Wisconsin Senate Rejects Another Term for Meagan Wolfe as State Elections Chief

Controversial Wisconsin elections chief Meagan Wolfe’s nomination for another term was soundly rejected by the State Senate, yet she remains on the job.

Wisconsin's top election official, Meagan Wolfe, speaks during a virtual press conference on Nov. 4, 2020. Wisconsin State Handout via Reuters

Embattled Wisconsin Election Commission (WEC) administrator Meagan Wolfe is proving “harder to remove from office than bubblegum is from the sole of a shoe,” one Republican observer said.

On Sept.14, the state Senate, voted along party lines, 22–10, to reject her nomination to a second four-year term.