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Wisconsin is the latest example of how the political makeup of a state supreme court often determines whether gerrymandered maps endure or are struck down.
The new fair maps are expected to more evenly represent the state as a whole in the state legislature. Wisconsin is roughly split 50-50 between Republicans and Democrats, but in the legislature ...
The new maps — ordered by the Wisconsin Supreme Court in December after finding the previous ones unconstitutional — reflect a near-split between Democratic- and Republican-leaning districts ...
Democrats fought to elect Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz this spring so she could help them retake control of the state Legislature through a rewrite of the state’s political ...
New districts could be on the way for Wisconsin's state legislature. The state's Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a case that could mean new legislative maps.
The new changes follow significant court battles over Wisconsin’s legislative maps, which the GOP had been fighting to keep as is. That fight went all the way to the now liberal-leaning state ...
Some sections of the state’s maps “look like a 2-year-old drew them,” said Democratic Rep. Jodi Emerson, who represents the city of Eau Claire in northwestern Wisconsin.
“A map that tracks Wisconsin’s natural political geography is far more ‘politically neutral’ than one that gerrymanders to overcome that natural disadvantage, as all of the (50/50) maps ...
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ordered new maps for the state Legislature, and the newly proposed maps would maintain the Republican majority, an independent analysis shows.
The state’s political map has changed. This is a battleground for different reasons in 2024 than in 2000. But at the heart of Wisconsin’s remarkably enduring competitiveness is a bit of a puzzle.
Regardless of the outcome, there's already been a political sea change in Wisconsin, a state where the race for president is seemingly always up for grabs, and now the state Legislature is, too ...
The Republican-controlled Wisconsin State Assembly has voted to change how the state’s legislative maps are drawn – a major shift in strategy as Republicans face the possibility that the new ...
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