Wisconsin 2026 elections: Two-term Republican Dave Maxey is running unopposed 83rd Assembly District

 

Before redistricting, the GOP gerrymandered 83rd Assembly District stretched from a chunk of northeastern Walworth County through western Racine County to southeastern Waukesha County, finishing up with a packing of the Village of Hales Corners in Milwaukee County. 

Redistricting limited its boundaries to east-central Waukesha County.  The majority of its residents live in New Berlin.

Maps and election results:  Ballotpedia

The 83rd Assembly District remain conservative after redistricting, although a bit less so.  The area of Waukesha County in which it's located is inhospitable to Democrats, which is why David Maxey is running unopposed this year.

Related reading:

Wisconsin Applied Population Lab, 6/18/2018

Malia Jones explains:

Two core concepts of gerrymandering were central to the arguments presented to the high court: cracking and packing. A third process, known as stacking, also crops up in gerrymandered political maps, but was not the focus of Gill v. Whitford.

Cracking and packing both refer to specific ways of drawing legislative boundaries with the outcomes of elections in mind. These two processes operate in tension with one another, but both can be implemented by a party in power seeking to maximize its electoral chances through gerrymandering. 

Packing refers to the practice of drawing particular districts in such a way as to ensure that another party's candidate wins that seat by a tremendous margin. Although the opposing party is all but guaranteed the seat, packing makes surrounding districts less competitive, and thus tips the balance of power in the legislative body overall toward the ruling party. 

Cracking involves drawing districts in such a way as to divide a concentration of specific types of voters across several districts such that they are a minority in each one, with practically no hope of achieving representation in any of the districts. This practice also helps make districts less competitive. [emphasis added]

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Donald Trump counted on people having short memories about Project 2025. He made the right call!

 

Top headline:  Earth Justice

Project 2025

Bottom headline:  New York Times

Earth Justice reports:

Project 2025 is a blueprint for how to destroy the environment, and the Trump administration is prepared to use it. The plans that former Trump officials and Heritage Foundation staff have outlined in this document would strip away our rights to clean air, clean water, and a healthy planet.

New York Times reporter Catrin Einhorn is among the many 

with short memories:

No mention of Project 2025 in her 9/16/2026 article.

Here's it is in black and white on page 542.  (red boxes added)

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Everything that Trump touches turns to shit: National Parks edition

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Headline:  New York Times, 9/19/2026

Maxine Joselow reports:

But President Trump’s administration has thrown the 433 sites managed by the National Park Service into turmoil, shifting funding and workers to pet projects in Washington, slashing staff across the country and scrubbing exhibits that it says “inappropriately disparage Americans.” 

Moves like putting Mr. Trump’s face on some park passes have been largely symbolic. Others have upended the lives of Park Service workers and marred the experiences of some of the hundreds of millions of people who visit national parks each year.  [emphasis added]

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