University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire officers were searching for a suspect accused of violently turning over the school GOP’s election information desk, numerous sources tell The Federalist. The strike, chronicled on social media, came as Wisconsinites voting in a nationwide watched, politically charged state Supreme Court election that will determine whether liberals or democrats control the Badger State’s court of last resort.  ,
Tatiana Bobrowicz, director of the school College Republicans, tells The Federalist that authorities have confirmed the assume is José Felipe Alvergue, interact professor and chair of the school’s English Department. Bobrowicz said law enforcement officials were also looking for Alvergue this day and had planned to identify him with chaotic do. UW-Eau Claire authorities did not immediately return a request for comment.  ,
‘ The Time for This Is Over!’
The young Republican said she and a fellow club member had just set up the information stand outside a school election site and were handing out water, cakes, and booklets about Democratic candidates on the vote when Alvergue brusquely approached them. He asked them why they were operating thus close to the polling area. Bobrowicz said she informed him that they were at a suitable length prescribed by law. She said she received certification from the school international politics director. The board was located well beyond 100 feet from the gate of the polling site, she said, in accordance with the law.  ,
Alvergue was hearing none of it, according to Bobrowicz.  ,
” He said,’ The time for this is through!’ And therefore he flipped over the table and walked apart”, she said.  ,
” We’ve tabled at this place every election. And college Progressives are usually closer to it than we are”, she added.  ,
‘ I Was in Panic Mode ‘
When the suspect walked away, Bobrowicz said she felt there was going to be an issue. The school Republicans on a left-leaning University of Wisconsin System school were used to hearing nasty points this pitched election time in a high-stakes competition. The school GOP director said while she was explaining the team’s right to be at the page, Alvergue took his hands from his pants. Spring votes in Wisconsin can be windy, and Tuesday was no exception in Eau Claire.  , Bobrowicz thought the unhappy man might jump some photos and post them on social media. Rather, she said, he turned over the board and stormed off.  ,
” I was in despair mode”, she said, adding that she felt her mind and body go into a “flutter-flight answer”.
” I was weak afterwards. It took two days for me to live over”, she said in a school telephone interview with The Federalist. Given the antagonism of a kept raging in Trump disorder symptoms in an election seen as the first real test of President Trump’s support in the beginning months of his next administration, Bobrowicz worried things could have been worse.  ,
” I was scared for my own safety, and I was calling people that I knew in the county party around us asking,’ How can we stay safe? We don’t want to back down and put our table away, but I don’t want to be out here if it’s going to be like this,'” the young Republican said.  ,
She was assured that there would be a police presence at and around the polling site. The UW-Eau Claire campus Republicans remain in place with about half a dozen club members working the table.  ,
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire officials did not return The Federalist’s request for comment.  ,
Wisconsin GOP Chairman Brian Schimming confirmed the incident and reposted the college Republicans ‘ photos on his X account to get the word out.  ,
” It was pretty dramatic” , , Schimming said in an interview with The Federalist. ” If they don’t have that guy on leave by 5 p. m., there’s going to be hell to pay”.
All Eyes on Wisconsin ,
Wisconsin’s spring election features what The Wall Street Journal has billed as” the most important election of 2025″. Far-left Dane County Judge Susan Crawford is vying against conservative Waukesha County Judge Brad Schimel in a state Supreme Court election projected to top$ 100 million in spending — smashing records as the most expensive judicial race in U. S. history. The race has national implications, as well. Democrats have salivated over the fact that a liberal-led court could effectively approve redrawn congressional maps in favor of Democrats, giving the left an improved shot at taking back the House in next year’s midterms.  ,
Billionaires on the left — George Soros and Illinois Gov. J. B. Pritzker — and on the right — Elon Musk — have pumped millions of dollars into the race. The left has gone apoplectic over Musk, a key Trump adviser and the force behind the Department of Government Efficiency ( DOGE ), backing the conservative candidate.  ,
‘ Cranking It Like It’s November ‘
Schimming said the Republican Party of Wisconsin Election Integrity Team had resolved 127 election-related issues, with five in progress, as of early afternoon. In one case liberal vote-pushers in Milwaukee set up DJ tables much too close to polling stations. They were shut down, Schimming said. Not surprisingly, election officials in Green Bay and elsewhere were dealing with weather-related ( snow and cold ) power outages. Observer access was a reported problem in liberal enclave Racine, but that matter, too, had been resolved, Schimming said.  ,
” We have hundreds of people on this today”, the GOP chairman said. ” We’re cranking it like it’s November” . ,
Matt Kittle is a senior elections correspondent for The Federalist. An award-winning investigative reporter and 30-year veteran of print, broadcast, and online journalism, Kittle previously served as the executive director of Empower Wisconsin.
