Judi Adams, 59, is running against Taylor Wishau in the spring election. She is running for the Racine County Board of Supervisors District 21 seat. The election is taking place on April 5. Adams lives in Burlington, Wis. She has been a resident of Racine County for 6 years. To read more about other races […]
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Candidate Bio: Taylor Wishau, Racine County Board, District 21
Taylor Wishau, 32, is running against Jodi Adams in the spring election. He is running for the Racine County Board of Supervisors District 21 seat. The election is taking place on April 5. Wishau lives in Burlington, Wis. He has been a resident of Racine County since 2016. Prior to that, he lived in Racine […]
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Candidate Bio: Amanda Bengston, Racine County Board, District 11
Amanda Bengston, 34, is running against Robert Miller in the spring election. He is running for the Racine County Board of Supervisors District 11 seat. The election is taking place on April 5. Bengston lives in Mt. Pleasant, Wis. She has been a resident of Racine County for 11 years. To read more about other […]
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Candidate Bio: Tonya Evans, RUSD School Board, District 1
Tonya Evans, 55, is running against Margaret Oliver and Theresa Villar in the primary election. She is running for the Racine Unified School District’s Schoool Board District 1 seat. The election is taking place on Feb. 15. Evans is a resident of Sturtevant, Wis. She has lived in Racine County for the past 20+ years. […]
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Candidate Bio: Theresa Villar, RUSD School Board, District 1
Theresa Villar, 55, is running against Margaret Oliver and Tonya Evans in the primary election. She is running for the Racine Unified School District Board 1st District. The election is taking place on Feb. 15. Villar is a resident of Sturtevant, Wis. She has lived in Racine County for the past 10 years. If Theresa […]
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Candidate Bio: Margaret Oliver, RUSD School Board, District 1
Margaret Oliver, 70, is running against Theresa Villar and Tonya Evans in the primary election. She is running for the Racine Unified School District Board 1st District. The election is taking place on Feb. 15. Oliver is a resident of Mt. Pleasant, Wis. She has lived in Racine County for the past 70 years. If […]
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Candidate Bio: Henry Perez, County Board, District 9/Common Council, District 12
Henry Perez, 60, is running against Eric Hopkins and Colin Mckenna in the primary election. He is running for the 9th District Racine County Board seat. The election is taking place on Feb. 15. If he wins the primary election, he will advance onto the election taking place on April 5. In addition, he is […]
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Candidate Bio: Eric Hopkins, Racine County Board, District 9
Eric Hopkins, 48, is running against Henry Perez and Colin Mckenna in the spring primary election. He is running for the Racine County Board 9th District. The primary election is taking place on Feb. 15. Hopkins is a resident of Racine, Wis. He has lived in Racine County for the past 42 years. If Hopkins […]
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Jerry Gulley Announces Candidacy for County Executive, Kenosha County
Kenosha County Supervisor Jerry Gulley, a resident of Pleasant Prairie, formally announced his candidacy for County Executive today with the following statement: “I bought my home here in 2012 to be near my in-laws. I’ve been privileged to live in so many beautiful parts of our country – Tennessee, New York, Silicon Valley, Birmingham, Seattle, […]
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Republicans Keep Grip on Legislature Despite Democratic Spending Spree
Peter Cameron, The Badger Project Wisconsin Democrats were flush with cash in the 2020 election cycle. Billionaire liberals like Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and other super-rich donors used a loophole in Wisconsin campaign finance law to dump money into the coffers of the Democratic Party, which routed a considerable chunk of contributions to state legislative […]
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Steps to Obtain an ID to Vote Explained
Most Wisconsin voters already have some form of ID needed to vote, including a Wisconsin driver’s license or ID. There is no separate “voter ID” and a federally compliant REAL ID card is not required for voting purposes. The Wisconsin Elections Commission explains the acceptable options to bring to the polls on its website. The […]
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Bids to Alter Wisconsin Elections Fall Mostly Along Partisan Lines
By Anya van Wagtendonk For Wisconsin Watch Proposals to change Wisconsin’s voting system could determine how one of America’s top swing states picks congressional candidates, how it awards its 10 Electoral College votes, how fast results can be announced and who can use the increasingly popular method of absentee voting. But the political divisiveness that […]
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State driver licenses and IDs are the most common forms of identification to show at the polls
Wisconsin driver licenses or IDs are the most common form of identification used for voting purposes. Wisconsin Department of Transportation Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) encourages voters to check and be sure that they have the proper identification needed to vote in this month’s primary (February 16). A federally compliant REAL ID card is not […]
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Ten checks the state of Wisconsin uses to catch voter fraud
BY HOWARD HARDEE, FOR THE BADGER PROJECT Since Election Day, no evidence of widespread voter fraud has emerged in Wisconsin — or any other state. But politicians, propagandists, and social media influencers have sought to undermine the results of the presidential election in Wisconsin before and after Nov. 3. With President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration set […]
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The Biggest Donors to Wisconsin Political Parties in 2020
BY MOLLY LIEBERGALL, THE BADGER PROJECT A loophole in Wisconsin campaign finance law allows individuals to make unlimited donations to political parties, and also allows political parties to make unlimited donations to candidates. If an individual wants to donate directly to a candidate, there are limits based on state and federal law. But not if […]