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Socialist Party of Wisconsin

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Founded
  
1973

National affiliation
  
Socialist Party USA

Ideology
  
Democratic socialism

Colors
  
Red

Headquarters
  
Milwaukee, Wisconsin  United States

The Socialist Party of Wisconsin (SPWI) was the state chapter of the Socialist Party USA in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The Socialist Party has two locals; the Milwaukee County Local and the South Central Wisconsin Local.

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The Socialist Party of America voted 73:34 to change its name to Social Democrats, USA in December 1972. SPUSA was founded in 1973, after which the SPWI was founded.

Notable office holders

The Socialist Party of Wisconsin sees itself as a continuation of the Social-Democratic Party of Wisconsin, state affiliate of the Socialist Party of America. This organization elected a number of candidates to office over the three-quarters of a century of its existence, including:

Municipal

  • Emil Seidel, Mayor of Milwaukee, 1910-1912
  • Daniel Webster Hoan, Mayor of Milwaukee, 1916-1940
  • Frank Zeidler, Mayor of Milwaukee, 1948-1960
  • George Lippert, District Attorney of Marathon County, 1918-1920 and from 1922-1924 as a Progressive La Follette Republican

    • Statewide

    Federal

  • Victor Berger, Member of the United States House of Representatives for Wisconsin's 5th district, 1911-1913 and 1922-1929

    • Notable members

  • Diane Drufenbrock, Milwaukee resident and Socialist Party USA nominee for vice-president in 1980
  • Angela Nicole Walker, Milwaukee resident and Socialist Party USA nominee for vice-president in 2016
  • Frank Zeidler, Mayor of Milwaukee (1948-1960) and Socialist Party USA nominee for president in 1976

    • References

    Socialist Party of Wisconsin Wikipedia
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