state politics

Derrick Van Orden faces Democrat Rebecca Cooke, a political activist who grew up on a dairy farm and works part time as a restaurant server

Plane made an emergency landing in Lake Wausau

David Crowley leads among likely voters, but in dead heat with Tom Tiffany among registered voters

Dane County Circuit Judge Everett Mitchell stopped short of ordering electronic voting, setting up a trial on that issue later. It almost certainly will not be resolved before the November election

The move would allow voters who have already cast their ballot for a candidate who has dropped out of the race to cast a new ballot

More than 80,000 ballots have already been returned

Crowley's decision comes after Sara Rodriguez decided to end her campaign

Move by Sara Rodriguez comes after campaign discovered it had far less money than it thought

Five Democrats and two republicans remain in the race

Missy Hughes announces decision to end her campaign