Good morning.
Friday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 61. Sunrise is 5:47 and sunset is 7:57, for 14 hours, 10 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 29.8 percent of its visible disk illuminated.
On this day in 2011, Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the September 11 attacks and the FBI’s most wanted man, is killed by the United States Navy SEALs in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
The first of likely several Wisconsin gubernatorial candidates formed a committee yesterday:
Republican Josh Schoemann, the top elected official in a suburban Milwaukee county, this week created a committee to run for governor in 2026, making him the first candidate from either major party to get into the race.
Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has not yet said whether he will seek a third term. Evers has repeatedly said he will announce his intentions after the state budget is passed and signed into law, which typically happens around early July. Asked for a reaction, a spokesperson for Evers referred to a comment from the Wisconsin Democratic Party.
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Schoemann, 43, filed to create a campaign committee on Wednesday. He is the executive of Washington County, one of the deepest red counties in Wisconsin, which President Donald Trump won with 67% of the vote in 2024.
Schoemann has never run a statewide race before and is unlikely to be the only Republican candidate in the election that is 19 months away.
See Scott Bauer, Republican county leader Josh Schoemann enters Wisconsin governor’s race, Associated Press, May 1, 2025.
The last line above tells the tale: “is unlikely to be the only Republican candidate in the election that is 19 months away.” The race is so far away, in political and economic conditions so volatile, that beyond tallying entrants there’s nothing yet meaningful to add.
World’s tallest and shortest dogs meet up: