The Wisconsin Democratic Party said Tuesday that it raised more money between April and June than in any other three-month period in state party history, bolstering its bank account in this hotly contested presidential battleground state. Democrats raised $10 million over the second quarter of the year, leaving them with $12 million cash on hand with the November election just five months away, party spokeswoman Courtney Beyer said.

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It's 10 a.m. on a Saturday in late September — 200 days from Wisconsin's presidential primary, nearly 14 months from Election Day 2020— and Bill Chandler, a retired orchestra teacher, is out talking to his neighbors about politics.

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Wisconsin Democrats have chosen a former leader of the liberal group MoveOn.org to serve as state party chairman through the 2020 presidential cycle.

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Democrats picked Milwaukee on Monday for their 2020 national convention, setting up the party's standard-bearer to accept the presidential nomination in the heart of the old industrial belt that delivered Donald Trump to the White House.

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Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers says he is "confident" that Milwaukee will beat out Houston and Miami and win the contest to be host of the 2020 Democratic National Convention.

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Republican lawmakers on Wednesday passed a series of bills meant to restrict the powers of the incoming governor and attorney general, both Democrats.

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Assembly Democrats have picked Gordon Hintz to lead them again this session.

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Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said Wednesday he is open to looking at ways to limit the power of the incoming governor, Tony Evers, before he takes office in January.

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Republicans silenced any talk Tuesday of a blue wave sweeping them out of control of the Wisconsin Legislature, with GOP incumbents turning back more than enough Democratic challengers to maintain majorities in both the state Assembly and Senate.

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As the Democratic candidate for governor Tony Evers was looking ahead to leading Wisconsin with a Republican-controlled Legislature, the ousted Republican Gov. Scott Walker eyed a possible recount following the state's closest governor's race in more than half a century.

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