Tuesday’s primary election pits eight Democrats against each other for a chance to challenge Gov. Scott Walker in the fall. State schools superintendent Tony Evers leads the pack with 31 percent of the likely voters surveyed in the latest Marquette University ...

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The activist Mike McCabe, who came to prominence criticizing the influence of money in politics, is among the eight Democrats seeking to challenge Gov. Scott Walker this fall. McCabe founded the advocacy group Blue Jean Nation and wrote a book, “Blue ...

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The Democratic candidates for governor remained mostly unified in criticizing Gov. Scott Walker and not one another in a debate on Wednesday, held just six days before the primary.

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Kelda Roys raised more money and had more cash on hand than any other Democratic candidate for governor in the month leading up to next week's primary election, even though she trails in recent polls behind state Superintendent Tony Evers.

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The eight Democrats running for governor of Wisconsin expressed support last week for giving more control to local governments and criticized the deal struck by the state to bring a huge Foxconn Technology Group plant to Wisconsin.

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Gov. Scott Walker raised nearly $5.5 million over the past six months for his re-election campaign and has nearly $6 million cash on hand, easily outpacing the eight Democrats who are seeking to challenge him this November.

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The eight Democratic candidates for governor were united on Thursday during their first broadcast debate against a pair of common enemies — the Foxconn Technology Group project in southeast Wisconsin and Republican Gov. Scott Walker.

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Finding meaningful differences in policy positions can be difficult in the Democratic primary race for governor, in which the eight candidates who are running have far more in common than not.

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Two Democrat in as many days have dropped out of the race for governor, with state Rep. Dana Wachs announcing on Friday that he was putting an end to his campaign and endorsing the front-runner, Tony Evers, on his way out.

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The state Elections Commission has set the primary ballot order for the 10 Democrats running for governor.

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