Get ready for the first election of the year, Wisconsin. Here's what to know about candidates, absentee ballots and more for the Feb. 17 election.

The sprawling candidate field for the Wisconsin governor’s race may shrink, but for now, this is who’s in the running.

Will the Supreme Court election set another spending record? Will Democrats flip the state Legislature? Read our forecast.

City Clerk Jennifer Gossick told a Daily Tribune reporter she is withholding the list of candidate names for Wisconsin Rapids mayor and Common Council until after the Jan. 9 challenge deadline.

The 2026 spring election in Brown County promises new candidates when voters go to the polls on April 7. Votes will also be tallied with new machines bought by the county at the request of local governments, putting all Brown County votes under a single counting and reporting system, according to a De Pere staff memo.

No. A new rule clarifies that some mail is not postmarked when it is first received, but rather during processing.

The biggest stories of 2025 involved politics and set the stage for the New Year, 2026, when Wisconsin will vote for a new governor.

Democratic Gov. Tony Evers will not seek reelection after his second term concludes next year, setting the stage for the first open race for Wisconsin's executive office in 16 years.

The architects of Jan. 6, including President Trump and the Wisconsin fake electors, continue to work to undermine our democracy.