While the political identities of most major cities lean at least slightly Democratic and progressive, Milwaukee swims in a unique shade of steeped indigo blue.
swims in a unique shade of steeped indigo blue. Now, that left-committed identity will be challenged with the July 15 arrival of the city’s firststronghold, Milwaukee is the only American city in the 20th century to elect three socialist mayors . A Republican hasn’t held the town’s highest office since 1908, and the Milwaukee Common Council is dominated by
Cavalier Johnson is Milwaukee’s first black mayor. The Democrat took office from his predecessor near the end of 2021 as the effort to snag the Republican convention took flight. He acknowledged there was early opposition from blue loyalists despite the spotlight a convention would bring to his town of about 560,000 people.
“I’m a Democrat, and I don’t espouse to support any of the policy proposals that Republicans will spew inside Fiserv Forum,” he added. “But I’m a mayor of a city that wants to have large-scale investment and exposure.” “Our state party lobbied early on to have the DNC return to Milwaukee in 2024,” Sinicki explained in an interview. “When began seriously looking at Chicago, it became clear there would be an effort to bring in the Republican convention instead. A few of our local elected officials tried to fight it, stop it from happening.”
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