Henry Redman

@henry-redman.bsky.social

Reporter covering elections, water, wolves and the justice system for the Wisconsin Examiner

I’m in Eau Claire tonight covering the 3rd CD primary. From my reporting over the last month, bad blood against Cooke from ‘24 could mean big Berge numbers around Stevens Point, that plus her name ID in the district’s largest city could make this a close one

Con Flambers@themagicconch19.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Looking at the WI-03 Dem primary from '24, where Rebecca Cooke beat former Stevens Point area representative Katrina Shankland by 9, and wow was that a weird map. See for yourself. Shankland got EIGHTY FIVE percent of the vote in Portage County (where Stevens Point and surrounding towns are).

A map of the 2024 Democratic primary in Wisconsin's Third Congressional District. It's mostly blue of varying hues, signifiying Cooke wins across the 20ish counties of the district, but in the eastern portion there's a dark green part, representing Portage County, where Katrina Shankland won 85% of the vote.

I'm watching the Wisconsin GOP convention in the Wisconsin Dells online today (because they denied my press credential) where U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson just accused the Democratic party of training Renee Good and Alex Pretti to turn them "into martyrs."

In the Twin Cities, churches have become lifelines for their immigrant congregants. As immigrant families hide at home, their pastors and fellow church-goers bring them groceries and gather money to pay their rent. I wrote about it:

Minnesota churches provide critical supports as immigrants hide at home • Minnesota Reformer

It’s a natural extension of churches’ spiritual worldview — backed by scripture — that compels believers to help the vulnerable.

minnesotareformer.com

Rep. William Penterman told the Examiner the UW MIA bill wasn't ready for "primetime" bc of GOP lawmakers' concerns about a partial veto. According to Evers' spokesperson, Evers had already committed ahead of today's meeting to not use his partial veto power on it as long as it didn't change.

Wisconsin Examiner@wisconsinexaminer.com · 8mo ago

Vote on UW Missing in Action project bill delayed as GOP cites partial veto concerns via @bspears.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/02/04/v...

NEWS: At the Wisconsin Farmers Union's annual lobby day this morning Wisconsin AG Josh Kaul said the federal government is "obstructing" the investigation into the Minneapolis ICE shooting and that he's "making sure we're prepared" if feds come to Wisconsin. wisconsinexaminer.com/briefs/attor...

Attorney General Kaul says Minnesota ICE action harms public safety • Wisconsin Examiner

Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul said the federal government is "obstructing" the investigation into the ICE shooting of Renee Good.

wisconsinexaminer.com