The petition, filed yesterday, argued a foundation of the lines now in place was the court’s 2021 decision to take a “least change approach” to the maps that Republican lawmakers drew a decade earlier. Now that the new liberal majority has thrown out that standard, the brief argues, there’s no justification to keep in place congressional lines based upon the same principle. 

Gov. Tony Evers, who hasn’t said whether he will seek a third term in 2026, raised money at a slower clip last year than he did over the same period four years earlier.

The remedial maps submitted to the state Supreme Court Friday generally would result in more Dem seats in the Assembly and Senate than the GOP drawn lines used in the 2022 elections.

Proponents of a bipartisan bill to implement top-five primaries and instant runoff voting in Wisconsin congressional races argued the change would ensure the candidates with the broadest appeal end up in office. Meanwhile, others during Tuesday’s hearing criticized the process as confusing and argued the proposal would prevent all voters’ voices from being heard.

Evers told WisPolitics in an interview this week that he hasn’t yet offered the job to anyone since former Secretary Adam Payne stepped down Nov. 10 after 10 months on the job. He said some candidates who had been considered signaled there was “no way in hell I’m putting myself and my family in that situation.”

A Dane County judge has issued a pair of rulings overhauling the standards for a witness’ address on an absentee ballot envelope for the vote to count.

Wisconsin’s Presidential Preference Selection Committee approved a primary ballot that includes Republican Donald Trump, but not Dem Dean Phillips.