Elected officials have been told they are no longer welcome to march in a Middleton parade Sunday.
The move comes in response to criticism from candidates taking on those incumbents.
The Good Neighbor Festival runs this weekend in the Madison suburb.
Festival President Nancy Vickery says it was decided to ban all political figures after seeing posts on social media calling for protesters to openly carry guns at the parade.
Vickery says the event is strictly non-partisan.
Democrats had been the only ones marching in the parade because they were the only ones holding public office in Middleton.
