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By Kevin Baas - Apr 29th, 2021 01:12 pm //end headline wrapper ?> Assembly Districts It has been well publicized that both Wisconsin’s state legislative and federal congressional districts were heavily gerrymandered in 2011 by Republicans in the Wisconsin state legislature as part of the nationwide “REDMAP” campaign. But it is not as well-known precisely to what extent they are gerrymandered. Allow me to help fill that gap. We can define disproportionality as the expected percentage of Democratic seats won, minus expected percentage of Democratic votes. A...

Badger State liberals and conservatives are gearing up for another legal battle over drawing new legislative maps, but a judge said anticipation of litigation is not enough for lawmakers to hire outside counsel. Wisconsin Assembly Majority Leader Jim Steineke, R-Kaukauna, left, talks with Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, at the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison on Jan. 4. (Amber Arnold/Wisconsin State Journal via AP, File) MADISON, Wis. (CN) — A Wisconsin judge on Thursday voided contracts between GOP state lawmakers and private attorneys in anticipation of a legal fight over redis...

‘People's Maps Commission’ can only make suggestions which Republican legislators say they will reject. //end headline wrapper ?> Assembly Districts A redistricting commission set up by Gov. Tony Evers will consider “partisan fairness” as one of its criteria for drawing its version of a legislative map for the next decade. While the change sounds simple, it’s a departure from the way redistricting plans have typically been drawn and could result in a Legislature that more closely resembles Wisconsin’s statewide elections, which are consistently among the most narrowly divided in...

Wisconsin Democrats were flush with cash in the 2020 election cycle. Billionaire liberals like Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and other super rich donors used a loophole in Wisconsin campaign finance law to dump money into the coffers of the Democratic Party, which routed a considerable chunk of contributions to state legislative candidates. More favorable to Democrats in the last election, the loophole allowed four Democratic candidates and one Republican to destroy the previous record for most cash raised for a Wisconsin state legislative race. Each candidate brought in at least $1 million, mo...

Wisconsin Examiner Gear up for new maps Demonstrators gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court during oral arguments in Gill v. Whitford, Wisconsin's gerrymandering case. (Photo by Olivier Douliery/Getty Images) The conservative majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court overturns an emergency public health order in the middle of a pandemic — even as new COVID cases rise. Writing for the majority, Justice Brian Hagedorn acknowledges that the virus is “dangerous” and has “taken far too many lives,” but the important issue, he writes — bolstered by two separate amicus briefs from the R...