Wisconsin Right Now

The Wisconsin Young Republicans have dramatically increased their number of voter contacts and other outreach, helping drive exciting momentum in the spring for conservative candidates and winning a national award as a result. The Wisconsin Young Republicans (WIYRs) received the 2021 State Federation of the Year Award Saturday at the Young Republican National Federation (YRNF) biennial National Convention. "The top award recognizes great effort by a state federation's leadership team and membership in carrying out major election operations and growing the party within the young professional age bracket of 18-40 within their state," a press release from the Wisconsin Young Republicans says. We spoke to state Chairman Nik Rettinger, who gave us some impressive statistics: He said the state chapter made over 3 million voter contacts last year, far more than any other state, started three new local chapters, trained over 300 grassroots activists, saw record attendance