Headed into the Nov. 3 election, Republicans hold an 18-15 edge in the Wisconsin Senate. If Democrats flip two seats, and defend their own, they would capture a majority in the chamber.

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The number of Wisconsinites casting in-person absentee ballots on the first day of early voting surged by 65 percent compared to figures ahead of the 2022 midterm election.

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Republican Congressman Derrick Van Orden and Democratic challenger Rebecca Cooke held their first and only debate in Eau Claire, Tuesday. It's the first time Van Orden has debated a challenger in nearly six years.

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Groups funded by Elon Musk have spent around $4.6 million on behalf of Wisconsin Republican U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden during the closing months of his reelection campaign.

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Democrats running for Wisconsin's 1st and 3rd congressional districts have outraised Republican incumbents Derrick Van Orden and Bryan Steil according to the latest federal campaign finance reports.

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Wisconsin election officials say a loss of trust in the U.S. Postal service is likely behind a roughly 30 percent decline in the number of absentee ballots received three weeks ahead of the November election.

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As he runs for governor, Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany has introduced himself to voters as a get-along kind of conservative, but his lengthy record in the state Legislature and Congress tells a different story.

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Democrat David Crowley says he'll push for a constitutional amendment aimed at creating a right to abortion in Wisconsin if elected governor.

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Groups defending Republican majorities in the Wisconsin Assembly and Senate have outraised and outspent their Democratic opponents thanks to nearly $8 million in donations from billionaire Diane Hendricks.

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Republican Tom Tiffany's campaign for governor raised more than $26 million in less than three months, dominating Democratic challenger David Crowley's figures, but early all of Tiffany's latest haul came from three billionaires funneling money through the Republican Party of Wisconsin.

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The latest Marquette University poll of Wisconsin's race for governor shows Democratic Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley narrowly leading Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany.

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A growing number of states are taking action to respond to spiking gas and diesel prices. But Wisconsin isn't one of them.

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Democrats trying to flip a Wisconsin Assembly seat long held by Republicans are hoping anti-data center sentiment will help them oust a GOP incumbent they call the "architect" of tax breaks spurring a data center building boom in Wisconsin.

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The campaign for U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, the Republican candidate for governor, blocked a veteran reporter from one of his events Thursday, a move that came days after President Donald Trump took a similar step at the White House.

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A brand new group reported spending $13 million against Wisconsin Democrats in its first campaign finance report.

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Citing fraud investigations and findings from the federal government, without mentioning President Donald Trump by name, U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, R-Hazelhurst, said Friday that he wants to do the same in Wisconsin. During a Friday press conference at the Eau Claire County Republican Party headquarters, Tiffany announced a "Taxpayer Accountability Plan."

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An attorney who spit on a black teenager during a 2020 protest has had her law license suspended by the Wisconsin Supreme Court. The order states Stephanie Rapkin's conduct "seriously adversely reflects on her fitness to practice law."

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Members of the Wisconsin Supreme Court seemed open to redrawing the state's U.S. House districts during oral arguments for two lawsuits claiming the current congressional map is gerrymandered.

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National Democrats are sending Wisconsin emergency room nurse Mitchell Berman additional resources as he attempts to unseat Republican U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil of Janesville.

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State Supreme Court justices will hear arguments this week in two lawsuits claiming Wisconsin's eight U.S. House districts are gerrymandered and must be redrawn.

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