Retiring Guy's Digest: Wisconsin 2026 elections: Democrat Keith Mogel challenges freshman Republican incumbent Duke Tucker in the 75th Assembly District

Friday, September 4, 2026

Wisconsin 2026 elections: Democrat Keith Mogel challenges freshman Republican incumbent Duke Tucker in the 75th Assembly District

Before redistricting, the GOP gerrymandered 75th Assembly District, located within the gerrymandered 25th Senate District, included most of the southern half of Washburn County, Town of Roosevelt in Burnett County, all of Barron County, the towns of McKinley, Johnstown, and Clear Lake in Polk County, Town of Forest in St. Croix County, and Town of New Haven in Dunn County. WISGOP is to be congratulated for the patchwork quilt skills.

After redistricting, the district now includes all of Polk County (population 45,800) and most of Burnett County. (Each of Wisconsin's 99 Assembly district has an average of 59,570 residents.)

Maps and election results: Ballotpedia

The 75th Assembly District is inhospitable territory for Democrats. In 2024, Republican Duke Tucker won by a 2-1 margin -- about part for the course. Democratic challenger Keith Mogel certainly has his work cut out for him.

Here's a better look of the gerrymandered 25th State Senate District before redistricting:.

Wisconsin Blue Book

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]

Other Wisconsin 2026 election posts:

1st Assembly District. (6/11/2026)

2nd Assembly District. (6/14/2026)

3rd Assembly District. (6/15/2026)

4th Assembly District. (6/17/2026)

5th Assembly District. (6/18/2026)

6th Assembly District. (6/20/2026)

7th Assembly District. (6/21/2026)

8th Assembly District. (6/21/2026)

9th Assembly District. (6/22/2026)

10th Assembly District. (6/23/2026)

11th Assembly District. (6/23/2026)