Last December, after 12 years of being stuck with the worst partisan gerrymander in the US, the Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down the gerrymandered state district maps. Then on February 19, Governor Tony Evers signed new state legislative maps that are fairly drawn and will return competition to the political process in Wisconsin.

Dan Shafer joins host Sara Gabler to understand the long fight for new maps and grapple with what they might mean for future elections.

Dan Shafer is a journalist from Milwaukee who writes and publishes the weekly column and online publication, The Recombobulation Area. He previously worked at Seattle Magazine, the Milwaukee Business Journal, Milwaukee Magazine, and BizTimes Milwaukee. He’s won 13 Milwaukee Press Club Excellence in Journalism Awards. He’s on X (formerly Twitter) at @DanRShafer

Maps used in featured image are by OutlawRun, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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