What we have in the 30th Assembly District is Excision Central -- the gerrymandering GOP with Exacto knives in hand.
- Somsrset
- New Richmond
- Hammond
- River Falls
The Town of Clifton (lower left box) is the only portion of Pierce County in the 30th district. Big fail here on communities of interest.
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Shannon Zimmerman (R-River Falls) has represented the district since January 2017.
What a difference a 10-year redistricting cycle makes. Guess the River Falls vote had to be diluted.
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8/8/2022 update starts here
First of all, with a population of 45,000, all of Dunn County should be included in the same district.
Secondly, compactness. What's with the haphazard arrangement of township squares?
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Clint Moses (R-Menomonie) has represented the distsrict since Janaury 2021.
8/7/2022 update starts here
Two things:
1. Why not extend the dstrict all the way to the St. Croix River west of Freeric?
2. Why pick off the selected municipalites in St. Croix County? And why the Town of Star Prairie but not the Village of Star Prairie?
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Gae Magnifici (R-Dresser), one of the most conservative members of the GOP caucus -- and that's saying something -- has represented the district since January 2019.
8/6/2022 update starts here
The two major flaws of the 27th district:
1. The City of Sheboygan should be in a single Assembly district. (Compactness, community of interest)
2. The City of Kiel would be better served by a distict that is wholly within Manitowoc County and inclyudes New Holstein and Chilton. (Compactness, community of interest)
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Below is a list of Wisconsin's requirements for redistricting. The GOP's gerrymandering of the 27th Assembly District certainly violates #2 -- communities of interest.
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Tyler Vorpagel (R-Plymouth) was first elected to the Assembly in November 2014. He announced hsi retirement in April 2022 and has since resigned his seat.
8/4/2022 update starts here
Like the neighboring 25th, the GOP gerrymandered 26th Assembly District ignores communities of interest. It comprises the southeastern portion of Sheboygan County, but slices up the City of Sheboygan metro area with an Exacto knife.
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Terry Katsma (R-Oostbueg) has represented the district since January 2015.
8/3/2022 update starts here
The GOP gerrymandered 25th Assembly District ignores communities of interest. Along Lake Michigan, Manitowoc and Two Rivers should be in the same district. They're not. In the western Manitowoc County, Chilton, New Holstein, and Kiel should be in the same district. They're not.
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Paul Tittl (R-Manitowoc) has represented the 25th District since January 2013.
8/2/2022 update starts here
Perhaps one of the most egregious examples of GOP gerrymandering, the 24th Assembly District rambles from the northeast corner of Waukesha County (red box) into the southeast corner of Washington County (orange box) only to surf across rural sections of Ozaukee County (green box).
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All designed to keep more liberal and openminded Ozaukee County voters in their place. And to keep Dan Knodl (R-Germantown) in office. (He won by less than 3 percentage points in 2020.) Knodl has represented the district since January 2009.
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8/1/2022 update starts here
So much wrong in the GOP gerrymandered 23rd Assembly District.
The districts comprises northeastern Milwaukee County and southeastern Ozaukee County.
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The bigger picture.
Deb Andraca (D-Whitefish Bay) flipped this seat in 2020, and with Ozaukee County trending purple, the GOP has seems to throw in the towel with its latest redistricting design.
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7/31/2022 update starts here
Half of the GOP gerrymandered 22nd Assembly District is located in Washington County. The other half is located is Waukesha County. They are joined by a contiguous border of no more than 3 miles.
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The Wisconsin queen of 2020 election deniers, Janel Brandtjen, has represented the 22nd District since January 2015.
Original 7/20/2022 post starts here
The 21st District includes all of South Milwaukee and Oak Creek as well as two separate sections of Franklin. In light of the 'community of interest' requirement for redistricting, the areas of the district identified with orange boxes seem out of place.
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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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Jessie Rodriguez (R-Oak Creek) has represented the 21st District since November 2013.
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