President Donald Trump's endorsement of U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany in Wisconsin’s open race for governor has led Tiffany's top Republican rival to drop out of the race.
Wisconsin Democrats are hoping to flip majority control of the Legislature and retain the governor's seat this year.
A Democrat who served four years as Wisconsin’s lieutenant governor and narrowly lost a 2022 U.S. Senate bid is running for governor in the battleground state.
Democratic Gov. Tony Evers of Wisconsin will not seek a third term in 2026, creating the first open race for governor in the battleground state in 16 years.
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WASHINGTON COUNTY, Wis. – A Wisconsin football coach was fired after officials say he attended a scrimmage game knowing that he may have been positive for COVID-19. Washington County Executive Josh Schoemann said that the coach had been feeling ill with symptoms of COVID-19 and went to his doctor’s office for a test last Thursday. It was during the game that county contact tracers from the health department called the coach. “He got that phone call as he was walking onto the field or as he was on the field, and made the decision that he needed to be at that scrimmage,” Schoemann says. When the Kewaskum Gridiron Youth Football league learned of the coach’s diagnosis, they fired him immediately and looked at game film to see who he came into contact with.
