Can Democrats win Wisconsin Assembly? Key races could decide control

In the days before the 2022 election, Wisconsin Republicans had a real shot at winning two-thirds supermajorities in both houses of the Legislature that would have given them the power to override vetoes by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and control the agenda in state government.

Now, days before the 2024 election, both parties have a real shot at winning control of the state Assembly, with the outcome hinging on a handful of competitive districts that are scattered throughout the state.

This is what it’s like in Wisconsin under the new legislative maps, which were drawn by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and passed by Republican legislators under pressure from the liberal majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. The Republican maps that preceded them cemented GOP majorities for 14 years. Under these new maps, state government is up for grabs.

John Johnson, a redistricting expert at Marquette University Law School, analyzed how the new maps would have performed in recent statewide elections. In 2022, Evers would have won a narrow majority of Assembly districts, and Republican U.S. Sen Ron Johnson would have won a slim majority, too.




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