Stories tagged: "nonpartisan elections"

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Elections Forecast for Fall Elections: More Fearmongering. The Antidote: Listening and Honesty.

Conservative attacks on crime, race, sex and gender issues helped win some spring elections, but voters in other Wisconsin communities rejected social issue challenges.

Pat Kreitlow Pat Kreitlow April 7, 2022 11:12 am CDT
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Education ‘The Quiet Majority Needs to Show Up’: Election Day Brings High Stakes for Schools, Local Government, Courts

Spring non-partisan races have been shaped by GOP-supported spending and messaging. Dozens of school districts forced to ask for additional local help to make up for the Legislature’s lack of support.

Pat Kreitlow Pat Kreitlow April 4, 2022 2:41 pm CDT
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Education Wisconsin GOP’s War on Public Schools Enters Primetime with Tuesday’s School Board Elections

While some parents are voting with teachers, school funding, and equity in mind, others are motivated by culture war issues that have exploded into the mainstream over the past year and a half.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil March 31, 2022 1:02 pm CDT
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Education Opposition to School Pandemic Safeguards Becomes a Trojan Horse for Other Culture War Issues

Once-sleepy spring elections in Wisconsin get heated with comments about history, race, and the role of partisanship.

Pat Kreitlow Pat Kreitlow March 30, 2022 5:18 pm CDT
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Elections Early Voting Is Underway for the April 5 Elections in Wisconsin. Here’s What You Need to Know.

On April 5, voters across the state will head to the polls to decide who will lead their city and county governments, preside over the local circuit courts and serve on the court of appeals, and represent their school districts as school board members.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil March 22, 2022 1:59 pm CDT

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Candidate fields will be narrowed for the April 5 general election.

Jonathon Sadowski Jonathon Sadowski February 10, 2022 1:49 pm CST