5 Things to Watch over the Next Year as Wisconsin’s Election Cycle Begins

5 things to watch over the next year as Wisconsin’s election cycle begins

Reading Time: 6 minutes Election Day 2026 is now 365 days away. Over the next year Wisconsin voters will cast their ballots in a number of races that will set the future direction of the Badger State.  Voters will see candidates — and campaign ads — in 2026 for races from the governor’s office to the Capitol’s legislative chambers to the halls of Congress. Many of the top statewide races feature open seats, which will mean new faces in offices f…

Transgender Ideology Is on the Ballot in NJ, VA

Political parties routinely dispatch high-profile surrogates to campaign on behalf of their top-of-the-ticket candidates, especially in off-year election states. But Democrats have an added incentive this year because a marquee cause held dear by the party and embraced by its two gubernatorial candidates in next week’s elections is at risk of dissolving into irrelevancy.   The bedrock of transgender ideology got a seismic shock earlier this mont…

Clues for the midterms and 2028? Watch VA, NJ, CA now. (Maybe.)

There's a reason the political world is obsessed with the Nov. 4 gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey: They're the only ones we've got.