Republicans, meet your new boss…

Assembly Republicans, meet the new boss:

Democratic Representative Mike Sheridan of Janesville was chosen today as the Assembly’s new Speaker, replacing Mike Huebsch, who lost his position after Democrats gained the Assembly majority. However, the good news for Rep. Sheridan isn’t necessarily good news for Milwaukee-area lawmakers, who were shut out of leadership positions in the Assembly:

Assembly Democrats today elected Rep. Mike Sheridan of Janesville as speaker and Rep. Tom Nelson of Kaukauna as majority leader – leaving Milwaukee without any top leadership jobs.

Sheridan, a former United Auto Workers president, beat Rep. Jon Richards of Milwaukee for the top spot. Nelson defeated Rep. Pedro Colon of Milwaukee.

I suppose I could complain that the Milwaukee area was shut out of leadership positions in the Assembly, but at this point, I’m just happy Democrats have the majority, so I’m not going to start complaining now.

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