The Recombobulation Area is a 19-time 21-TIME! Milwaukee Press Club award-winning opinion column and online publication founded by Milwaukee journalist Dan Shafer.
The Nov. 3 election is on Tuesday. So, first off: remember to vote. Tell your friends and family to vote, and reach out to people who you think might not vote.
In the 2022 midterm, more than 2.6 million Wisconsinites voted in the race for governor. In the 2024 election, more than 3.4 million Wisconsinites voted in the race for president. That means, inevitably, there will be hundreds of thousands of Wisconsinites who voted in the presidential election who probably won’t vote in the midterm. Make sure you — and the people in your circle — are not among them.
Be a voter. Show up every time. Let’s do this, Wisconsin.
As you may have gathered, we’ve been pretty busy here at The Recombobulation Area these last few weeks. Between columns and podcasts and feature stories and news reports, we’ve been putting out a ton of content for you to enjoy.
Just a friendly reminder: This is a reader-funded publication, and we are able to do what we do because of your support. So, now would be a great time to upgrade to paid and help fund our work. Because we could not do what we do without YOU.
About all those newsletters we’ve been sending these past few weeks…
We understand if you might have missed something. It’s been a busy time. You may have been paying more attention to the WORLD CHAMPION MILWAUKEE BREWERS than this little ol’ website. We get it.
So, we went through to round up much of our recent coverage so you can find it all right in one place.
BUT FIRST: Just a reminder that we will be joining our friends at the “Wisconsin Politics Group Chat” for a special Election Night LIVE SHOW.
Details here:
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Join the “Wisconsin Politics Group Chat” for Nov. 3 Election Night Coverage, LIVE from Milwaukee
The Recombobulation Area is a 19-time 21-TIME! Milwaukee Press Club award-winning opinion column and online publication founded by Milwaukee journalist Dan Shafer.
OK, on to the list…
Special feature story:
State Legislature Mega-Preview:
Reports, news, additional coverage:
Columns and commentary:
Marquette poll breakdowns:
Marquette Poll Breakdown: David Crowley, Tom Tiffany, and an unsurprisingly close race for governor
Podcast:
Candidates:
Wisconsin Politics Group Chat:
More:
Dan Shafer is an independent journalist from Milwaukee who writes and publishes The Recombobulation Area. He worked with Civic Media from 2024 to 2026. He’s written for The New York Times, The Daily Beast, Heartland Signal, Belt Magazine, WisPolitics, and Milwaukee Record. He previously worked at Seattle Magazine, Seattle Business Magazine, the Milwaukee Business Journal, Milwaukee Magazine, and BizTimes Milwaukee. He’s won 24 Milwaukee Press Club Excellence in Journalism Awards. He’s on Twitter at @DanRShafer.
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