During the GOP gerrymandering era, the 26th Assembly district split the City of Sheboygan in half. The district now includes ALL of Sheboygan as well as lakeshore areas north and south of the city.
Maps and election results: Ballotpedia
Headline: WHBL, 4/16/2026
Kevin Zimmerman reports:
A race for local representation in the Wisconsin State Assembly is now officially underway for the November election. John Belanger, who was defeated in his reelection bid as a Sheboygan Alder earlier this month, is running as a Republican for the seat now held by Democrat Joe Sheehan.
John, maybe you should talk with Scott Allen. And keep in mind, you got trounced by a progressive candidate in your re-election race.
Fair maps make a big difference.
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.
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