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Jan 29, 2026

Debate set for March 25 between Lazar, Taylor

Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates Maria Lazar and Chris Taylor will meet March 25 for a debate at Marquette University in Milwaukee.

Jan 22, 2026

Lazar: Setting the record straight on my stance on abortion

Judge Maria Lazar writes that if elected to the Wisconsin Supreme Court that her role will be to follow the law, not to legislate from the bench.

Oct 10, 2025

2026 Supreme Court race may be overshadowed

After record-breaking spending in the last Supreme Court race, the 2026 spring contest may not attract much attention, especially with the wide-open governor’s race.

Apr 4, 2025

States sue to block Trump’s election order

Democratic officials in 19 states, including Wisconsin, filed a lawsuit Thursday against President Donald Trump's attempt to reshape elections across the U.S., calling it an unconstitutional invasion of states' clear authority to run their own elections.

Mar 21, 2025

Musk offers $100 to voters ahead of Supreme Court election

A group funded by billionaire Elon Musk is offering Wisconsin voters $100 to sign a petition in opposition to “activist judges,” a move that comes two weeks before the state’s Supreme Court election and after the political action committee made a similar proposal last year in battleground states.

Mar 12, 2025

Madison mayor suspends city clerk

The mayor of Wisconsin's capital city said Wednesday she has placed the municipal clerk on leave as investigators work to determine how she failed to count almost 200 absentee ballots in the November election.

Mar 7, 2025

Elections officials to depose Madison workers over uncounted ballots

Wisconsin election officials voted Friday to force Madison city workers to sit for depositions as they try to learn more about how nearly 200 absentee ballots in November's election went uncounted.

Mar 6, 2025

Wisconsin voters whose ballots were not counted in election seek damages

Four Wisconsin voters whose ballots were not counted in the November presidential election initiated a class-action lawsuit Thursday seeking $175,000 in damages each.

Mar 6, 2025

Court: Ballots cannot be rejected for lack of election official initial

The Court of Appeals IV ruled Thursday that ballots cannot be rejected if they are not initialed by the appropriate election official.

Mar 3, 2025

Wisconsin election finds not a single voting machine error

An audit of the November election won by President Donald Trump in swing-state Wisconsin found that not a single vote was counted incorrectly, altered or missed by tabulating machines.

Feb 18, 2025

Supreme Court rules Republican had no right to bring mobile voting lawsuit

The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a Republican Party official lacked the standing to bring a lawsuit challenging the use of a mobile voting van in 2022. The lawsuit sought to ban the use of mobile voting vans in any future election in the presidential battleground state. The court did not address the legality of mobile voting sites in its ruling, meaning mobile voting vans could be[...]

Jan 17, 2025

Wisconsin Supreme Court refuses to release voter records sought by conservative activist

The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday rejected an attempt by a conservative activist to obtain guardianship records in an effort to find ineligible voters, but the case could return.