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Elections

It's a crowded Republican race for Wisconsin's 7th in 2026

Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District is deep red, and its 2026 Republican candidates – Michael Alfonso, Niina Baum, Jessi Ebben, Kevin Hermening and Don Raihala — are making their cases to voters.

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Zac Schultz on Rodriguez ending her 2026 run for governor

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Here and Now 2026

Wisconsin 7th District Democratic candidates make their case

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Here and Now 2026

2026 candidates for governor release midyear finance reports

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Elections

Rodriguez drops out of Wisconsin's 2026 Democratic governor's race over campaign finance problems

Sara Rodriguez’s money woes shake up the race for governor

Inside Wisconsin Politics

Sara Rodriguez's money woes shake up the race for governor

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Elections

Rodriguez says her 2026 campaign for governor has less money than she thought

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Zac Schultz on Rodriguez ending her 2026 run for governor

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Zac Schultz on Rodriguez ending her 2026 run for governor

A still image shows Frederica Freyberg seated at the 'Here & Now' set featuring wood paneling.

Here and Now 2026

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A still image shows a graphic featuring portraits of the five candidates for governor with the amount of money they raised for their campaign below them.

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2026 candidates for governor release midyear finance reports

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Sara Rodriguez speaks while standing behind a wood podium with multiple microphones with the flags of different media organizations affixed to its top, with multiple people standing behind her holding printed campaign signs reading Sara Rodriguez for Governor and Union Strong Sara Rodriguez, in a room with the U.S. flag in the background and a backdrop banner showing her campaign logo.

Elections

Rodriguez drops out of Wisconsin's 2026 Democratic governor's race over campaign finance problems

Sara Rodriguez’s money woes shake up the race for governor

Inside Wisconsin Politics

Sara Rodriguez's money woes shake up the race for governor

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Lakeshore College summer camps introduce kids to hands-on jobs

Leonard Jurgensen on his collection of Schlitz breweriana

History

Leonard Jurgensen on his collection of Schlitz breweriana

Elon Musk hold an oversized paper check with the words America PAC, pay to the order of Nicholas Jacobs and $1,000,000, with an illuminated U.S. flag on a screen in the background and out-of-focus heads of people facing him in the foreground.

Courts

Wisconsin Elections Commissions finds probable cause that Musk broke state law with voter payouts

A hand-drawn illustration shows a man wearing a neck brace lying in a hospital bed with his arms above the blanket and his shoulders braced by pillows, with an IV line attached to his arm from a fluid bag mounted on a poll, and with a baseball cap on a nightstand on the other side of the bed.

Economy

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Elections

Rodriguez says her 2026 campaign for governor has less money than she thought

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