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Wisconsin cannot be stereotyped politically. It is often associated with the name of anti-communist crusader [[Joseph McCarthy]], but is equally tied to that of Robert M. La Follette and his Progressive Party. [[Victor Berger]], the first socialist elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, and Frank Zeidler, the Mayor of Milwaukee from 1948-1960 was the last in a string of twelve socialist mayors of Milwaukee, whose emphasis on the basics of municipal service led them to be called "sewer Socialists."<ref>[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-043/?action=more_essay Milwaukee Sewer Socialism, Wisconsin State Historical Association]</ref>
Wisconsin cannot be stereotyped politically. It is often associated with the name of anti-communist crusader [[Joseph McCarthy]], but is equally tied to that of Robert M. La Follette and his Progressive Party. [[Victor Berger]], the first socialist elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, and Frank Zeidler, the Mayor of Milwaukee from 1948-1960 was the last in a string of twelve socialist mayors of Milwaukee, whose emphasis on the basics of municipal service led them to be called "sewer Socialists."<ref>[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-043/?action=more_essay Milwaukee Sewer Socialism, Wisconsin State Historical Association]</ref>
Wisconsin was the first state to allow women to vote in local elections, in 1840, though the right was later rescinded.
==Sports in Wisconsin==
==Sports in Wisconsin==