The recent November general election brought a lot of bad news for Democrats at the national level, however there were some signs of hope in Wisconsin. The state legislature, with a notorious reputation as the worst-gerrymandered electoral body in the nation, looks quite different than it did earlier this year.
Democrats in the state Senate picked up four seats, and in the state assembly they added another ten. Republicans maintained a majority in both the state senate and the assembly, but their margins are slimmer than at any time in over a decade.
Gov. Tony Evers holds up the bill affirming new legislative maps after signing it Monday, Feb. 19, 2024, at the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison, Wis. (photo credit: Angela Major/WPR)New legislative district maps agreed to by Democratic Governor Tony Evers and Republican Legislative leaders after the Wisconsin Supreme Court tossed out the previous maps appears to have made the difference in an election year when Democrats were fighting strong Republican headwinds.
R to L: Eight o’Clock Buzz guests Matt DeFour, Hallie Claflin, and Jack Kelly of Wisconsin Watch. (Photo credit: Nicholas Wootton/WORT.)Three reporters who cover the statehouse for the online publication Wisconsin Watch teamed up on a news story about the demise of the state’s gerrymandered political maps and the recent legislative elections. Those reporters, Jack Kelly, Hallie Claflin, and Matt DeFour, came in to WORT studios to tell Monday Buzz host Brian Standing more about their analysis.
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