Waukesha’s purple wave: Local activists flip the script on partisan school board takeovers

By: John Norcross

Outlets: Wisconsin Examiner

Published: April 13, 2026

Words: 649

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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The headlines following Wisconsin’s April 2026 spring election told a story of Democratic triumph: Chris Taylor expanded the liberal majority on the State Supreme Court, and in a stunning upset, the candidate supported by Democrats, Alicia Halvensleben, defeated Republican state Rep. Scott Allen to win the nominally nonpartisan mayoral race in the city of Waukesha, in the heart of a Republican-leaning area that has been key to past Wisconsin GOP victories.

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