Citing COVID-19 concerns, the former vice president and the rest of the convention’s speakers will address attendees remotely. Photo: Joe Biden Campaign, licensed under creative commons. Author: Sam Buisman Joe Biden will not travel to Milwaukee for the 2020 Democratic …

Election officials opened up 16 drive-up in-person absentee voting locations across the city, along with five in-person absentee-ballot drop-off sites. Photo: Licensed under creative commons. Author: Sam Buisman In-person absentee voting begins in Madison for Wisconsin’s Aug. 11 partisan primary.  …

Anticipation mounts among caucus-goers as Chair Wolfe opens the Clinton First Precinct Caucus. Photo: Sam Buisman Author: Sam Buisman Iowa led the nation in choosing the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate on Feb. 3, with the Iowa Caucuses. In this almost …

In the new season of #Represent, Teresa is joined by Faith, a host that will be substituting for Tatiana while she is abroad. In this episode, the girls discuss  Andrew Yang, one of the potential presidential candidates for the Democrats; …

Author: Will Kenneally The two candidates running for mayor, Paul Soglin and Satya Rhodes-Conway, were separated by a little more than 300 votes in the primary and now face each other in a contentious general election. “I don’t think anybody’s …

Here is our WSUM spring general election guide with the candidates running for Madison mayor and common council. To find information on your polling place and what will appear on your ballot, visit myvote.wi.gov. Mayor Paul Soglin (incumbent): Hear …

Author: Will Kenneally STATE CAPITOL — Protesters gathered on the Capitol steps to criticize a slate of bills the state legislature is taking up in a lame duck session. The bills take certain powers away from the offices of governor …

Author: Will Kenneally In an early call, Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin staves off a challenge by Republican state Sen. Leah Vukmir. “After more than $14 million of nasty attack ads, it means nothing,” Baldwin said in her victory speech. “I …

Author: Martin Rakacolli Seven of the eight Democratic candidates seeking the gubernatorial nomination gathered for a forum in Madison on Wednesday. They made the case to elect themselves and to elect Democrats ahead of the upcoming Aug. 14 primary. …

Author: Will Kenneally Madison Mayor Paul Soglin will not seek re-election in 2019, saying at a Tuesday press conference that the time was right for his decision to retire as mayor. “Between six and eight years is the right …

Author: Will Kenneally Democratic candidates for governor took to the prime-time stage Thursday to trade jabs and take shots at incumbent Gov. Scott Walker in the first televised debate of the primary. After many of the candidates pledged to …

Author: Martin Rakacolli Milwaukee businessman Andy Gronik and state Rep. Dana Wachs, D-Eau Claire, have both dropped out of the Democratic primary, leaving the field of Democrats vying to challenge Gov. Scott Walker at eight.   “The response …