{"id":1943979,"date":"2023-06-04T16:58:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-04T20:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-republicans-look-for-rebound-democrats-stay-on-offensive-as-2024-fights-loom\/"},"modified":"2023-06-04T16:59:59","modified_gmt":"2023-06-04T20:59:59","slug":"wisconsin-republicans-look-for-rebound-democrats-stay-on-offensive-as-2024-fights-loom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-republicans-look-for-rebound-democrats-stay-on-offensive-as-2024-fights-loom\/","title":{"rendered":"WI Republicans seek comeback, Dems stay aggressive ahead of 2024 battles."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwisconsin-republicans-look-for-rebound-democrats-stay-on-offensive-as-2024-fights-loom%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1943979&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Wisconsin Republicans and Democrats Gear Up for 2024 Presidential Race<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe wind is at our backs, but in Wisconsin no one should ever take anything for granted,\u201d said state Democratic Party Chairman Ben Wikler. \u201cI haven\u2019t met a single Democrat who thinks we can rest easy.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Wisconsin Republicans are still reeling from their loss of majority control of the state Supreme Court in April&#8217;s election. However, they hope to use their upcoming state convention to unify and refocus on the 2024 presidential race, in which Wisconsin will once again be a battleground. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Democrats are gathering for their annual state convention, recognizing that four of the past six presidential elections in the state have been decided by less than a percentage point. They are trying not to become overconfident in the face of recent gains.<\/p>\n<h3>Democrats Remain Vigilant<\/h3>\n<p>Democratic candidates, including Governor Tony Evers and President Joe Biden, have won 14 of the past 17 statewide elections. In April, Democratic-backed Supreme Court candidate Janet Protasiewicz\u2019s 11-point win over the GOP-supported candidate proved once again the power of abortion as an issue for Democrats. She ran as a supporter of abortion rights, and for revisiting Republican-drawn political district maps, in a race that broke turnout records.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin, who won her 2018 race by 11 points, is up for reelection next year and has yet to draw a Republican opponent. Republicans are already voicing concerns about the lack of an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-republicans-look-for-rebound-democrats-stay-on-offensive-as-2024-fights-loom\/\" title=\"WI Republicans seek comeback, Dems stay aggressive ahead of 2024 battles.\">announced top-tier challenger<\/a> and the possibility of yet another expensive, divisive primary like this year\u2019s Supreme Court contest.<\/p>\n<h3>Republicans Seek Unity<\/h3>\n<p>Wisconsin has long been one of a handful of battleground states, one of the few places where either party can win a statewide contest. With that in mind, Milwaukee will play host to the first Republican presidential primary debate in August. Republicans will return next summer for their national convention. Democrats, in another nod to the importance of the Midwest, will gather just across the border in Chicago for their national convention in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Wisconsin Republican Party leaders are trying to get the rank and file to refocus on the fights ahead, while recent losses and divisions within the party among conservatives loyal to former President Donald Trump pose challenges. The theme of the state Republican convention this month, \u201cRed to the Roots,\u201d speaks directly to the priority of connecting with its grassroots activists, some of whom have broken with party leaders in the Trump era.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can win when we\u2019re unified,\u201d said Wisconsin Republican Party Chairman Brian Schimming. \u201cWe can win when we\u2019re focused and focused on the grassroots.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wisconsin Republicans are divided between a group that\u2019s \u201chacked off\u201d and \u201call-in on Trump\u201d and a growing segment that wants to move on, said Rohn Bishop, the Republican mayor of Waupun and former Fond du Lac County GOP chair.<\/p>\n<h3>Republicans Remain Optimistic<\/h3>\n<p>Longtime western Wisconsin GOP activist Brian Westrate said Republicans are frustrated, but also optimistic about their chances in 2024. He compares the position Republicans are in now to 2009, when Democrats had majority control of the Legislature, the governor\u2019s office, both U.S. Senate seats, and a majority of House seats. In 2010, that flipped with Republicans winning the governor\u2019s office, a Senate seat, and majority control of the Legislature.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans say <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/banks-financing-musks-twitter-deal-face-hefty-losses\/\" title=\"Banks financing Musk\u2019s Twitter deal face hefty losses\">recent high-profile losses<\/a>, including Trump\u2019s defeat in 2022, overshadow other gains they\u2019ve made. Those include reelecting U.S. Senator Ron Johnson last year, picking up a congressional seat, and increasing majorities in the state Senate and Assembly just shy of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-blm-bail-fund-is-freeing-heinous-criminals-in-kentucky-now-the-gop-has-a-plan-to-stop-it\/\" title=\"A BLM Bail Fund Is Freeing Heinous Criminals in Kentucky. Now, the GOP Has a Plan To Stop It.\">veto-proof supermajority<\/a> under maps they drew in 2010 and 2020 that are recognized as among the most gerrymandered in the country. Republicans also now hold six of the state\u2019s eight congressional seats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only thing that focuses people more than winning is losing,\u201d said Schimming.<\/p>\n<p>Still, Republicans have struggled with how to handle abortion after the U.S. Supreme Court last year overturned Roe v. Wade. That resulted in an 1849 state abortion ban, enacted before women had the right to vote, going back into effect in Wisconsin. A lawsuit seeking to undo the law could be decided by the new liberal-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court before the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<p>Christy Welch is one of many Democrats in Wisconsin who decided to get more involved in politics after Roe was overturned. She quit her job last year \u201cto try to influence what\u2019s happening with politics\u201d and now chairs the Brown County Democratic Party, which will play host to the state convention. In addition to abortion, Democrats also hope the Wisconsin Supreme Court will redraw the boundaries for legislative and congressional districts, another issue that played large in Protasiewicz\u2019s win.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously folks were very excited and it feels really good to be able to build off of momentum and wins,\u201d Welch said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wisconsin Republicans aim to regroup at their state convention after losing majority control of the state Supreme Court for the first time in 15 years during the April election. 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