Wisconsin
President Biden will make first visit to Wisconsin since dropping out of race. He’s coming Sept. 5.
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden will travel to southwest Wisconsin next Thursday to highlight his administration’s investments in manufacturing and infrastructure — his first visit to the state since dropping out of the presidential race.
A White House spokeswoman declined Wednesday to say where Biden plans to stop in the southwestern part of the state. But an administration official said Biden will highlight his “Investing in America agenda” and how it is “benefiting communities across Wisconsin and ensuring Americans have a brighter, more prosperous future.”
The visit will be Biden’s first to Wisconsin since he withdrew from the presidential race late last month and Vice President Kamala Harris quickly became Democrats’ new nominee. Harris held the first rally of her presidential campaign in West Allis and since visited Eau Claire and Milwaukee for rallies with her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.
Walz will also return to the state next week. He will stop in Milwaukee with Minnesota first lady Gwen Walz on Labor Day, the Harris-Walz campaign said Tuesday. The campaign did not say where the Walzes will speak in Milwaukee or what time they’ll be in the city.
Biden had made at least five visits to the battleground state this year before growing concerns from within his own party about his age and viability forced him to end his campaign. He last campaigned in the state in early July, when he held a rally at Madison’s Sherman Middle School.
Next week’s visit is part of a series of planned trips for Biden over the next several weeks to highlight the Biden-Harris administration’s investments in local communities, the White House official told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. In Wisconsin, Biden plans to talk about the Inflation Reduction Act, a sweeping bill targeting everything from green energy incentives to health care subsidies.
Biden spoke at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago last week and has appeared alongside Harris at other events this month.
Former President Donald Trump’s campaign has also been active in Wisconsin. Ohio Sen. JD Vance, Trump’s running mate, has help press conferences across Wisconsin each of the last three weeks and planned a stop in De Pere Wednesday evening.
Trump will hold a town hall-style event in La Crosse Thursday night that will be moderated by former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, whom Trump this week named to his transition team.
Hope Karnopp of the Journal Sentinel staff contributed to this report.
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Wisconsin
RFK Jr. Won’t Be Able To Remove Name From Michigan Or Wisconsin Ballots
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will not be able to remove his name from the ballot in Michigan or Wisconsin, both key swing states in November, according to recent decisions from local election authorities.
The Michigan secretary of state’s office said Monday minor party candidates are not able to withdraw once they have been nominated.
“So his name will remain on the ballot in the November election,” Cheri Hardmon, a spokesperson for the office, told NBC News.
Wisconsin’s state election commission also voted to decline Kennedy’s request to remove his name after he filed paperwork asking it do so last Friday. The body noted in its decision that state statue notes anyone who files nomination paperwork and qualifies to appear “may not decline nomination.” The only way for them to be removed, the chair of the commission added, was by death.
“We know Trump and Kennedy are playing games,” Mark Thomsen, a Democrat on the election commission, said in a statement to The Associated Press. “Whatever games they’re playing, they have to play them with Kennedy on the ballot.”
Wisconsin
Live updates: Wisconsin vs. Louisville in the AVCA First Serve Showcase
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Nebraska sophomore Andi Jackson continues to add to her impressive stat line with another kill! Jackson has stacked five blocks and six kills so far tonight.
7-2, Nebraska.
FUN FACT: As a middle, her vertical reaches 10’10” 😳
What a missile from @aandijackson! 🚀😮💨 pic.twitter.com/NzZibUO7EV
— Nebraska Volleyball (@HuskerVB) August 28, 2024
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Nebraska’s 7-0 scoring run paired with six blocks in the third set gave the team a 2-1 match lead.
Setter Bergen Reilly incorporated her middles to give the Huskers a few more kills on the board. Though, they still trail Kentucky in total kills, 40-34.
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Kentucky calls time in the third set after reaching 13 service errors compared to Nebraska’s five. The Wildcats trail Nebraska 10-6 to start out the set.
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Not even a 23-23 score could scare Skinner. The Kentucky head coach issued and won his second challenge to give his team set point. That momentum carried the Wildcats to their first set win in tonight’s match.
Nebraska led by as many as five points in Set 2, and despite some Kentucky service errors, the Cats make it a 1-1 match.
Kentucky is now out-hutting the Huskers .244 to .197.
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Elections Commission approves third-party candidates for the ballot
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RFK Jr. drops out of presidential race, endorses Donald Trump
Kennedy’s decision came amid speculation that he’s looking to be involved in a second Trump administration.
A day after the state Supreme Court dismissed a challenge to remove Green Party candidate Jill Stein from the ballot in Wisconsin, the bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission confirmed she will appear on November ballots in the battleground state.
The commission on Tuesday also kept independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on the ballot, though he has suspended his presidential campaign and endorsed former President Donald Trump. While he has tried to remove his name from the ballot in battleground states, Wisconsin law does not allow for Kennedy to retract his nomination at this point.
Wisconsin election commissioners also approved independent candidate Cornel West for the ballot after rejecting a challenge that argued his declarations of candidacy were not properly filed due to notarization issues. A Democratic National Committee employee filed that challenge, and another against Stein.
More: How Democrats are seeking to block 3rd party candidates from Wisconsin’s ballot
In the latest Marquette University Law School poll released in early August and before Kennedy dropped out, Vice President Kamala Harris had a two-point lead over Trump when third-party candidates were factored in. Polling for Kennedy has declined to 8% from double digits earlier in the year, and other third-party candidates are polling at 1% or less in Wisconsin.
Here’s what to know about WEC’s action, and why third-party candidates will appear on the ballot in Wisconsin.
Will Jill Stein be on the ballot in Wisconsin?
The Wisconsin Elections Commission approved Stein for the ballot on Tuesday. Back in February, the commission cleared the way for allowing candidates from the Green Party to appear on Wisconsin’s ballot.
On Monday, the Wisconsin Supreme Court also declined to hear a challenge to Stein’s inclusion on the ballot. But WEC chairwoman Ann Jacobs anticipated there would be further lawsuits over the inclusion of the Green Party on the ballot.
“This is a big win against the anti-Democratic Party’s war on democracy and voter choice,” Stein said in a statement Monday. “The Democrats constantly preach about ‘saving democracy,’ when in reality they’ve been doing everything they can to crush democracy by trying to remove the Green Party and others from the ballot.”
The Republican Party of Wisconsin also viewed the court’s decision as a win. “If Democrats hope to win over voters, they will have to do so through earnest persuasion instead of disqualification,” state party chairman Brian Schimming said in a statement.
Will RFK Jr. be on the ballot in Wisconsin?
Kennedy’s name will remain on Wisconsin’s ballot, though he is no longer running for president as an independent and has thrown his support behind Trump. That means votes could still be cast for him in Wisconsin.
After his exit from the race, Kennedy has moved to remove his name from ballots in several battleground states, such as Arizona, where he believes his “presence would be a spoiler.” Kennedy also filed that request with Wisconsin election commissioners.
But Wisconsin law says that anyone who files nomination papers and qualifies to appear on the ballot — which Kennedy did — cannot decline nomination. That person will appear on the ballot “except in case of death of the person.”
Multiple commissioners raised questions about Kennedy’s request and noted the ballot had not yet been set — it was the point of the meeting. But the commission voted 5-1 to keep Kennedy on the ballot, with Republican appointee Bob Spindell casting the only “no” vote.
Don Millis, a Republican appointee to the commission, said the statute was “troubling for me.”
“Before we set the ballot, it seems to me that it makes sense to allow a candidate to withdraw, and that’s what I’m struggling with,” Millis said.
But other commissioners said there was no room for discretion with the statute. “The only way he gets to not be on the ballot is to up and die, which I’m assuming he has no plans on doing,” Jacobs said. “The statute is absolutely clear on this.”
“I think we got to follow the law on this. We get sued enough. This one is clearly an invitation to get sued again,” Mark Thomsen, a Democratic appointee to the commission, said.
More: What to know about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s bid to get on Wisconsin’s presidential ballot
Will Cornel West be on the ballot in Wisconsin?
The commission also approved independent candidate Cornel West to appear on Wisconsin’s ballot.
Earlier in the meeting, the commission heard a challenge to his inclusion on the ballot related to his and running mate Melina Abdullah’s declarations of candidacy and disputes over notarizing the documents.
WEC commissioners rejected that challenge 5-1, with Jacobs casting the only “no” vote and explaining she thought West should appear on the ballot but not Abdullah due to notary issues with her forms.
West’s candidacy was boosted in Wisconsin by Trump allies who believe third-party candidates could help the former president’s chances in November. Four individuals employed at a Republican-aligned political canvasing firm worked as circulators to gather signatures in support of West in Wisconsin, USA TODAY reported.
More: Cornel West boosted by Trump allies to get name on Wisconsin ballot
Who are the presidential candidates on the Wisconsin ballot?
After the Wisconsin Elections Commission’s actions Tuesday, the following presidential and vice presidential names will appear on the ballot in the Nov. 5 election:
Major party candidates
- Kamala D. Harris and Tim Walz, Democratic party
- Donald J. Trump and JD Vance, Republican party
- Randall Terry and Stephen Broden, Constitution party
- Chase Russell Oliver and Mike ter Maat, Libertarian party
- Jill Stein and Butch Ware, Wisconsin Green party
Independent candidates
- Cornel West and Melina Abdullah, Justice For All party
- Claudia De la Cruz and Karina Garcia, Party for Socialism and Liberation
- Robert F. Kennedy and Nicole Shanahan, We The People party
President Joe Biden was able to be replaced on the ballot after dropping out of the presidential race in July, because the deadline to place him on the ballot had not yet passed. The deadline for parties to certify their candidates’ names with WEC is Sept. 3.
Some voters in Wisconsin will receive ballots with the names soon: The deadline for clerks to send absentee ballots to voters with requests on file is Sept. 19.
More: The deadline has not passed in Wisconsin to replace Biden on the ballot. Here’s why.
What do polls show about third-party candidates in Wisconsin?
In the Marquette University Law School poll released earlier this month, Kennedy stood at 8% among registered voters, a drop from 13% and 16% in earlier months. Stein polled at 1% in that poll, and West at less than 0.5%. Libertarian candidate Chase Oliver also polled at 1%.
Poll director Charles Franklin this week noted more Republicans than Democrats supported Kennedy and said Kennedy’s decision to endorse Trump would “probably” bring those Republicans back behind the former president.
The survey earlier this month found 21% of independents support Kennedy, Franklin noted, and the tendencies of third-party voters are difficult to predict.
“We find that they don’t go 100% to sort of their natural affinity group,” Franklin said of Kennedy voters potentially supporting Trump. “And part of that is because the reason they’re voting for Kennedy in the first place is they don’t like Donald Trump. If they liked Donald Trump, they would have been voting for him to begin with.”
“Some of them will drop out,” Franklin said. “Some of them might switch to another third-party candidate, some might not vote at all because, as a group, they’re pretty disaffected with government.”
Franklin added of the third-party influence in Wisconsin: “Bottom line is I’m not expecting a big shift.” He said Stein and West’s presence on the ballot would likely draw votes from Harris.
Stein last appeared on Wisconsin’s ballot in 2016, receiving more than 31,000 votes in Wisconsin, which many believe could have helped Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. A couple thousand votes can determine elections in battleground Wisconsin: In 2020, Biden won the state by just over 20,000 votes, similar to Trump’s margin over Clinton four years earlier.
Franklin plans to put a new poll into the field on Wednesday without Kennedy’s name mentioned in the multi-candidate race.
He said the poll would ask a separate question about support for Kennedy if he had remained in the race.
“It’s complicated when somebody has said he’s no longer a candidate but his name is still there,” Franklin said.
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