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The new poll shows Thompson leading Baldwin, 48 percent to 42 percent. More>>
If you're planning on going to the polls Tuesday for the spring primary, you'll need to remember your ID. More>>
Wisconsin's election officials are warning voters to look out for unofficial registration forms that have been sent to many residents by mail. More>>
Paul is currently in fourth place in the GOP presidential race.
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Joseph P. Kennedy III announced Thursday that he plans to run for the seat that will open up when Democratic Congressman Barney Frank retires at the end of his term. More>>
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder will back Mitt Romney's bid for the Republican presidential nomination. He says the former Massachusetts governor is "the man for the job." More>>
Tommy Thompson's senate campaign released its first campaign radio ad Monday. More>>
As Mitt Romney tries to avoid a fourth consecutive defeat on Saturday, the Maine caucuses prove to be critical. More>>
There's speculation that none of the Republican presidential candidates will have enough delegates to clinch the nomination before this summer's convention. More>>
One analysis shows poor support for Republican presidential candidates in the state More>>
Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum has won the Missouri Republican primary and the Colorado and Minnesota caucuses.
The final four candidates in the Republican presidential race are competing in three states this week. More>>
Mitt Romney might face a significant challenge in Minnesota. More>>
Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich start to show their extreme styles in the GOP presidential race. More>>
Mitt Romney has won the Florida Republican presidential primary. More>>
Fitzgerald says he sees the race as a marathon, not a sprint. More>>
Tommy Thompson raised more than $656,000 in three months for his campaign for the Republican nomination in the U.S. Senate race. More>>
With just one full day of campaigning left, the republican candidates were out in the public eye Sunday, all knowing that Tuesday's primary could change the race to the White House. More>>
Former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain officially announced that he is endorsing Newt Gingrich Saturday. More>>
U.S. Senate Candidate Mark Neumann will propose cuts in the federal budget Thursday. More>>
Vice President Joe Biden says he can't find "any fundamental difference" between Republican presidential rivals Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney. More>>
US Senate candidate Rep. Tammy Baldwin says Wisconsin voters are energized, rather than fatigued, by all of the political campaigns this year. More>>
One of the biggest elections in Wisconsin this year is to replace retiring U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl. More>>
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney paid about $3 million in federal income taxes in 2010, having earned more than seven times that from his investments. More>>
Florida voters are in for politics, as the republican presidential contest turns their way. More>>
Newt Gingrich stormed toward an upset over Mitt Romney Saturday night in the South Carolina primary.
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With 100 percent of precincts reporting, Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich won the South Carolina Primary. More>>
For more than three decades, South Carolina has continued to raise the state's national political profile. More>>
The South Carolina's Primary on Saturday started off with politics at a restaurant in Greenville. More>>
Rick Santorum was declared the winner of the Iowa caucuses by the Iowa Republican Party. More>>
Thursday was a busy day in the Republican presidential race. More>>
Rick Santorum won the Iowa caucuses by at least 34 votes, according to certified vote totals. More>>
President Barack Obama's campaign is buying ad time in six different states, including Wisconsin. More>>
Gov. Chris Christie is asking political ally Mitt Romney to immediately release his tax returns instead of waiting until April. More>>
The five remaining Republican presidential candidates took part in a Fox News-Wall Street Journal debate in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Monday. More>>
27 News has learned campaign officials for Jon Huntsman plans to withdraw from the race for Republican presidential nomination. More>>
Courtesy: The White HouseNew figures, released Thursday morning, show President Barack Obama's campaign has raised more than $68 million combined for his re-election and the Democratic Party during the final three months of 2011. More>>
Romney is the first Republican to win both the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary in a competitive race since Iowa took the leadoff role in 1976. More>>
Kohl says Baldwin has served in Congress with conviction, compassion and common sense. More>>
With his strong showing in Iowa, Rick Santorum is positioning himself for the GOP presidential nomination. Here is what a Santorum presidency could mean for your finances. More>>
Mitt Romney has accepted an endorsement from Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona), the 2008 Republican presidential nominee. More>>
Michele Bachmann's campaign manager says it's hard to tell whether she will continue her campaign after a bleak showing in the Iowa caucuses. More>>
The chairman of the Iowa Republican party says former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has won the Iowa caucuses by eight votes. More>>
As voters in Iowa participate in caucuses Tuesday in the first test for presidential candidates, officials in Wisconsin will finalize presidential primary ballots for the Badger state's April voting. More>>
Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry have failed to qualify for Virginia's March 6 Republican primary, but Mitt Romney and Ron Paul will be on the ballot. More>>
Photo Credit: WKBTA former commander at Fort McCoy says he's running for western Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district. More>>
Former Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson made it official Thursday evening: he's running for Herb Kohl's vacating Senate seat. It's been 13 years since Thompson last appeared on a ballot.
Former Republican governor Tommy Thompson will kickoff his U.S. Senate campaign next month. More>>
Rick Perry, a candidate who experts say has performed poorly in debates, says he "stepped in it" during Wednesday night's Republican debate. He has insisted though that it won't force him out of the presidential race. More>>
Former Republican governor Tommy Thompson said he's in the race for an open U.S. Senate, but will hold off on making a formal campaign announcement until the spring of 2012.
State Assembly Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald says he's running for U.S. Senate. More>>
Herman Cain and Mitt Romney are the favorites among Virginia Republicans in a new statewide poll. More>>
Former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson has entered the race to fill retiring Herb Kohl's Senate seat. More>>
State Sen. Tim Carpenter (D-Milwaukee) says he will run for Milwaukee city treasurer in 2012. More>>
The former state senator landed the job after choosing against a run for U.S. Senate More>>
Another Republican state lawmaker is one step closer to a U.S. Senate run. More>>
Wisconsin state Assembly Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald is one step closer to a U.S. Senate run. More>>
Governor Scott Walker has signed the bill that moves Wisconsin's presidential primary from late February to the first Tuesday in April. More>>
Erpenbach made the announcement Tuesday on his Facebook page. He says he's choosing to "stay here and fight." More>>
Wisconsin's Government Accountability Board brought questions to light Monday regarding a small section of the new Voter ID law which states that university and college students can use their school ID's to get a ballot at the polls, but technical college students cannot. More>>
Democratic Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin is joining the race to fill retiring Democrat Herb Kohl's seat in the U.S. Senate. Baldwin made the announcement Tuesday via email and video messages to her supporters, saying she will fight for middle-class voters. More>>
Congressman Paul Ryan looked like a presidential candidate Friday afternoon, shaking hands at the Walworth County Fair for four hours. He admits there was a lot of pressure to get in the race, but he maintains he's not going to. More>>
Two republican candidates are now officially in the race for Herb Kohl's US Senate seat. Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald told a Wausau newspaper that he's in and former Congressman Mark Neumann announced his candidacy on Monday. More>>
Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann is scheduled to release a memoir in November. More>>
After Friday's announcement former U.S. Senator Russ Feingold won't be running for U.S. Senator Herb Kohl's seat, Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin has become a frontrunner for the democratic party. More>>
Democrat Russ Feingold says he won't run for public office next year. More>>
An advisor to the former Republican governor and Health & Human Services secretary says Thompson is laying the groundwork to run next year. More>>
Wisconsin has not had two Republicans serving in the U.S. Senate at the same time since 1957. But, that could soon change. More>>
Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is dropping out of the race for the GOP presidential nomination.
Pawlenty told supporters on a conference call Sunday morning that he would announce on ABC's "This Week" that he was ending his campaign after a disappointing finish in the Iowa straw poll on Saturday. More>>
Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann has won the Iowa Straw Poll. It's the first indication of what Iowans think of the GOP presidential field and which candidate has the best get-out-the-vote organization.
Texas Governor Rick Perry is now a Republican presidential candidate. More>>
Sen. Jon Erpenbach (D-Middleton) said Friday "in all likelihood" he will run to fill U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin's seat if Baldwin decides to run for Senate. More>>
Democratic U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin says a run for the U.S. Senate seat is "likely." More>>
Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann has formally announced her candidacy for the president in her hometown of Waterloo, Iowa. More>>
A campaign staffer for former Wisconsin governor Tommy Thompson tells 27 News that Thompson will run for the U.S. Senate. More>>
Getty ImagesWho's in and who's out in the race to replace Wisconsin Senator Herb Kohl in 2012. Former Governor Tommy Thompson has voiced interest while Congressman Paul Ryan says he's not running. More>>
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