Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (at right in photo) is also not running for re-election.
Photo credit: Angela Major, Wisconsin Public Radio
Headline: Wisconsin Public Radio, 3/19/2026
Shawn Johnson reports on a nepo baby's legislative career as a roadblock to progress in Wisconsin:
In Devin LeMahieu’s tenure as GOP leader, he initially oversaw lopsided Republican majorities. He began with a 21-12 majority in 2021, and by 2023, Republicans held a 22-11 edge.
He flexed that power when possible. The GOP’s two-thirds supermajority meant Senate Republicans could vote to override governor’s vetoes, although the overrides never passed with enough votes in the Wisconsin Assembly. LeMahieu also held up numerous appointees of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, and voted to fire many of them.
But the dynamic changed under new, more competitive political maps passed by Republicans in early 2024 under pressure from the Wisconsin Supreme Court. With half of all Senate districts up for election that year, Democrats flipped four districts, shrinking the GOP majority to 18-15 and putting Democrats in position to potentially win control of the Senate in 2026.
According to Merriam-Webster, the first known use of 'nepo baby', as in a person who gains success or opportunities through familial connections, occurred in 1992.
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