Friday, July 29, 2022

GOP gerrymandering spotlight on Wisconsin Assembly Districts 1 to 20


One of the more sensibly drawn districts, the 20th comprises the south side of Milwaukee, including the airport, as well as the cities of St. Francis and Cudahy.

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Map:  Wisconsin State Legislature (boxes added)

Christine Sinicki (D-Milwaukee) has represented the 20th District since January 1999.


7/28/2022 update starts here

Another district that fails the compactness test.  It nearly 10 miles from north to south along Lake Michigan.  And why include a narrow strip along the western bank of the Milwaukee River?

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Map:  Wisconsin State Legislature (boxes added)

Bigger picture.


Jonathan Brostoff (D-Milwaukee) has represented the 19th District since January 2015.


7/27/2022 update starts here

See what the GOP can do?  Drawn by someone with a lost dream of becoming an architect?

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Map:  Wisconsin State Legislature (boxes added)

Below is a list of Wisconsin's requirements for redistricting.  The GOP's gerrymandering of the 14th Assembly District certainly violates #2 -- compactness.

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The bigger picture.


Evan Goyke (D-Milwaukee) has represented the 18th District since January 2013.


7/26/2022 update starts here

Most of the City of Milwaukee's streets are laid out in a grid.  So why this nonsense?
 
The 'loose ends' of the GOP gerrymandered 17th..  Another weirdly configured Milwaukee district.
 
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Map:  Wisconsin State Legislature (boxes added)

Supreme Moore Omokunde (D-Milwaukee) has represented the 17th District since January 2021.


7/25/2022 update starts here

More nonsense.
 
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Kalan Haywood (D-Milwaukee) has represented the 16th District insce January 2019.

See the bigger picture below.


7/22/2022 update starts here

The GOP takes another bite out of Milwaukee County.  West Allis, to be specific.  The rest of the district is located in Waukesha County.

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Map:  Wisconsin State Legislature (boxes added)

Joe Sanfelippo (R-New Berlin) has represented the 14th District since January 2013.

See the bigger picture below.


7/21/2022 update starts here



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Map:  Wisconsin State Legislature (boxes added)

Robyn Vining (D-Wauwatosa) has represented the 14th District since January 2019.

Below is a list of Wisconsin's requirements for redistricting.  The GOP's gerrymandering of the 14th Assembly District certainly violates #2 -- compactness.

SourceBallotpedia

The GOP dulled at least one Exacto knife carving out the new 14th.

Source:  Ballotpedia


7/20/2022 update starts here

Except for a bite taken out of Milwaukee County (City of Wauwatosa), the 13th District is located in eastern Waukesha County.


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Map:  Wisconsin State Legislature (boxes added)

Here's the bigger picture.
 

Why does the GOP draw all of these meandering shapes?  Because they can.  And they can get away with it.

Sara Rodriguez (D-Brookfield) flipped this seat by a razor-thin margin in 2020, but redistricting is likely to give the GOP advantage in 2022.  Sara is now running for Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor.  What does that tell you?

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7/19/2022 update starts here

Hijacking Milwaukee County neighborhoods in Brown Deer and Wauwatosa

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Map:  Wisconsin State Legislature (boxes added)

LaKeshia Myers has represented the 12th District since January 2019.


7/18/2022 update starts here

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Map:  Wisconsin State Legislature (red boxes noting 'curiosities' added)

Dora Drake has represented the 11th District since January 2021.


7/17/2022 update starts here

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David Bowen (D-Milwaukee) has represented the district since January 2015.

7/16/2022 update starts here


Daniel Riemer (D-Milwaukee) has represented the 7th District since January 2013.


7/15/2022 update starts here

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Located in northeast Wisconsin, the district comprises most of Shawano County, including the city of Shawano, and northwest Outagamie County, as well as municipalities in northwest Brown County and northeast Waupaca County.

4 different counties?  Indefensible!

Gary Tauchen (R-Bonduel) has represented the district since January 2007.


7/14/2022 update starts here

Nibbling away at the fringes of the Appleton and Green Bay metro areas.

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Located in northeast Wisconsin, the district comprises most of the eastern half of Outagamie County, including the city of Kaukauna, as well as the town of Hobart in western Brown County. The district also includes nearly all of the Oneida reservation spanning the two counties.

Former Mullet King Jim Steineke had represented the district since January 2011 until he recently decided to take an early retirement.

7/13/2022 update starts here.

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Located in northeast Wisconsin, the district comprises part of central Brown County, including the villages of Ashwaubenon and Allouez, and parts of the city of Green Bay and the village of Howard.

The district has been represented by Dave Steffen (R-Howard) since January 2015.


7/12/2022 update starts here

Flying pig chomps its way through Fox Cities

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Located in northeast Wisconsin, the district comprises most of the north half of Calumet County, including the parts of Appleton and Menasha that fall within Calumet County, as well as parts of southeast Outagamie County, including the village of Kimberly and part of the village of Little Chute.

The district has been represented by election denier and all-around sleazebag Ron Tusler (R-Harrison) since January 2017.

Original 7/6/2022 post starts here

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Located in northeast Wisconsin, the district comprises most of northern Manitowoc County, including the city of Two Rivers, as well as most of the southern half of Brown County, including most of the city of De Pere. 

The district is represented by Shae Sortwell, one of the most egregious Republicans in the lower chamber, since January 2019.

Learn about Shae:
GET ME REWRITE: Rep. Shae Sortwell (R-Two Rivers) introduces bill to increase gun violence.  (1/18/2022)GOP hypocrisy alert: Abortion foe Shae Sortwell wants to risk the lives of thousands by reopening the economy too soon.  (4/17/2021)
The Shae Sortwell compensation chronicles: "Can I show you my....?"  (5/24/2019)

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