race that led to Democrat Rep. Tammy Baldwin's Nov. 6 win over former Republican Gov. Tommy Thompson,...
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