Wisconsin elections officials have created a security team and are putting together a formal security plan amid concerns about Russia's meddling in the U.S. election last year and evolving cyber-security risks.

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Voters in counties with contested races for circuit courts made sure on Tuesday there will be some new faces on the bench, although some incumbents also managed to hold onto their seats.

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Voters in Milwaukee made history Tuesday, electing the state’s first woman Asian-American judge and the nation's second Hmong-American judge.

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Voters on Tuesday will weigh in on more than 50 state judicial races across the state.

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Scott Wales, a municipal judge in Fox Point, and William Crowley, a lawyer at Disability Rights Wisconsin, fared better in a recent survey meant to gauge the qualifications of candidates for circuit court and municipal court positions.

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Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says he doesn't see "some huge problem that needs to be solved" with Wisconsin's recount law.

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A federal judge refused to halt Wisconsin's presidential recount Friday, telling President-elect Donald Trump's supporters that the effort probably won't change anything anyway.

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A federal court in Wisconsin on Friday rejected an attempt by pro-Donald Trump groups to stop a recount of the state's presidential vote, saying there was no harm in allowing it to continue.

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A Wisconsin judge refused on Tuesday to order local election workers to conduct the state's upcoming presidential recount completely by hand, finding that nothing suggests the state's electronic tabulating machines have been hacked.

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Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein asked a judge Monday to force a hand recount of nearly 3 million ballots cast in Wisconsin after the state Elections Commission rejected her call to do that.

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Turnout for the presidential election in Wisconsin appears to be a 20-year low.

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The culmination of a tense political season ends Tuesday at the ballot box. So, it might be tempting to snap a selfie photo with your ballot after you're done voting.

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Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel says he plans to once again send what he's calling "election integrity teams" around the state on Election Day.

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Wisconsin election officials predicted a big turnout in Tuesday's primary — and then voters blew their number away.

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The three Democrats battling to become attorney general grappled with questions Tuesday about legalizing marijuana in Wisconsin, with one saying it's too soon, another saying medicinal use might make sense and the third saying it's not his call.

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The four candidates for Wisconsin attorney general praised the state Department of Justice for its strides in solving cold cases, and all four pledged to keep up the pressure on tackling unsolved crimes.

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Ballots for this year’s State Bar elections are set to be mailed by Friday.

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As a candidate for state attorney general, Dane County's district attorney is getting his turn to take questions during a Milwaukee Press Club luncheon.

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Serving as president of the State Bar of Wisconsin is like riding a Ferris wheel that goes around only once.

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Attorneys Ralph Cagle and Kevin Palmersheim are candidates for president-elect in the upcoming Wisconsin State Bar Board of Governors election.

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Milwaukee County Court Commissioner Laura Gramling Perez easily bested her opponent Tuesday to become the new judge in Branch 32.

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Forty-four judges’ seats are up for election Tuesday in Wisconsin.

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Wisconsin attorney general hopeful Susan Happ has secured a key endorsement from an influential Democratic group.

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Only one judge’s race in Milwaukee County will be contested during this spring’s election.

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Even though independent groups spent $1.2 million on the spring’s Supreme Court election, the contest was one of the cheapest in recent years.

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The two candidates for last spring's Wisconsin Supreme Court election raised slightly more than $1 million through their campaigns.

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The Wisconsin Assembly's elections committee has approved a bill that would increase campaign contribution limits and allow voters to register online.

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Spending on television advertising in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race won by Justice Pat Roggensack topped $1 million.

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New campaign finance reports show Justice Pat Roggensack has spent $351,000 on her re-election campaign in six weeks.

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Nearly two years after Justice David Prosser allegedly put his hands around the throat of another Wisconsin justice, the incident continues to dominate debate about the future of the state’s highest court.

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