DI has documented statements by Kim Trueblood on 2026 Midterm Elections, Election Security, and Immigration Policy, among other topics. Read the quotations, original sources and related cases below.
Role at the time: Marathon County clerk, a Republican
Condemned
Statement summary
Trueblood says she would exclude uniformed federal agents as observers even if they were unarmed, because their appearance could intimidate voters.
“You standing there in your FBI vest is intimidating to voters, and so we’re not going to allow that,”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Wisconsin officials debate federal agents observing at polling placesGault email, Sharpe response and Levitt and Trueblood interviews
Why we used this label
She expressly rejects the presence of uniformed federal agents as observers on voter-intimidation grounds.
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin says ICE would go to polling places only for a threat or a warrant, and DHS says ICE is not planning operations targeting them but arrests could follow a threat. Three lawsuits allege that position violates federal law.
