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FINAL REPORT: Tiffany outraises Dem challenger nearly 6 to 1 in NW Wisconsin
Rep. Tom Tiffany, the incumbent Republican, has raised about $1.2 million. Right-wing billionaires like the Uihleins, Diane ...
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Rep. Behnke doesn’t live in northern WI district he’s running to represent
State law doesn't prohibit a person from running in a district where they don't live, but they must move there before ...
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9 checks the state of Wisconsin uses to prevent – and catch – voter fraud
Voter fraud is rare, in Wisconsin and nationally, but many checks exist to prevent and catch it, whether it be accidental or ...
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Fond du Lac-area Senate candidate convicted in 2005 of writing bad checks
A Democratic candidate for state Senate pleaded no contest to two misdemeanors nearly 20 years ago for writing several bad checks to Walmart. Michael Rapp, now living in unincorporated Van Dyne in ...
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THE TEAM
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 ...
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Our Funders and Donors
The Badger Project is a nonprofit funded mainly through reader contributions and grants. In March 2020, we received a matching grant of $7,712.87 from NewsMatch 2019 in coordination with our ...
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Most expensive race for state Assembly (so far) is in western Wisconsin
Democrats have a serious chance to retake the Legislature's lower chamber. The state party is using its massive fundraising ...
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$1.8 mil & counting: WI Legislature’s most expensive race is in Milwaukee burbs
Wisconsin’s 8th State Senate District is one of the most competitive races this year, experts say. Using their fundraising edge, state Democrats are sending huge sums to their candidate there. From ...