With less than a year until the 2026 General Election, Wisconsin’s Democratic Party chairman is getting party members ready for elections in 2026.
Devin Remiker, who’s a native of Two Rivers, stopped during the 5th One Year to Win tour around the state to talk to Democratic voters about why they need to start going door to door to get people to vote.
He said it seemed like the party rolled over after Republicans took over at the state level, but that’s changed over the last ten years, with the party fighting to get Democrats elected.
“It is because we fought tooth and nail starting in 2018 to get to the point where we are at now,” he explained. “And I think that is a really important lesson for people across the country. It’s what I tell people when I hear them worried about the direction of this nation. We fought our way out in Wisconsin. It feels like Republicans want to bury us in a hole, and we just have to grab that first rung of the ladder and climb, climb, climb.”
Remiker also quoted the Marquette Law School poll, which shows that about 70% of people find the cost of living and inflation their top concerns.
He says Democrats need to take advantage of that.
“This is a gigantic opportunity for us to break through to people, break through the noise, and talk about our economic message,” he noted. “Republicans have owned this issue for so long, but this is being starkly made apparent for working families in this state and across the country. So the conversations we’re having this weekend are so important.”
After his speech, Remiker told Seehafernews.com that he was pleasantly surprised to see the crowd that showed up a year before the election.
He also stated that to win in the Spring and Fall, the Democratic Party of Wisconsin needs to stand for something, not against someone.
“Don’t get me wrong, I don’t support Donald Trump and what his administration is doing, no Democrat does,” he exclaimed. “But that is not enough. We have to make sure that people know that we are fighting for them. That we are fighting for the working class. We want to protect their rights and freedoms to live their lives the way that they want to. And also, to defend our democracy, which I do believe is at stake and is becoming more starkly apparent to people across the state and across this country right now.”
He says that also includes saying they are fighting for the working class and for access to healthcare.
But as people go to canvass in the future, Remiker says there has to be space for people to join them without making voters feel they will be left behind if they don’t agree on everything.
We’ve reached out to Manitowoc County Republican Party Chairman Collin Braunel for comment on what Republicans are feeling going into 2026, but have not yet heard back.
