EAU CLAIRE, Wis. — The Eau Claire Republican Party wants blood for an April incident in which a UW-Eau Claire professor up-ended a student GOP campaign table. The county Republicans want José Felipe Alvergue fired. This is after Alvergue declined in court to defend himself on a disorderly conduct charge and paid a $295 fine. The university has not responded to the GOP demand that Alvergue be fired. Alvergue. age 44, is a tenured member of the English faculty. The incident was at an outdoor campaign table where members of the College Republicans club were handing out pamphlets supporting Republican Brad Schimel for the state Supreme Court. It was about 8:30 a.m. According to the students, Alvergue approached their table and asked if they realized that they had set up illegally close to a polling place. As he leaned on the table, it collapsed, the students said.
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