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Wisconsin GOP eyeing shift in control of election oversight

FILE - Rep. Amy Loudenbeck, R-Clinton, speaks during debate in a meeting of the Joint Finance Committee at the State Capitol in Madison, Wis., Friday, May 29, 2015. For the first time in decades, this year’s race for Wisconsin secretary of state means something. Four Republicans are vying to take on longtime Democratic incumbent Doug La Follette in November. (M.P. King/Wisconsin State Journal via AP) FILE - Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe, poses outside of the Wisconsin State Capitol Building, on Monday, Aug. 31, 2020. For the first time in decades, this year's race for Wisconsin secretary of state means something. Four Republicans are vying to take on longtime Democratic incumbent Doug La Follette in November.Republicans have sought to discredit the commission for months, including pressuring the nonpartisan administrator, Meagan Wolfe, to resign.(Ruthie Hauge//Wisconsin State Journal via AP) FILE - Wisconsin Secretary of State Doug La Follette speaks March 17, 2022, at the state Capitol in Madison, Wis. For the first time in decades, this year's race for Wisconsin secretary of state means something. Four Republicans are vying to take on longtime Democratic incumbent Doug La Follette in November. (AP Photo/Todd Richmond File)