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1652 — Battle of Bléneau
The Battle of Bléneau was a battle of the Second Fronde fought on April 7, 1652, near Bléneau in France between the armies of the rebel Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé and the Royalist Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne. Condé destroyed part of the Royalist army but failed to exploit his victory, retreating to Paris.
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1779 — 1779 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
The 1779 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on April 7, 1779, in order to elect the governor of Rhode Island. Incumbent Independent governor William Greene won re-election as he ran unopposed. The exact number of votes cast in this election are unknown.
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1783 — 1783 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
A gubernatorial election was held in Massachusetts on April 7, 1783. John Hancock, the incumbent governor, was re-elected, with only token opposition.
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1784 — 1784 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
The 1784 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on April 7, 1784, in order to elect the governor of Rhode Island. Incumbent Independent governor William Greene won re-election as he ran unopposed. The exact number of votes cast in this election are unknown.
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1788 — 1788 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
A gubernatorial election was held in Massachusetts on April 7, 1788. John Hancock, the incumbent governor, defeated Elbridge Gerry, a former delegate to the United States Constitutional Convention. The election took place in the immediate aftermath of a narrow vote to ratify the United States Constitution, which Hancock supported and Gerry opposed.
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1790 — 1790 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
The 1790 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on April 7, 1790, in order to elect the governor of Rhode Island. Anti-Federalist candidate Arthur Fenner defeated incumbent Independent governor John Collins. The exact number of votes cast in this election are unknown.
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1800 — Action of 7 April 1800
The Action of 7 April 1800 was a minor naval engagement fought between a British squadron blockading the Spanish naval base of Cadiz and a convoy of 13 Spanish merchant vessels escorted by three frigates, bound for the Spanish colonies in the Americas. The blockade squadron consisted of the ships of the line HMS Leviathan and HMS Swiftsure and the frigate HMS Emerald, commanded by Rear-Admiral John Thomas Duckworth on Leviathan. The Spanish convoy sailed from Cadiz on 3 April 1800 and encountered Duckworth's squadron two days later. The Spanish attempted to escape; Emerald and succeeded in capturing one ship early on 6 April.
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1806 — 1806 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
The 1806 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on April 7, 1806, in order to elect the Governor of Massachusetts. Incumbent Federalist Governor of Massachusetts Caleb Strong won re-election in a second rematch against the incumbent Democratic-Republican Attorney General of Massachusetts James Sullivan.
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1813 — 1813 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
The 1813 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on April 7, 1813, in order to elect the governor of Rhode Island. Incumbent Federalist governor William Jones won re-election as he ran unopposed.
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1817 — 1817 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
The 1817 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on April 7, 1817, in order to elect the Governor of Massachusetts. Incumbent Federalist Governor John Brooks won re-election against Democratic-Republican candidate and former United States Secretary of War Henry Dearborn.
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1822 — Battle of Ica
The Battle of Ica or Disaster at Macacona was a battle during the Peruvian War of Independence, which occurred on 7 April 1822 at the Hacienda Macacona near Ica, between the Liberation Army of Peru under command of Peruvian General Domingo Tristán, and the Spanish Royal Army under Gen. Brigadier José de Canterac. The Patriot army was decisively routed.
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1834 — 1834 Connecticut gubernatorial election
The 1834 Connecticut gubernatorial election was held on April 7, 1834. Former senator and Whig nominee Samuel A. Foot was elected, defeating incumbent governor and Democratic nominee Henry W. Edwards with 49.83% of the vote. Foot won a plurality of the vote, but fell just short of a majority, by 63 votes. The state constitution required in that case, the Connecticut General Assembly would elect the governor.
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1845 — 1845 Connecticut gubernatorial election
The 1845 Connecticut gubernatorial election was held on April 7, 1845. Incumbent governor, Amistad lawyer and Whig nominee Roger Sherman Baldwin was re-elected, defeating former congressman and Democratic nominee Isaac Toucey with 51.00% of the vote.
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1847 — 1847 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
The 1847 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on April 7, 1847. Incumbent Law and Order Governor Byron Diman did not run for re-election. Whig nominee Elisha Harris defeated Democratic nominee Olney Ballou.
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1851 — 1851 Connecticut gubernatorial election
The 1851 Connecticut gubernatorial election was held on April 7, 1851. It was a rematch of the 1850 Connecticut gubernatorial election. Incumbent governor and Democratic Party nominee Thomas H. Seymour defeated former state legislator and Whig nominee Lafayette S. Foster with 48.94% of the vote. Seymour won a plurality of the vote, but he did not receive a majority.
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1852 — 1852 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
The 1852 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on April 7, 1852, in order to elect the governor of Rhode Island. Incumbent Democratic governor Philip Allen won re-election against Whig nominee Josiah Harris.
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1856 — 1856 Connecticut gubernatorial election
The 1856 Connecticut gubernatorial election was held on April 7, 1856. Incumbent governor and American Party nominee William T. Minor defeated former congressman and Democratic nominee Samuel Ingham and former Comptroller of Connecticut and Republican nominee Gideon Welles with 38.99% of the vote.
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1858 — 1858 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
The 1858 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on April 7, 1858. Incumbent Republican governor Elisha Dyer beat Democratic nominee Elisha R. Potter with 68.91% of the vote.
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1859 — 1859 Costa Rican general election
General elections were held in Costa Rica between 3 and 7 April 1859. Juan Rafael Mora Porras, hero of the Filibuster War, was re-elected for a third time. However, Mora would not finish his term because he would be overthrown by his political opponents on 14 August later the same year.
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1862 — 1862 Connecticut gubernatorial election
The 1862 Connecticut gubernatorial election was held on April 7, 1862. It was a rematch of the 1861 Connecticut gubernatorial election. Incumbent governor and Republican nominee William Alfred Buckingham defeated Democratic nominee James Chaffee Loomis with 56.48% of the vote. As this was the first gubernatorial election held following the start of the American Civil War, a Union Party convention was held in Hartford on January 8, 1862.
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1863 — First Battle of Charleston Harbor
The First Battle of Charleston Harbor was an engagement near Charleston, South Carolina that took place April 7, 1863, during the American Civil War. The striking force was a fleet of nine ironclad warships of the Union Navy, including seven monitors that were improved versions of the original USS Monitor. A Union Army contingent associated with the attack took no active part in the battle. The ships, under command of Rear Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont, attacked the Confederate defenses near the entrance to Charleston Harbor. Navy Department officials in Washington hoped for a stunning success that would validate a new form of warfare, with armored warships mounting heavy guns reducing traditional forts.
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1864 — Battle of Mount Gray
The Battle of Mount Gray was a little-known engagement of the Apache Wars fought at the foothills of Gray Mountain, then known as Mount Gray on April 7, 1864. A troop of the United States Army's California Column attacked a superior force of Chiricahua Apaches at their camp and routed them from the field.
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1865 — Battle of Cumberland Church
The Battle of Cumberland Church was fought on April 7, 1865, between the Union Army's II Corps of the Army of the Potomac and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia during the Appomattox Campaign of the American Civil War. After the Battle of Sailor's Creek on April 6, 1865, surviving Confederate troops of Lieutenant General Richard H. Anderson and Major General John B. Gordon headed for the High Bridge, a double-deck structure with a railroad bridge on top and a lower wagon road bridge over the Appomattox River to cross to the north side of the river and continue their retreat to the west.
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1868 — 1868 Wisconsin Supreme Court special elections
The 1868 Wisconsin Supreme Court special elections were two special election held on Tuesday, April 7, 1868, to elect two justice to the Wisconsin Supreme Court to complete unexpired partial terms. One race was for the chief justice seat, while another was for an associate justice seat.
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1869 — 1869 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
The 1869 Rhode Island gubernatorial election took place on April 7, 1869, in order to elect the governor of Rhode Island. Republican candidate and incumbent governor Seth Padelford won his first one-year term as governor against Democratic candidate Lyman Pierce.
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1871 — 1871 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
The 1871 Rhode Island gubernatorial election took place on April 7, 1871, in order to elect the governor of Rhode Island. Republican candidate and incumbent governor Seth Padelford won his third one-year term as governor against Democratic candidate Thomas Steere.
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1873 — 1873 Connecticut gubernatorial election
The 1873 Connecticut gubernatorial election was held on April 7, 1873. Former state legislator and Democratic nominee Charles R. Ingersoll defeated Republican nominee Henry P. Haven with 51.86% of the vote.
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1875 — 1875 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
The 1875 Rhode Island gubernatorial election took place on April 7, 1875, to elect the governor of Rhode Island. No candidate won a majority of the votes cast, sending the election to the Rhode Island General Assembly, where Henry Lippitt defeated fellow Republican Rowland Hazard II and Democrat Charles R. Cutler.
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1880 — 1880 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
The 1880 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on April 7, 1880. Republican nominee Alfred H. Littlefield defeated Democratic nominee Horace A. Kimball with 44.82% of the vote.
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1885 — Greek legislative election, 1885
Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 7 April 1885. Supporters of Theodoros Deligiannis emerged as the largest bloc in Parliament, with 170 of the 245 seats. Deligiannis became Prime Minister on 1 May.
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1886 — 1886 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
The 1886 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on April 7, 1886. Incumbent Republican George P. Wetmore defeated Democratic nominee Amasa Sprague with 53.36% of the vote.
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1891 — 1891 Wisconsin Supreme Court election
The 1891 Wisconsin Supreme Court election was held on Tuesday, April 7, 1891, to elect a justice to the Wisconsin Supreme Court for a ten-year term. Silas U. Pinney was elected to succeed retiring justice Orsamus Cole.
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1896 — 1896 Wisconsin Supreme Court special election
The 1897 Wisconsin Supreme Court election was held on Tuesday, April 7, 1896, to elect a justice to the Wisconsin Supreme Court for a ten-year term. Incumbent justice Roujet D. Marshall (who had been appointed the previous year to fill a vacancy) was re-elected, unopposed.
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1897 — 1897 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
The 1897 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on April 7, 1897. Republican nominee Elisha Dyer Jr. defeated Democratic nominee Daniel T. Church with 58.11% of the vote.
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1900 — Battle of Cagayan de Misamis
The Battle of Cagayan de Misamis was fought on April 7, 1900 in the town of Cagayan de Misamis (now Cagayan de Oro City) on the Mindanao island, southern part the Philippines, during the Philippine-American War. The Filipinos were under the command of General Nicolas Capistrano. The surprise dawn attack was foiled when one of the lumad (ethnic minority) warriors shouted a battle cry as they killed an American sentry that aroused the American soldiers. The fighting was centered on the town plaza (now Gaston Park) where the American barracks were located. General Capistrano, foreseeing imminent defeat, ordered the retreat of his men.
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1908 — 1908 Wisconsin Supreme Court special election
The 1908 Wisconsin Supreme Court special election was a special election held on Tuesday, April 7, 1908, to elect a justice to the Wisconsin Supreme Court. John Barnes unseated incumbent justice Robert McKee Bashford (who had been appointed to fill a vacancy). This was only the second election in which an incumbent Wisconsin Supreme Court justice lost re-election, the first having been in 1855.
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1910 — 1910 Costa Rican general election
General elections were held in Costa Rica on 7 April 1910. Republican Party nominee Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno defeated former president Rafael Yglesias Castro of the Civil Party in a landslide. Yglesias had previously governed from 1894 to 1902, a period often characterized as authoritarian. In the concurrent parliamentary elections, the Republican Party won all but one of the 20 contested seats, securing a combined two-thirds supermajority in the Constitutional Congress, divided into Jimenistas, Fernandistas and Neutrales.
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1912 — 1912 Copa del Rey final
The 1912 Copa del Rey final was the 11th final of the Spanish cup competition, the Copa del Rey. The final was played at Camp de la Indústria in Barcelona on 7 April 1912. The match was won by FC Barcelona, who beat Real Sociedad Gimnástica Española from Madrid 2–0, with goals from Alfredo Massana and Pepe Rodríguez.
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1923 — Anglesey by-election, 1923
The Anglesey by-election, 1923 was a parliamentary by-election for the British House of Commons constituency of Anglesey on 7 April 1923.
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1925 — 1925 Wisconsin elections
The 1925 Wisconsin elections were held April 7, 1925. Statewide contests on the ballot included a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court and an election for superintendent of public instruction. The election also featured Wisconsin circuit courts and local elections. In addition to the state and local elections held in April, a special election for U.S. Senate was held in Wisconsin on September 29.
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1931 — 1931 Wisconsin Supreme Court election
The 1931 Wisconsin Supreme Court election was held on Tuesday, April 7, 1931, to elect a justice to a full ten-year seat the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Incumbent justice Chester A. Fowler won re-election, defeating two challengers. His strongest challenger was John W. Reynolds Sr., the state's attorney general who had unsuccessfully challenged Fowler the previous year in a special election for the same seat on the court.
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1935 — Hungarian parliamentary election, 1935
Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary between 31 March and 7 April 1935. The result was a victory for the Party of National Unity, which won 164 of the 245 seats in Parliament. Gyula Gömbös remained Prime Minister.
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1936 — 1936 Wisconsin Supreme Court election
The 1936 Wisconsin Supreme Court election was held on Tuesday, April 7, 1936, to elect a justice to the Wisconsin Supreme Court for a ten-year term. Incumbent justice Edward T. Fairchild (who had been appointed in 1930) defeated challenger Glenn P. Turner by a large margin.
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1943 — Eddisbury by-election, 1943
The Eddisbury by-election, 1943 was a parliamentary by-election for the British House of Commons constituency of Eddisbury on 7 April 1943.
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1944 — Bombing of Treviso in World War II
The bombing of Treviso took place on 7 April 1944, during World War II. 159 Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress of the United States Army Air Force (escorted by Thunderbolt fighters) dropped over 2,000 bombs during an attack which lasted five minutes (from 1.24 PM to 1.29 PM); the target was the local marshalling yard, but the inaccuracy of the bombing caused most of the bombs to fall all over the city, destroying most of it. Out of 4,600 buildings, 700 were destroyed, 1,100 heavily damaged and 1,962 slightly damaged.
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1949 — 1949 London County Council election
An election to the County Council of London took place on 7 April 1949. The council was elected by First Past the Post with each elector having three votes in the three-member seats. The Conservative Party made substantial gains, achieving the same number of seats as the Labour Party. However, Labour held the chair of the council, and was thus able to retain control.
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1959 — 1959 Chicago mayoral election
The Chicago mayoral election of 1959 was held on April 7, 1959. The election saw Richard J. Daley being elected to a second term as mayor by a landslide margin of more-than 40% over former U.S. congressman Timothy P. Sheehan. In their respective party's primary elections, each held on February 24, 1959, both nominees had won their nominations easily, only facing minor competition from Lawrence "Lar" Daly, a perennial candidate who ran in both party's primaries.
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1959 — 1959 Wisconsin Supreme Court election
The 1959 Wisconsin Supreme Court election was held on Tuesday, April 7, 1959, to elect a justice to a full ten-year seat the Wisconsin Supreme Court. The general election was preceded by a nonpartisan primary held on March, from which E. Harold Hallows (the incumbent justice, who had been appointed in 1958 to fill a vacancy) and Stewart G.
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1964 — 1964 Wisconsin Supreme Court election
The 1964 Wisconsin Supreme Court election was held on Tuesday, April 7, 1964, to elect a justice to the Wisconsin Supreme Court for a ten-year term. The incumbent justice Horace W. Wilkie won re-election over challenger Howard H. Boyle Jr. Prior to the main election, a third candidate, Harry E. Larsen, was eliminated in a primary election held on March 10.
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1965 — Irish general election, 1965
The Irish general election of 1965 was held on 7 April 1965. The newly elected members of the 18th Dáil assembled at Leinster House on 21 April when the new Taoiseach and government were appointed. The general election took place in 42 parliamentary constituencies throughout Ireland for 144 seats in the lower house of parliament, Dáil Éireann.
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1968 — Lebanese general election, 1968
General elections were held in Lebanon between 24 March and 7 April 1968. Independent candidates won the majority of seats, although many of them were considered to be members of various blocs. Voter turnout was 49.6%.
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1968 — 1968 Bachok Utara by-election
The Bachok Utara by-election was a state assembly by-election that was held on 7 April 1968 in the state of Kelantan, Malaysia. The Bachok Utara seat fell vacant following the death of its PMIP MLA Shafie Ahmad on 7th February 1968 due to stroke. He won the seat in 1964 Malaysian general election with a majority of 1,724 votes.
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1970 — 1970 Wisconsin Supreme Court election
The 1970 Wisconsin Supreme Court election was held on April 7, 1970, to elect a justice to the Wisconsin Supreme Court for a ten-year term. Incumbent justice Connor Hansen (who had been appointed in 1967 to fill a vacancy) won election, unopposed.
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1972 — Battle of Loc Ninh
The Battle of Lộc Ninh was a major battle of the Vietnam War fought during the Easter Offensive, which took place in Bình Long Province, South Vietnam between 4 and 7 April 1972. Towards the end of 1971, North Vietnamese leaders decided to launch a major offensive against South Vietnam, with the objective of destroying Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) units and capturing as much territory as possible, in order to strengthen their bargaining position in the Paris Peace Accords.
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1979 — Battle of Entebbe
The Battle of Entebbe was a battle of the Uganda–Tanzania War that took place on 7 April 1979 on the Entebbe peninsula in Uganda between Tanzanian units and Ugandan and Libyan units. The Tanzanians occupied the area, killed hundreds of Libyans, and ended the Libyan airlift in support of the Ugandan government. Idi Amin had seized power in Uganda in 1971 and established a brutal dictatorship.
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1986 — WrestleMania 2
WrestleMania 2 was the second annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (although the first WrestleMania was only on pay-per-view in select areas). It took place on Monday, April 7, 1986, making it the only WrestleMania that was not held on the customary Sunday. WrestleMania 2 took place at three venues: the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York, the Rosemont Horizon in Rosemont, Illinois, and the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California. As with the first WrestleMania, the matches were shown on closed-circuit television across North America.
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1987 — 1987 Wisconsin Supreme Court election
The 1987 Wisconsin Supreme Court election was held on April 7, 1987, to elect a justice to the Wisconsin Supreme Court for a ten-year term. Incumbent justice William G. Callow was re-elected unopposed.
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1987 — 1987 California's 5th congressional district special election
A special primary election to determine the member of the United States House of Representatives for California's 5th congressional district was held on April 7, 1987, with a special general election held two months later on June 2. Incumbent Representative Sala Burton, who herself was elected during a special election following the death of her husband Phillip Burton, the previous incumbent, died on February 1, 1987, from colon cancer.
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1987 — 1987 Chicago mayoral election
The Chicago mayoral election of 1987 saw the re-election of incumbent Democrat Harold Washington. Partisan primaries were held on February 24, followed by the general election on April 7, 1987. Washington defeated Ed Vrdolyak, the leader of the Vrdolyak 29, who ran on the Illinois Solidarity Party ticket. Former mayor Jane Byrne (who had held office from 1979 until 1983) had unsuccessfully challenged Washington in the Democratic primary.
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1990 — Niuean general election, 1990
General elections were held in Niue on 7 April 1990. Turnout was 94%. While primarily contested by independents, the elections saw the emergence of two political parties: the Action Party, led by Young Vivian, and the Niue People's Action Party, led by Sani Lakatani. The two parties merged shortly before the election. Following the election, Robert Rex was re-elected for a sixth term as Premier of Niue by a vote of 12 to 8. Sam Tagelagi was re-elected Speaker by the same margin.
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1991 — 1991 Hokkaido gubernatorial election
A gubernatorial election was held on 7 April 1991 to elect the Governor of Hokkaido Prefecture.
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1991 — 1991 NSL Cup final
The 1991 NSL Cup final was the final match of the 1990–91 NSL Cup, the 15th season of the National Soccer League Cup. It was played at Marconi Stadium in Sydney on 7 April 1991 between Melita Eagles and Preston Makedonia. Melita Eagles won the match 1–0 for their first NSL Cup title.
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1991 — 1991 Czechoslovak Social Democracy leadership election
A leadership election was held by the Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) on 7 April 1991. Jiří Horák was reelected as party leader with 260 of the 358 votes, defeating Albert Černý.
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1995 — UFC 5
UFC 5: The Return of the Beast was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on April 7, 1995, at the Independence Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina. The event was seen live on pay per view in the United States, and later released on home video.
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1995 — Torneo Gran Alternativa (1995)
The Torneo Gran Alternativa (1995) (Spanish for "Great Alternative Tournament") was the second annual CMLL Torneo Gran Alternativa professional wrestling tournament held by the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL; Spanish for "World Wrestling Council"). The tournament was held on April 7, 1995, in Mexico City, Mexico at CMLL's main venue, Arena México.
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1996 — 1996 Recopa Sudamericana
The 1996 Recopa Sudamericana was the 8th Recopa Sudamericana, an annual football match between the winners of the previous season's Copa Libertadores and Supercopa Sudamericana competitions. The match was contested between Grêmio, winners of the 1995 Copa Libertadores, and defending champions Independiente, winners of the 1995 Supercopa Sudamericana, on April 7, 1996. Grêmio easily dethroned Independiente after a 4-1 thumping in order to consecrate themselves champions of the competition for the first time.
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2001 — 2001 Czech Social Democratic Party leadership election
The Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) leadership election of 2001 was held on 7 April 2001. Prime Minister of the Czech Republic and incumbent leader Miloš Zeman decided to not seek re-election. Vladimír Špidla was elected his successor. Špidla was the only candidate. 552 delegates were allowed to vote. 543 of them voted. Špidla received 485 votes.
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2002 — Hungarian parliamentary election, 2002
Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary on 7 April 2002, with a second round of voting in 131 of the 176 single member constituencies on 21 April. Although Fidesz remained the largest party in the National Assembly despite receiving fewer votes than the Hungarian Socialist Party, the Socialist Party was able to form a coalition government with the Alliance of Free Democrats.
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2002 — 2002 FAI Cup final
The 2002 FAI Cup final was the final match of the 2001–02 FAI Cup, a knock-out association football competition contested annually by clubs affiliated with the Football Association of Ireland. It took place on Sunday 7 April 2002 at Tolka Park in Dublin, and was contested by Dundalk and Bohemians. The competition was sponsored by Carlsberg. Dundalk won the match 2–1 to win the cup for the ninth time.
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2006 — 2006 Saudi Crown Prince Cup final
The 2006 Saudi Crown Prince Cup final was the 31st final of the Crown Prince Cup, Saudi Arabia's main football knock-out competition at the time. It took place on 7 April 2006 at the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and was contested between Al-Ahli and Al-Hilal. It was Al-Ahli's ninth Crown Prince Cup final and Al-Hilal's seventh final.
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2007 — UFC 69
UFC 69: Shootout was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on Saturday, April 7, 2007 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.
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2007 — 2007 Kuomintang chairmanship by-election
The 2007 Kuomintang chairmanship by-election (Chinese: 2007年中國國民黨主席補選) was held on 7 April 2007 in Taiwan between Wu Po-hsiung and Hung Hsiu-chu. This was the third direct election of the chairman in the Kuomintang history. All registered, due-paying KMT party members were eligible to vote. The previous leadership election had occurred in 2005. The election was triggered by the resignation of chairman Ma Ying-jeou after he was indicted for allegedly misusing funds while Mayor of Taipei.
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2009 — Batang Air by-election, 2009
A state assembly by-election was held on 7 April 2009 in the state assembly seat of Batang Ai, Sarawak, Malaysia. There was a turnout of 6,019 voters and whereby there were 59 spoilt votes.
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2009 — Bukit Gantang by-election, 2009
A parliament by-election was held on 7 April 2009 in the parliamentary seat of Bukit Gantang, Perak. There was a turnout of 41,626 voters and whereby there were 456 spoilt votes. PAS candidate and Menteri Besar, Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin defeated BN candidate Ismail Saffian by a majority of 2,789 votes.
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2009 — 2009 Wisconsin elections
The 2009 Wisconsin Spring Election was held in the U.S. state of Wisconsin on April 7, 2009. There were contested elections for justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court and Superintendent of Public Instruction at the top of the ticket, along with various nonpartisan local and judicial offices. The 2009 Wisconsin Spring Primary was held February 17, 2009. Democrats' preferred candidates won both elections in the premier races in 2009.
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2009 — 2009 Dane County Executive election
The 2009 Dane County Executive election took place on April 7, 2009. Incumbent County Executive Kathleen Falk ran for re-election to a fourth term. She was challenged by former Madison School Board member Nancy Mistele. Though the race was formally nonpartisan, Falk ran in the Democratic primary for Governor in 2002 and as the Democratic nominee for Attorney General in 2006, while Mistele ran for the legislature as a Republican.
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2011 — Rio de Janeiro school shooting
On the morning of 7 April 2011, a school shooting occurred at the Tasso da Silveira Municipal School, an elementary school in Realengo, a western neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Twelve students were killed, and 22 others seriously wounded by 23-year-old Wellington Menezes de Oliveira, a former student who committed the attack with two revolvers. Oliveira was intercepted by the police but committed suicide before being arrested.
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2013 — WrestleMania 29
WrestleMania 29 (billed in print ads as WrestleMania NY/NJ) was the twenty-ninth annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE, held on April 7, 2013 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. It drew 80,676 fans, which became the third highest attended event in the history of WWE after WrestleMania 32 and WrestleMania III. The main event was John Cena challenging WWE Champion The Rock, also seeking to avenge his loss to The Rock at WrestleMania XXVIII. It also included CM Punk versus The Undertaker, concluding a storyline revolving around Paul Bearer's death and The Undertaker's WrestleMania winning streak.
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2013 — Montenegrin presidential election, 2013
Presidential elections were held in Montenegro on 7 April 2013. Incumbent President Filip Vujanović of the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) was challenged by independent candidate Miodrag Lekić, who was a common candidate endorsed by the opposition. On 8 April 2013, Electoral Commission chairman Ivan Kalezić announced that Vujanović won the election with 51.2% of the vote. Representatives for Lekić's campaign have stated that they will not recognise the results and have filed a request for a recount in all municipalities.
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2013 — Arena Coliseo 70th Anniversary Show
On April 7, 2013, CMLL celebrated the Arena Coliseo's 70th Anniversary Show with a special professional wrestling event that featured a number of veteran wrestlers that did not usually work for CMLL such as Negro Navarro, Black Terry, Villano IV, Ray Mendoza, Jr., Universo 2000, Máscara Año 2000, and Rayo de Jalisco, Jr. working with a number of CMLL wrestlers.
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2013 — 2013 Football League Trophy final
The 2013 Football League Trophy Final was the 30th final of the English domestic football cup competition for teams from Football Leagues One and Two, the Football League Trophy. The final was played at Wembley Stadium in London on 7 April 2013. The match was contested between Crewe Alexandra from League One and Southend United from League Two.
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2015 — Wichita mayoral election, 2015
The 2015 Wichita mayoral election took place on April 7, 2015, to elect the Mayor of Wichita, Kansas. The election was held concurrently with various other local elections, and is officially nonpartisan. Incumbent Mayor Carl Brewer, a Democrat, is term-limited and could not seek a third term in office. A primary election was held on March 3, 2015, to decide the two candidates that moved on to the general election. City Councilman Jeff Longwell defeated retired business executive Sam Williams to become the next Mayor.
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2015 — Las Vegas mayoral election, 2015
The 2015 Las Vegas mayoral election took place on April 7, 2015, to elect the Mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada. The election was held concurrently with various other local elections, and is officially nonpartisan. Incumbent Mayor Carolyn Goodman, an Independent in office since 2011, sought and won a second term in office. Had no candidate received a majority of the vote in the first round, a runoff election would have been held on June 2.
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2015 — 2015 Brown County, Wisconsin Executive election
The 2015 Brown County, Wisconsin Executive election took place on April 7, 2015. Incumbent County Executive Troy Streckenbach ran for re-election to a second term, the first County Executive to do so since Nancy Nusbaum in 1999. He was challenged by Tim Nowak, a firefighter and paramedic who owned a consulting firm.
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2015 — 2015 Wisconsin elections
The 2015 Wisconsin Spring Election was held in the U.S. state of Wisconsin on April 7, 2015. There was a contested election for justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, as well as several other nonpartisan local and judicial elections and an amendment to the Constitution of Wisconsin to change the process for selection of the chief justice of the State Supreme Court.
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2017 — 2017 Stockholm truck attack
On 7 April 2017, a vehicle-ramming terrorist attack took place in central Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. A hijacked truck was deliberately driven into crowds along Drottninggatan before being crashed into an Åhléns department store. Five people were killed and 14 others were seriously injured. The perpetrator was Rakhmat Akilov, a 39-year-old rejected asylum seeker and a citizen of Uzbekistan, who was apprehended several hours later.
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2017 — 2017 Shayrat missile strike
On the morning of 7 April 2017, the United States launched 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles from the Mediterranean Sea into Syria, aimed at Shayrat Airbase controlled by the Syrian government. The strike was executed on the authorization of U.S. president Donald Trump, as a direct response to the Khan Shaykhun chemical attack that occurred on 4 April.
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2018 — Douma chemical attack
On 7 April 2018, a chemical warfare attack was launched in the city of Douma, Syria by the military of the Ba'athist regime led by Bashar al-Assad. Medics and witnesses reported that it caused the deaths of between 40 and 50 people and injuries to possibly well over 100. The attack was attributed to the Syrian Army by rebel forces in Douma, and by the United States, British, and French governments.
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2018 — Supercard of Honor XII
Supercard of Honor XII was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by American promotion Ring of Honor (ROH), which took place Saturday, April 7, 2018, at the UNO Lakefront Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana. Wrestlers from New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) – with whom ROH has a partnership – also appeared at the event.
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2018 — UFC 223
UFC 223: Khabib vs. Iaquinta was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that was held on April 7, 2018, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
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2018 — NXT TakeOver: New Orleans
NXT TakeOver: New Orleans was a 2018 professional wrestling livestreaming event produced by WWE, held exclusively for wrestlers from the promotion's developmental brand, NXT. It was the 19th NXT TakeOver event and took place on Saturday, April 7, 2018, at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was held as part of the WrestleMania 34 weekend festivities and aired exclusively on the WWE Network.
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2019 — Guerra del Golfo (2019)
The Guerra del Golfo (2019) (Spanish for "Gulf War") was a professional wrestling supercard show produced and scripted by the Mexican professional wrestling promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) that took place on April 7, 2019. The show was the 12th year in a row that IWRG has held a Guerra del Golfo show, which usually takes places in the early spring, around March or April.
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2019 — WrestleMania 35
WrestleMania 35 was a 2019 professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE, held for wrestlers from the promotion's main roster brands, Raw, SmackDown, and 205 Live. It was the 35th annual WrestleMania and took place on April 7, 2019, at MetLife Stadium in the New York metropolitan area city of East Rutherford, New Jersey. This was the second WrestleMania held at this venue after WrestleMania 29 in 2013.
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2019 — 2019 Hokkaido prefectural election
Prefectural elections were held in Hokkaido Prefecture on 7 April 2019 to elect the members of the Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly. It saw the election of Ayako Fuchigami, the first sexual minority politician to be elected to a Japanese prefectural assembly.
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2019 — 2019 Osaka gubernatorial election
The 2019 Osaka gubernatorial election took place on April 7, 2019, to elect the next governor of Osaka Prefecture. Incumbent Governor Ichirō Matsui decided to not seek a third term so that he could run for mayor of Osaka city. The election resulted in a landslide victory for Hirofumi Yoshimura, the mayor of Osaka.
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2019 — 2019 Fukuoka prefectural election
Prefectural Assembly elections were held in Fukuoka Prefecture on 7 April 2019 to elect the members of Fukuoka Prefectural Assembly. The elections took place on the first voting day of the 2019 Japanese unified local elections.
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2019 — 2019 Hokkaido gubernatorial election
The 2019 Hokkaido gubernatorial election was held on 7 April 2019 to elect the next governor of Hokkaido Prefecture. After serving four terms, incumbent Governor Harumi Takahashi decided not to seek re-election. The election resulted in a landslide victory for Naomichi Suzuki, the former mayor of Yūbari, who won 62% of the popular vote.
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2019 — 2019 Hyogo prefectural election
Prefectural elections was held in Hyōgo Prefecture on 7 April 2019 to elect the members of Hyogo Prefectural Assembly. The elections took place on the first day of the 2019 Japanese unified local elections.
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2019 — 2019 Okayama prefectural election
The 2019 Okayama Prefectural Assembly election (Japanese: 2019年岡山県議会議員選挙, romanized: 2019-nen Okayama Kengikai Giin Senkyo) was held on 7 April 2019 to elect the 55 members of the Okayama Prefectural Assembly.
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2019 — 2019 Kanagawa prefectural election
The 2019 Kanagawa Prefectural Assembly Election (Japanese: 2019年神奈川県議会議員選挙, romanized: 2019-nen Kanagawa-ken Gikaigiin Senkyo) was held on 7 April 2019 to elect the 105 members of the Kanagawa Prefectural Assembly.
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2020 — 2020 Wisconsin Republican presidential primary
The 2020 Wisconsin Republican presidential primary took place on April 7, 2020. It is one of the Republican Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election.
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2020 — 2020 Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary
The 2020 Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary took place on April 7, 2020, in the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic, along with the Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice election, as part of the Democratic Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election. The Wisconsin primary was an open primary, with the state awarding 97 delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention, of which 84 were pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the primary.
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2020 — 2020 Milwaukee County Executive election
The 2020 Milwaukee County executive election took place on April 7, 2020, following a primary election on February 18, 2020. Incumbent County Executive Chris Abele initially announced on May 14, 2019, that he would seek re-election to a third full term, but on October 16, announced that he would not do so.
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2020 — 2020 Wisconsin Supreme Court election
The 2020 Wisconsin Supreme Court election was held on April 7, 2020, to elect a justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court for a ten-year term. Dane County circuit judge Jill Karofsky defeated incumbent justice Daniel Kelly, shifting the ideology of the court toward liberals. As more than two candidates filed to run, a nonpartisan primary was held on February 18, 2020. In the primary, university professor Edward A.
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2021 — 2021 South Korean by-elections
The 2021 South Korean by-elections were held in South Korea on 7 April 2021. The National Election Commission announced on 2 March 2021, that the by-elections would be held for 21 public offices or electoral districts, including 2 Metropolitan mayors, 2 Municipal mayors, 8 Metropolitan Council constituencies, and 9 Municipal Council constituencies. Candidate registration ran from 18 to 19 March, and the list of candidates was confirmed on 26 March.
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2023 — PFL 2 (2023)
The PFL 2 mixed martial arts event for the 2023 season of the Professional Fighters League was held on April 7, 2023, at The Theater at Virgin Hotels in Paradise, Nevada, United States. This marked the second regular-season event of the tournament and included fights in the Heavyweight and Women's Featherweight divisions.
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2023 — NWA 312
NWA 312 was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event promoted by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). It took place on Friday April 7, 2023, at StudioONE in Highland Park, Illinois. The name of the event is in reference to area code 312, the area code of downtown Chicago. Fourteen matches were contested at the event, including four on the pre-show.
Illinois, United States · Arts & culture · Checked 2026-09-24
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2024 — 2024 EFL Trophy final
The 2024 EFL Trophy final, known as the Bristol Street Motors Trophy final for sponsorship reasons, was an association football match that was played on 7 April 2024 at Wembley Stadium, London, England. It was played between League One teams Peterborough United and Wycombe Wanderers.
London, United Kingdom · Sport · Checked 2026-09-23
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2024 — 2024 Haute-Kotto raid
On 7 April 2024 Russian mercenaries from the Wagner Group conducted an operation in the Haute-Kotto prefecture of Sudan near the town of Sam Ouandja to apprehend the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, Joseph Kony. While managing to kill some fighters, the operation failed to find the group leader due to him having left earlier for another base.
Central African Republic · War & conflict · Checked 2026-09-23
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2024 — 2024 Polish local elections
Local elections were held in Poland on 7 April 2024 to elect members for all 16 regional assemblies (sejmik wojewódzki), 314 county (powiat) councils, and 2477 municipal (gmina) councils, heads (wójt) of municipalities and mayors of cities, as well as 18 district councils of Warsaw. While Law and Justice remained the strongest party, the Civic Coalition and its partners saw some improvement, providing them with majorities in up to 11 of the 16 regional assemblies.
Poland · Politics & society · Checked 2026-09-23
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2026 — 2026 Wisconsin Supreme Court election
The 2026 Wisconsin Supreme Court election was held on April 7, 2026, to elect a justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court for a ten-year term. Wisconsin Court of Appeals judge Chris Taylor defeated fellow Court of Appeals judge Maria Lazar in a landslide, expanding the court's liberal majority from 4–3 to 5–2. Taylor was sworn in at the start of the next judicial term, on August 1, 2026.
Wisconsin, United States · Politics & society · Checked 2026-09-23
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