Wisconsin Supreme Court adopts governor's redistricting maps
Source: Associated Press
SCOTT BAUER and TODD RICHMOND,
Associated Press
March 3, 2022
Updated: March 3, 2022 8:29 p.m.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday adopted “least change” legislative and congressional redistricting maps submitted by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, a plan that largely preserves the current district lines that give Republicans majorities.
That means that Republicans are highly likely to remain in the majority as they have been for the past decade. But the maps adopted by the court were not as favorable to the GOP as other alternatives submitted by the Republican-controlled Legislature and conservatives that the court rejected.
“Hell yes,” Evers said in a statement reacting to the ruling. “The maps I submitted to the Court that were selected today are a vast improvement from the gerrymandered maps Wisconsin has had for the last decade and the even more gerrymandered Republicans maps that I vetoed last year."
The conservative-controlled court had previously said it would not make significant changes to the boundary lines that were already in place and created by Republicans in 2011, limiting the ability of Evers and liberals to submit maps more favorable to Democrats.
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