Good morning.
Wednesday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 56. Sunrise is 7:25 and sunset is 5:50 for 10 hours 25 minutes of daytime. The moon is in its first quarter with 49.3 percent of its visible disk illuminated.
On this day in 1929, the New York Stock Exchange crashes, ending the Great Bull Market of the 1920s and eventually contributing to the Great Depression.
If the Wisconsin gubernatorial election next year will be all new, then the Wisconsin attorney general’s race will be familiar. The state is in for a rematch of the Kaul-Toney race of 2022:
Fond du Lac County District Attorney Eric Toney, a Republican, announced Tuesday [10.21] he’s running for a second time to unseat Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul.
The 41-year-old Toney has been the DA in Fond du Lac County since 2012. He ran against Kaul in 2022, losing by 35,000 votes. Kaul, a Democrat, recently announced he would be running for a third term as attorney general, ending speculation that he would run for governor after Gov. Tony Evers announced his retirement.
In the campaign announcement, Toney said he would prioritize supporting law enforcement officers, reducing violent crime in Milwaukee and being more aggressive in prosecuting drug crimes.
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The Wisconsin attorney general is the highest ranking law enforcement officer in the state, responsible for overseeing state law enforcement agencies, enforcing state laws as varied as water quality rules and election laws and defending state agencies in court. This year, Kaul has been especially active in joining multi-state lawsuits against Trump administration policies.
See Henry Redman, Republican Eric Toney announces second run for attorney general, Wisconsin Examiner, October 21, 2025.
Kaul defeated Toney in the close 2022 attorney general’s race, 50.64% to 49.31%. Whether this race is close, or has a larger margin one way or the other, is likely to depend on how Wisconsin voters view federal policy as much as state policy.
Elections across the nation have become a test of support or opposition to federal actions. Absent an unexpected personal issue for a candidate, that’s likely how our own state elections will unfold.
Statewide has become a proxy for nationwide.
Pumpkins were enjoyed by all at the Cincinnati Zoo. Click on the picture to play the video: