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Sen. Luther Olsen, R-Ripon shows the effects of a long day of deliberations as members of the Wisconsin state Senate debate proposed right-to-work legislation at the state Capitol in Madison, Wis.
A victory in the Badger State would dramatically reshape the daunting electoral map Trump faces and potentially indicate strength in other Rust Belt states where the GOP nominee has long argued his populist pitch will resonate. A Marquette University poll - considered the gold standard in Wisconsin politics - found Trump moving to within 3 points of Clinton after trailing by 15 points in the previous survey from early August.
Hollywood star Robert Redford made a plea Monday for donations even lower than the average movie ticket price to defeat Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson, while a super PAC supporting the incumbent said it planned to launch a new half-million dollar attack ad portraying Democrat Russ Feingold as weak on national security. Democratic Senate candidate Russ Feingold defends his plan for fighting terrorism ahead of a new attack ad expected to be launched by a group supporting his opponent Republican Sen. Ron Johnson on Monday, Aug. 29, 2016, in Madison, Wis.
The Environmental Protection Agency says it's finalizing a plan to supply water to some residents of Kewaunee County of northeastern Wisconsin, where manure from large dairy farms is being blamed for contaminated wells. Robert Kaplan, acting regional administrator for the EPA, told residents at a meeting organized by U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin this past week that his agency will announce a plan within the next month to supply residents who have tainted wells.
The hotly contested Senate rematch between Republican Sen. Ron Johnson and Democrat Russ Feingold tops the list of races to watch in Wisconsin, along with an open congressional seat in the Green Bay area. It may be too soon to know whether Wisconsin will be a top-tier battleground state in the presidential race between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump.
Author and controversialist Ann Coulter stumped for House Speaker Paul Ryan's Republican primary opponent, Paul Nehlen. Appearing with Nehlen at a rally in Ryan's hometown, Coulter told listeners "You are so lucky to be living in this district because it's like we're standing in the Amtrak train station looking up and there's only two trains leaving."
In 1980, Democratic pollster Peter Hart warned Gaylord Nelson, Wisconsin's champion vote-getter as governor and senator, that he was going to lose. Hart saw a Republican wave coming.
House Speaker Paul Ryan "appreciates the gesture" from GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump for endorsing Ryan in Green Bay on Friday night, a spokesman told Breitbart News. "He appreciates the gesture and is going to continue to focus on earning the endorsement of the voters in Southern Wisconsin," a Ryan aide told Breitbart News in response to Trump's endorsement.
In this June 14, 2016 file photo, House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. speaks s at the Republican National Committee headquarter on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Donald Trump Dem tensions explode in Hispanic Caucus over Trump Senate GOP on edge over Trump's falling polls Trump brings conflict with Ryan to Wisconsin MORE Paul Ryan Senate GOP on edge over Trump's falling polls Trump brings conflict with Ryan to Wisconsin Reagan's son: My dad would back McCain, Ryan MORE 's home state on Friday highlights divisions between the top figures in the Republican Party at a critical juncture in the presidential race. Trump will hold an evening rally in Green Bay, Wis., about a three-hour drive north of Ryan's hometown of Janesville, where the Speaker is campaigning to defeat a primary challenger who has been boosted by attention from Trump.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump waves after speaking during a campaign rally at Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016, in Jacksonville, Fla. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump waves after speaking during a campaign rally at Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016, in Jacksonville, Fla.
The Wisconsin Elections Commission is predicting voter turnout of just 16 percent for the partisan primary election on Aug. 9, equating roughly to 710,000 voters. "I just don't think there's enough on the ballot that will draw people out," said Schuch-Krebs, who estimates 15 to 20 percent turnout in Kenosha County.
A federal judge threw out multiple aspects of Wisconsin's voter ID law on Friday, leaving the law itself intact but ruling unconstitutional many restrictions on voting passed by the GOP -controlled Legislature and Republican Gov. Scott Walker . Two liberal groups filed a lawsuit in May challenging the laws, including a requirement that voters show photo identification.
If the idea behind a campaign song is to get your candidate elected, then the one that started it all was a flop. "The first song that was probably used, initially, as a campaign song seems to be a song 'Adams and Liberty' used by John Adams," explained Wisconsin-Eau Claire politics professor Eric Kasper, co-author of "Don't Stop Thinking about the Music."
Speaker of the House Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., gestures and makes a 'W' for Wisconsin, after speaking during the Republican National Convention, Tuesday, July 19, 2016, in Cleveland. The Associated Press Speaker of the House Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., gestures and makes a 'W' for Wisconsin, after speaking during the Republican National Convention, Tuesday, July 19, 2016, in Cleveland.
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The attorney for groups challenging more than a dozen election laws passed by Republicans the past five years in Wisconsin is telling a federal court judge they are discriminatory and should be blocked as unconstitutional.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks with reporters Tuesday, June 21, 2016, in Watertown, Wis. Walker says he thinks delegates to the Republican national convention should be able to vote their conscience, even if that means not supporting presumptive nominee Donald Trump.
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are virtually tied in the latest surveys compiled in a Lakeland Times Poll of Polls, with Clinton leading Trump by 42.6 percent to 40 percent but well within the polls' margins of error. Tuesday, July 12, 2016 Mike Wolfe, Frank Fritz, and their team are excited to return to Wisconsin! They plan to film episodes of the hit series "American Pickers" throughout the region this August.