The U.S. Supreme Court opened a loophole in Wisconsin campaign finance law which the ultrawealthy are now using to flood our ...

Peter is an award-winning investigative journalist. Before returning to Wisconsin to launch The Badger Project in 2018, he worked at daily newspapers in Scranton and Wilkes-Barre in Pennsylvania as ...

The Democratic candidate increased his vote totals by a greater amount than Trump in 2020, but the script flipped this year.

Rep. Derrick Van Orden defeated his challenger by about 2.8% this year, a tighter margin than in 2022. Democrats are likely ...

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Most of the congressional districts in the state are not competitive, leading to lopsided victories for many U.S. House incumbents here. Wisconsin is one of the most closely contested states in the ...

The vice president got nearly 40,000 more votes in the state in 2024 than Joe Biden won here in 2020. The problem? Donald Trump improved on his 2020 total in Wisconsin by nearly 90,000 votes.

Kamala got more votes in Wisconsin than Biden did in 2020. She still lost the state.November 14, 2024The Badger Project Trump increased his vote percentage in Wisconsin in each electionNovember 21, ...

The dominoes seemed in place for, it not a Democratic win, at least a close race. The 8th Congressional District was open after the popular incumbent retired. The Republican candidate was a political ...