Wisconsin court dismisses challenge to Republican gerrymandered congressional map

A Wisconsin court Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit challenging the state’s congressional map, effectively shutting down any legal path to fairer maps before the 2026 midterms.

The ruling marks the end, for this year, of a legal effort to redraw Wisconsin’s heavily skewed congressional districts, leaving in place a map widely criticized for favoring Republicans in a closely divided state.

With two cases now thrown out and no active challenges pending, the current map is all but certain to remain in place through the next election cycle.

In its decision, a three-judge panel rejected the argument that Wisconsin’s congressional map is an “anti-competitive gerrymander” designed to suppress electoral competition and entrench incumbents. The court leaned on prior Wisconsin Supreme Court precedent to conclude it could not intervene.



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