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Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu Says He Will Not Seek Re-Election
LeMahieu joins multiple GOP retirements amid new Democratic-leaning maps making Wisconsin Senate highly competitive, with Democrats needing just two seats for majority, experts say.
- On March 19, 2026, Wisconsin Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu announced he will not seek reelection and said he opposes a GOP bill to disband the Wisconsin Elections Commission.
- LeMahieu said he made his decision after much thought and prayer, stating 'the time has come for a new chapter in my life' and plans to spend more time with his wife in Madison.
- LeMahieu has served in the state Senate since 2015 and as Majority Leader since 2020, previously spending nine years on the Sheboygan County Board; he is the fourth GOP senator to decline reelection this cycle, joining Rob Hutton, Steve Nass and Van Wanggaard.
- With LeMahieu's exit, the state Capitol will have new leadership next year, and Governor Tony Evers praised LeMahieu, saying, 'So much of what we've accomplished could not have been done without Majority Leader LeMahieu's patience and persistence.'
- New maps now reduce Republicans' advantage, with the 2023 Wisconsin Supreme Court overturning GOP maps by a 4-to-3 vote after Judge Janet Protasiewicz cast the deciding vote.
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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports the Republican leader of the Wisconsin Senate is the latest in a “string of retirements” of prominent GOP lawmakers as rebalanced district maps begin to take effect.Sen. Devin LeMahieu has held the office since 2015 and was elected majority leader in 2020. But now that the state’s new liberal-leaning supreme court has agreed to new un-gerrymandered district maps giving Republicans less of an advantage in up…
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