1/13/2026

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II is dropping his bid to become governor and launching a campaign for secretary of state in the battleground state. The progressive Democrat's departure clears up the party's primary field and benefits the frontrunner candidate, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson. In a video announcing his new campaign, Gilchrist did not cite a specific reason for the change.

1/13/2026

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers is questioning whether a proposal from his own lieutenant governor to ban federal immigration enforcement actions around courthouses, schools and institutions of higher learning, domestic violence shelters and places of worship can, or should, be done. Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez, a Democrat, who is running for governor this year proposed after Tony Evers decided not to run for a 3^rd term. 

1/13/2026

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Democratic Gov. Tony Evers is calling on the Republican-controlled Legislature to act on his priorities during his final year in office, even if it means working later into the year than they are scheduled to be in session. Republicans are unlikely to follow Evers’ call to action on many of the priorities he outlined in a letter on Tuesday. They rejected many of them, including a $1.3 billion increase in funding for public schools, last year. The Legislature is scheduled to adjourn by mid-March. But Evers says they should work longer to find bipartisan solutions to issues such as school funding, health care costs and gun control.