GOP-led Wisconsin Senate passes Democratic governor’s legislative maps

By SCOTT BAUER
Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s GOP-controlled Senate has passed legislative maps that were proposed by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers. The move Tuesday was designed to prevent the liberal-controlled state Supreme Court from implementing maps that might be even worse for Republicans. The Assembly was expected to pass the bill later Tuesday, which would send it to Evers. Last week he promised to sign his maps into law. The political stakes are huge in the presidential battleground state, where Republicans have had a firm grip on the Legislature since 2011 even as Democrats have won statewide elections, including for governor in 2018 and 2022.