State law doesn’t prohibit a person from running in a district where they don’t live, but they must move there before assuming office. Behnke says he will rent something in the new district before moving his family there permanently.
Wisconsin’s 8th State Senate District is one of the most competitive races this year, experts say. Using their fundraising edge, state Democrats are sending huge sums to their candidate there.
Republicans had drawn Wausau’s state Assembly district to include state Rep. Patrick Snyder’s Schofield residence. Democrats left him out.
Moved out of the district, Republican Sen. Romaine Quinn says he will decide later on whether to run again in 2026, and if so, where.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court will probably enact more competitive legislative maps soon. But only one set of districts being considered might allow Democrats to win a legislative majority if they win a majority of the vote.
Democrats gerrymander themselves by clustering in the state’s two largest cities, while Republicans have gotten stronger in wide swaths of rural areas.
A group of retired judges asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to enact the rule. Bradley and the rest of the court’s then-conservative majority rejected it on First Amendment grounds.
Officials can only be impeached for corruption or crime. Does a Wisconsin Supreme Court’s justice comments about the state’s political districts rise to that level?
Once again, a statewide race sets a record for most expensive in Wisconsin history.
Billionaire conservative donor Diane Henricks of ABC Building Supply in Beloit and her daughter have both given his campaign the maximum donation allowed by law.
Experts say that’s an indication of extreme gerrymandering in Wisconsin. The April election could change things.
Democrat Mike Bare is the first new face to represent the 80th Assembly District — which includes Middleton, Verona, Oregon and Mount Horeb — in 20 years.
Democrat Dianne Hesselbein will be the first woman to represent the 27th State Senate district, which includes Middleton, Waunakee, Mount Horeb and New Glarus.
The state could get fair maps, or it could be stuck with perhaps the worst gerrymandering in the country for the rest of the decade.
Includes lists of top donors to both candidates
More than a quarter of incumbents not running for their seats in 2022, a number not seen since World War II
It’s a subtle but potentially significant result of the fierce redistricting battle that wrapped in April with a Wisconsin Supreme Court decision giving the GOP significant political victories.
Ryan Weichelt, a professor of geography at UW-Eau Claire who specializes in redistricting, built this interactive map that shows the changes.
