Governor Evers signs his new legislative maps into law in effort to correct for years of GOP gerrymandering
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers signed new legislative district maps into law on February 19 that he proposed and that the Republicans, who dominate the Legislature after years of gerrymandering elections, passed to avoid having the liberal-controlled state Supreme Court draw the lines. Democrats hailed the signing as a major political victory in the swing state where the Legislature has been firmly under Republican control for more than a decade, even as Democrats have won 14 of the past 17 statewide elections. “When I promised I wanted fair maps — not maps that are better for one party or another,...
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