Capitol Notes
There's never a shortage of political news in Wisconsin, from the governor's office to the Legislature to the state's elected officials in Washington, DC. Join WUWM's Maayan Silver and Wispolitics.com editor JR Ross each week as they highlight and provide context to the latest developments.
Latest Episodes
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We dive into how the candidates for Wisconsin governor are faring financially, a rebuked effort by Evers to get the Wisconsin legislature to create a new referendum process for voters by special session and the start of a review of Wisconsin's rules for election observers. -
In negative attack ads, incumbent GOP U.S. Senator Ron Johnson attempts to paint Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes as "dangerous." What is that all about? JR Ross, editor of WisPolitics.com explains the rationale, the messaging in that race and the governor's race, voting rights litigation and what's at stake in the attorney general's race.
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JR Ross, editor of WisPolitics.com, explains how the Wisconsin governor's race is similar, yet different to 2018, talks Barnes-Johnson and unpacks several Wisconsin voting law cases.
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JR Ross, editor of WisPolitics.com, weighs in on President Joe Biden's order on student loan forgiveness, the big news on the campaign trails for Wisconsin governor and U.S. Senator, and the latest on the Republican election probe.
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Capitol Notes: Wisconsin's key midterm races heat up, convention cooperation & end of election probeJR Ross of WisPolitics.com addresses the week's big political news from the latest on write-in and independent candidate challengers in big races to the litigation that remains after the firing of the special counsel of the GOP-led election probe.
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The primary is over, what's next? This week's Capitol Notes breaks down what to expect from the big races for U.S. Senate and Wisconsin governor.
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The Democratic U.S. Senate primary may have fizzled out, but the Republican race for governor and all the down-ballot races are still game-on. Hear more from WisPolitics.com editor JR Ross.
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WUWM speaks with the president of WisPolitics.com, Jeff Mayers, about frontrunners in key Wisconsin races.
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This week's Capitol Notes takes on the debate between GOP candidates for Wisconsin governor. Former President Donald Trump has endorsed one of the candidates, will the Wisconsin Republican base get behind him as well?
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On return of Capitol Notes this midterm election year, we hear about Sunday night’s debate of Democratic senate candidates and get some insights into Milwaukee’s potential Republican National Convention hosting gig.
