Evers’ statement on Wisconsin Supreme Court decision to accept governor’s redistricting maps

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled on the state’s redistricting process.

In a 4-3 decision Thursday afternoon, the court announced it has accepted Gov. Tony Evers’ maps.

Judge Brian Hagedorn wrote the majority opinion. Gov. Tony Evers put out this statement:

Heading into this map making process, the Wisconsin Supreme Court did rule that it wanted a “least change” approach to new maps, meaning not moving vast amounts of the population into other districts. A decade ago, when Republicans drew the maps, there was no “least change” policy and 2/3 of Wisconsin moved districts.

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Old state Assembly
New state Assembly

Old state Senate
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Old US House of Representatives
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In 2018, Democrats won every statewide race but Republicans held more than 60% of legislative seats. Republicans have a 61-38 majority in the Assembly and 21-12 majority in the Senate. They also hold five of eight congressional seats.

States must draw new maps every 10 years to equal out population changes within legislative and congressional districts that is based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

How the lines are drawn can give one political party tremendous advantages. In Wisconsin, the party that has the majority draws the lines. Republicans controlled the entire government when they were drawn a decade ago and experts say the state is one of the most gerrymandered for Republicans in the country because of it.