Wisconsin Democrats Pick Greta Neubauer as Assembly Speaker — First Woman in State History — as Party Takes Both Chambers for First Time in 16 Years
MADISON, Wisconsin — Wisconsin Democrats chose their new legislative leaders in closed-door caucus elections at the State Capitol on November 10, tapping Racine state Rep. Greta Neubauer as the next speaker of the State Assembly, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. Neubauer will be the first woman to serve as Assembly speaker in Wisconsin history, and the first openly bisexual lawmaker to hold the post.
Senate Democrats simultaneously elected Sen. Dianne Hesselbein of Middleton as Senate majority leader, marking the first time two women will lead both chambers at once. Democrats now control both houses of the legislature for the first time in 16 years, holding an 18–15 majority in the Senate.
Assembly Republicans chose Rep. Tyler August of Walworth County as minority leader, while Senate Republicans picked Sen. Julian Bradley, the first Black senator to lead a Senate caucus in the state.
Neubauer said the caucus will spend the coming months preparing to move quickly when the 2027 session opens, with priorities including free school meals, caps on prescription-drug prices and an expanded homestead tax credit.
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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