In his last speech before the state GOP convention before he leaves office, House Speaker Paul Ryan says he leaves knowing the Republican Party has made a difference and the best days are ahead. Ryan recounted his first state GOP
Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, the dean of Wisconsin’s congressional delegation, paid tribute to House Speaker Paul Ryan as the Janesville Republican prepares to leave Congress after this term. The Menomonee Falls Republican also blamed Dems and the U.S. Senate for preventing
Dem Party officials today touted the enthusiasm they said is on their side headed into the fall and knocked the GOP message as Republicans met for their annual state convention. To back up their argument on enthusiasm, Dems pointed to
Appeals Court Judge Brian Hagedorn, who’s weighing a bid for the state Supreme Court next year, showed up at the GOP state convention in Milwaukee on Saturday as he begins the process of introducing himself to voters. The state GOP
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson said today he hopes that sometime after the convention the weaker GOP U.S. Senate primary candidate will drop out if it becomes clear the other is going to win the nomination. Johnson said a variety of
Gov. Scott Walker acknowledged Saturday his own frustrations with Republicans in Washington, D.C., but urged GOP activists to push past that to help his re-election bid this fall. Walker said Wisconsin offers the antidote to GOP failures in the nation’s
Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch warned attendees that Democrats are seeking to change the state Constitution to end concealed carry, allow late-term abortions and reverse a series of reforms the GOP has enacted in Wisconsin. She said among the other changes
AG Brad Schimel on Saturday knocked his Dem rival Josh Kaul, calling him an activist who would seek to undo a series of GOP successes over the past eight years. Schimel also slammed Kaul for the work of his firm,
Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald told attendees today that Democrats are about to hit a “red wall” in Wisconsin. “The Democrats think they’re riding a blue wave,” Fitzgerald said. “That blue wave is about to crash into the red wall.”
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, declared to Republican activists Saturday that “freedom is on the line” in this fall’s elections and implored the crowd to spread the party’s message before voters head to the polls. Vos dismissed media reports of
State GOP Chair Brad Courtney counts Gov. Scott Walker among his closest friends. So it shouldn’t come as any surprise that they sound a lot alike when talking about the task ahead for Republicans in 2018: *the GOP needs to
This post is part of our coverage of the 2018 state GOP convention in Milwaukee. See the rest of our coverage here. Gov. Scott Walker will tell party activists at this weekend’s GOP state convention “we need to wake up”
The state GOP today announced today Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin will be the keynote speaker for the Saturday banquet during the party’s state convention May 11-13 in Milwaukee. Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch will chair the convention. The party created an
Republican activists attending this weekend’s Wisconsin Republican Party convention prefer to see state Sen. Leah Vukmir as the party’s nominee next year to take on Dem U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, according to a WisPolitics.com straw poll. They also strongly approve
That’s all from this year’s GOP convention. The finally tally of attendees is about 800, down a little from the 974 that showed up in 2015, the last off year. Republicans will meet May 11-13 next year in Milwaukee.
This post is part of our coverage of the 2017 state GOP convention in Wisconsin Dells. See more coverage here. Three possible U.S. Senate candidates this weekend declined to fully weigh in on President Trump’s decision to fire former FBI
This post is part of our coverage of the 2017 state GOP convention in Wisconsin Dells. See more coverage here. U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson warned GOP activists of the “primal scream” from the left, saying those on the other end
This post is part of our coverage of the 2017 state GOP convention in Wisconsin Dells. See more coverage here. U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher said he wasn’t able to make it to the state GOP convention because one of his
This post is part of our coverage of the 2017 state GOP convention in Wisconsin Dells. See more coverage here. U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wausau, told state GOP convention attendees President Trump is “helping us make history and make America
This post is part of our coverage of the 2017 state GOP convention in Wisconsin Dells. See more coverage here. House Speaker Paul Ryan implored GOP activists to ignore the “blowback” they’re seeing on TV about the Affordable Care Act,
In his last speech before the state GOP convention before he leaves office, House Speaker Paul Ryan says he leaves knowing the Republican Party has made a difference and the best days are ahead. Ryan recounted his first state GOP
Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, the dean of Wisconsin’s congressional delegation, paid tribute to House Speaker Paul Ryan as the Janesville Republican prepares to leave Congress after this term. The Menomonee Falls Republican also blamed Dems and the U.S. Senate for preventing
Dem Party officials today touted the enthusiasm they said is on their side headed into the fall and knocked the GOP message as Republicans met for their annual state convention. To back up their argument on enthusiasm, Dems pointed to
Appeals Court Judge Brian Hagedorn, who’s weighing a bid for the state Supreme Court next year, showed up at the GOP state convention in Milwaukee on Saturday as he begins the process of introducing himself to voters. The state GOP
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson said today he hopes that sometime after the convention the weaker GOP U.S. Senate primary candidate will drop out if it becomes clear the other is going to win the nomination. Johnson said a variety of
Gov. Scott Walker acknowledged Saturday his own frustrations with Republicans in Washington, D.C., but urged GOP activists to push past that to help his re-election bid this fall. Walker said Wisconsin offers the antidote to GOP failures in the nation’s
Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch warned attendees that Democrats are seeking to change the state Constitution to end concealed carry, allow late-term abortions and reverse a series of reforms the GOP has enacted in Wisconsin. She said among the other changes
AG Brad Schimel on Saturday knocked his Dem rival Josh Kaul, calling him an activist who would seek to undo a series of GOP successes over the past eight years. Schimel also slammed Kaul for the work of his firm,
Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald told attendees today that Democrats are about to hit a “red wall” in Wisconsin. “The Democrats think they’re riding a blue wave,” Fitzgerald said. “That blue wave is about to crash into the red wall.”
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, declared to Republican activists Saturday that “freedom is on the line” in this fall’s elections and implored the crowd to spread the party’s message before voters head to the polls. Vos dismissed media reports of
State GOP Chair Brad Courtney counts Gov. Scott Walker among his closest friends. So it shouldn’t come as any surprise that they sound a lot alike when talking about the task ahead for Republicans in 2018: *the GOP needs to
This post is part of our coverage of the 2018 state GOP convention in Milwaukee. See the rest of our coverage here. Gov. Scott Walker will tell party activists at this weekend’s GOP state convention “we need to wake up”
The state GOP today announced today Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin will be the keynote speaker for the Saturday banquet during the party’s state convention May 11-13 in Milwaukee. Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch will chair the convention. The party created an
Republican activists attending this weekend’s Wisconsin Republican Party convention prefer to see state Sen. Leah Vukmir as the party’s nominee next year to take on Dem U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, according to a WisPolitics.com straw poll. They also strongly approve
That’s all from this year’s GOP convention. The finally tally of attendees is about 800, down a little from the 974 that showed up in 2015, the last off year. Republicans will meet May 11-13 next year in Milwaukee.
This post is part of our coverage of the 2017 state GOP convention in Wisconsin Dells. See more coverage here. Three possible U.S. Senate candidates this weekend declined to fully weigh in on President Trump’s decision to fire former FBI
This post is part of our coverage of the 2017 state GOP convention in Wisconsin Dells. See more coverage here. U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson warned GOP activists of the “primal scream” from the left, saying those on the other end
This post is part of our coverage of the 2017 state GOP convention in Wisconsin Dells. See more coverage here. U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher said he wasn’t able to make it to the state GOP convention because one of his
This post is part of our coverage of the 2017 state GOP convention in Wisconsin Dells. See more coverage here. U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wausau, told state GOP convention attendees President Trump is “helping us make history and make America
This post is part of our coverage of the 2017 state GOP convention in Wisconsin Dells. See more coverage here. House Speaker Paul Ryan implored GOP activists to ignore the “blowback” they’re seeing on TV about the Affordable Care Act,