Wisconsin GOP leader Robin Vos, who clashed with Trump, leaving office after reshaping the state

AP ^ | 2/19/26 | SCOTT BAUER

[cotton1706]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Robin Vos, who has led the Republican charge in Wisconsin during his record-long stint as state Assembly speaker and blocked much of the Democratic governor’s agenda, announced Thursday that he will retire at the end of the year.

Vos, who also drew President Donald Trump’s ire for not aggressively challenging Trump’s loss in the battleground state in 2020, made the announcement from the floor of the Assembly. Vos is in his 22nd year in the Assembly and 14th year as speaker.

Vos has served during a tumultuous time in Wisconsin politics, in which the swing state became a national leader in curbing union powers, was a key battleground in presidential elections and was at the center of redistricting fights over Republican-friendly maps championed by Vos.

To his political opponents, Vos has been a shadow governor who shrewdly used his legislative majority to create a dysfunctional state government focused on advancing the conservative agenda and denying Democrats any victories they could tout.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: 2020coupaccomplice; elections; robinvos

[cotton1706]

Good riddance to this insidious snake!

[PermaRag]

For those who aren't aware, Wisconsin Governor Tony "Soyboi" Evers is calling for a special legislative session to "ban partisan gerrymandering".

This is a typically Orwellian description, because what will likely happen after this passes -- with the assistance of Republicans Democrats like Robin Vos -- is that the Democrat-controlled (starting in 2027) legislature will pass a new congressional gerrymander that will shift 2 seats from R to D.

[OKSooner]

Oh really now...

[Theodore R.]

He must be the WI equivalent of TX’s Dade Phelan.

[factmart]

I’m from Wisconsin, don’t let the door hit you where the sun don’t shine. Vos