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The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss the political blue wave that swept Wisconsin Democrats into control of the state Legislature. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Voters in most states sent a strong message: If government economic policy doesn’t work in ways promised or expected, elected officials will be turned out. It’s a message Wisconsin Democrats should heed.
Energy affordability was on the ballot in Wisconsin. Now comes the opportunity to deliver.
These are just some of the people impacted by policy decisions in the state that we so love — and the reason we’ve spent the last year working on the 2027 Mandate for Madison.
For the last 16 years, legislative Republicans have blocked efforts to limit the education options of Wisconsin parents. With choice opponents in control of the Legislature, the 16-year wait for opponents is over.
Wisconsin Democrats secured a historic governing trifecta in the November 3 midterm elections, capturing both chambers of the state Legislature and retaining the governor’s office for their first complete control of state government in 16 years.
Democrats owe their new majorities in both houses of Congress and in the Wisconsin Legislature to new caucus members who won in only marginally Democratic districts or states, or even in ones that went for Trump just two years ago.
Conservatives must make the case for free markets.
Americans should press the president to work with Democrats in Congress, demanding that he use his power to preserve the democratic process and bring the nation together — not drive it apart because the election did not go his way.
The lesson of the 2026 midterms was that regular people are not powerless in the face of this aggressive, anti-democratic regime. There is still time and hope left for our country.
om Tiffany never really had a chance. The national carnage for the Republicans in 2026 even took out GOP officials in staunchly red states. A swing state like ours didn’t have a shot at surviving the purge.
Tony Evers has been one hell of a governor.
The result will be higher taxes, higher energy bills, higher housing costs and a state government that grows while family budgets shrink.
Now, for the first time, Tuesday’s election is producing a Legislature that reflects the actual will of Wisconsin voters because of the politically neutral election maps enacted in 2024.
Don’t let the sound of the blue tsunami drown out what happened in Wisconsin.
After Tuesday’s nationwide electoral rout, Republicans face a choice. They can steer towards becoming a credible conservative alternative again, or remain a personality cult bobbing about in a self-created bubble of chaos and bombast. With a shrinking electorate.
People power, not political power, is the mandate going forward.
The GOP is the party of smaller government. The Democrats are the party of bigger government. But often the issues & messaging highlighted by Republican candidates and party leaders doesn’t reflect this. This is why the GOP lost in Wisconsin and around the nation.
Michigan’s next senator overcame a tidal wave of racism and money—and made history.
Civic leaders should use this groundswell of community pride to help create a new agenda for the future that lifts up the lives of all citizens.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss the political blue wave that swept Wisconsin Democrats into control of the state Legislature. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Voters in most states sent a strong message: If government economic policy doesn’t work in ways promised or expected, elected officials will be turned out. It’s a message Wisconsin Democrats should heed.
Energy affordability was on the ballot in Wisconsin. Now comes the opportunity to deliver.
These are just some of the people impacted by policy decisions in the state that we so love — and the reason we’ve spent the last year working on the 2027 Mandate for Madison.
For the last 16 years, legislative Republicans have blocked efforts to limit the education options of Wisconsin parents. With choice opponents in control of the Legislature, the 16-year wait for opponents is over.
Wisconsin Democrats secured a historic governing trifecta in the November 3 midterm elections, capturing both chambers of the state Legislature and retaining the governor’s office for their first complete control of state government in 16 years.
Democrats owe their new majorities in both houses of Congress and in the Wisconsin Legislature to new caucus members who won in only marginally Democratic districts or states, or even in ones that went for Trump just two years ago.
Conservatives must make the case for free markets.
Americans should press the president to work with Democrats in Congress, demanding that he use his power to preserve the democratic process and bring the nation together — not drive it apart because the election did not go his way.
The lesson of the 2026 midterms was that regular people are not powerless in the face of this aggressive, anti-democratic regime. There is still time and hope left for our country.
om Tiffany never really had a chance. The national carnage for the Republicans in 2026 even took out GOP officials in staunchly red states. A swing state like ours didn’t have a shot at surviving the purge.
Tony Evers has been one hell of a governor.
The result will be higher taxes, higher energy bills, higher housing costs and a state government that grows while family budgets shrink.
Now, for the first time, Tuesday’s election is producing a Legislature that reflects the actual will of Wisconsin voters because of the politically neutral election maps enacted in 2024.
Don’t let the sound of the blue tsunami drown out what happened in Wisconsin.
After Tuesday’s nationwide electoral rout, Republicans face a choice. They can steer towards becoming a credible conservative alternative again, or remain a personality cult bobbing about in a self-created bubble of chaos and bombast. With a shrinking electorate.
People power, not political power, is the mandate going forward.
The GOP is the party of smaller government. The Democrats are the party of bigger government. But often the issues & messaging highlighted by Republican candidates and party leaders doesn’t reflect this. This is why the GOP lost in Wisconsin and around the nation.
Michigan’s next senator overcame a tidal wave of racism and money—and made history.
Civic leaders should use this groundswell of community pride to help create a new agenda for the future that lifts up the lives of all citizens.