Elections

Wisconsin Democrats, Republicans pick 2024 presidential electors

Democrats and Republicans in Wisconsin have selected their 2024 presidential electors, with each party's legislative caucus and legislative candidates meeting in the state Capitol on Oct. 1 to select the people who will represent voters following the November presidential election.

Associated Press

October 1, 2024

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Two mosaics depicting Classical figures — one holding a rod and labeled Government and the other holding a globe and labeled Liberty — are seen from above in two quadrants of the interior walls of a rotunda inside a building with marble pillars and other masonry in a Beaux-Arts design, with stairs and walkways connecting levels and rooms in one wing.

The interior of the Wisconsin State Capitol rotunda is seen on May 19, 2017, in Madison. The Democratic and Republican legislative caucuses and legislative candidates met in the Capitol on Oct. 1, 2024, to select 10 electors from each party who will represent voters in the 2024 presidential election. (Credit: PBS Wisconsin)


AP News

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democrats and Republicans in Wisconsin picked new presidential electors on Oct. 1, almost four years after Republicans from the state posed as fake electors for former President Donald Trump.

The Democratic and Republican legislative caucuses and legislative candidates met in the state Capitol to select 10 people from each party who will represent voters in the 2024 presidential election. The winner of the popular vote in each state determines which party’s electors are sent to the Electoral College, which meets after the election in December to certify the outcome.

Ten Wisconsin Republicans posed as fake electors for Trump in 2020, filing paperwork falsely saying he had won the battleground state. Democrats filed a lawsuit against them in 2022. The Republicans ultimately agreed to a settlement in 2023 that called for them to admit they were trying to overturn President Joe Biden’s victory, acknowledge Biden won the state and agree to never serve as presidential electors in 2024 or any other election involving Trump.

The 2024 Republican electors include Fond Du Lac County District Attorney Eric Toney, state GOP chair Brian Schimming and former Gov. Tommy Thompson.

Democratic electors include Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley and Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez.


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