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Our team of reporters at Inside Wisconsin Politics this week digs deeper into the background and positions of both candidates, and they examine the rematch for Wisconsin Attorney General.

Joining the discussion are WPR Capitol Bureau Chief Shawn Johnson, PBS Wisconsin Senior Political Reporter Zac Schultz, and WPR Political Reporters Anya Van Wegten Donk and Rich Kramer.

So, you know, in politics, we have a tendency to kind of surf from one news cycle to the next.

We're talking about what the candidates are saying about what's happening now.

So sometimes politicians like Evers or Michaels look more attractive 'cause they don't have a record that can be held against them and come up with catchy, uh, campaign commercials.

So you've all done stories on the candidates' records recently.

I encourage everyone to check out the WPR and PBS Wisconsin websites to get a real in-depth look at those.

But we're gonna get into them a bit today.

So why don't you, uh, share with us what you got?

My story came from PBS Wisconsin, but this story was actually published by Wisconsin Watch.

It, it was produced in partnership with the University of Wisconsin, Madison's investigative journalism class taught to School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

Don't major in mass communication.

He ran the opposition research and communication outfit called One Wisconsin Now.

He has served as the liberal pundit on PBS Wisconsin for the last 15 years.

He is Scot Ross.

Scott, welcome to the Recombobulation Area.

The following program is a PBS Wisconsin original production.

Trying to buy a home, gas and groceries are high.

I think it's tough right now for everybody.

I think start with traditional sources of news where the place has a corrections policy, where reporters get in trouble if they report things that aren't true.

That's the place to start.

And when you're getting stuff in your social media feed that appears fantastical or really exciting, especially if it's a, boy, my candidate looks great and my opponent looks awful, maybe see if you can't find that same story from PBS Wisconsin or Wisconsin Public Radio or local newspapers, local television stations, to see are there other places that are corroborating this or is it just something that's churning on social media?

Unless and until there are more regulations of AI, is it consumer beware?

It really is.

We'll talk about the show, what we're seeing in our reporting as Election Day nears, and take your questions.

Find the details at pbswisconsin.org slash events and reserve your spot.

That's all the time we have for today.

Our colleague, Anya Van Wagtendonk, will be back next week.

This has been Inside Wisconsin Politics.

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The new fundraising totals also show Republicans with a big edge on money.

We'll follow that money in state politics with our political reporters from WPR at PBS Wisconsin.

That's next on WPR News.

This is Wisconsin Today.

New polling shows Wisconsin's race for governor remains close, but as you dig into the data, a lot has changed, and new fundraising numbers show Republicans with a massive edge, fueled largely by three billionaire donors.

It's the latest installment of Inside Wisconsin Politics.

Joining the discussion are WPR Capitol Bureau Chief Sean Johnson, PBS Wisconsin Senior Political Reporter Zach Schultz, and WPR Political Reporters Anya VanWagtendonk and Rich Kramer.

So Marquette has given us a lot to talk about with this latest poll, and we're going to get into some of the specifics here in a bit.

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