Tag: legislative redistricting

Though I don’t typically report on rumors I’ve heard, I found this one too interesting to not pass along. According to multiple sources in the Capitol, Republicans in the legislature are working with Governor Scott Walker to stage a veto early next week of the current redistricting plan and are…

Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca, a Democrat from Kenosha, has a great post up on DailyKos outlining how Republicans in Wisconsin are using their radical redistricting plan to cover up their continuing assault on Wisconsin families. Here’s a snippet: Gov. Walker has talked a big game on national television and…

Says Democratic State Sen. Chris Larson, in reference to Republicans in the legislature rushing through their radical redistricting plan: “There is no reason why the state should be moving at such a careless speed,” said Sen. Larson. “Such actions will negate months of work by local officials, circumvent the open…

Democratic State Senator Chris Larson, whose district hugs the shore of Lake Michigan from Oak Creek to the north shore of Milwaukee, has posted a brief video talking about some of the concerns that have been raised about Wisconsin’s redistricting process, a process that Republicans are pushing through without first…

It gets really interesting when the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s resident Mad Hatter, Patrick McIlheran throws in with a Democratic candidate. In this case he is siding with State Senator Jeff Plale who is facing a very tough Democratic primary campaign for his senate seat from County Supervisor Chris Larson