In another sign of the upcoming “weenies and beans” time for the Republican Party, the voters of Waukesha, Wisconsin, an affluent suburb of Milwaukee elected Alicia Halvensleben, the Democratic president of the city’s Common Council, as Mayort. She defeated State Representative Scott Allen, a Republican, which continues a succession of Trump-era mayoral wins for Democrats.

In your correspondent’s opinion, it is time to retire the saying “All politics is local.” If anything, the reverse is true. Another example: in November 2017, Virginia House of Delegates elections in Northern Virginia were nearly entirely swept by Democrats. Was that due to the incumbent delegates’ voting records in the Virginia House of Delegates? No, it was due to Donald Trump.

According to this story, the Alabama Committee that handles election law bills will take up the bill to convert primaries from open to closed on April 7.

On Sunday, April 5, the Independence Party of Illinois asked to intervene in the pending ballot access case that had been filed in 2024 by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. while he was an independent presidential candidate. Here is the filing. The lawsuit challenges Illinois law that does not permit anyone to circulate a petition for a candidate in a primary election and also to circulate for someone else in a general election.