WI Dems should push HARD for a third Dem leaning seat in redistricting. Evers should veto anything else, even a least change map that keeps this seat as Lean R. Let the courts draw the map - it very well may result in 6-2 anyway, but the swing justice is pretty moderate and has taken anti-gerrymandering stances in the past. In the very least it could result in a swing district or two that Dems could flip in a better environment. No point in letting the GOP just draw 6-2 when that’s the worst case scenario in a court battle anyway.
Edit: I completely understand that the current map is largely ungerrymandered // any compact map would likely result in 6-2 due to Dems’ inefficient distribution throughout the state (a few 80-20 D areas and a bunch of 60-40 R areas). I’m just saying there’s no reason for Evers to sign a 6-2 map when a court drawn map would result in the same thing or *maybe* something slightly better, but definitely not something worse. It’s not like Evers will face any political blowback for vetoing an R-drawn map.
The GOP also has to worry about losing the State Supreme Court race in 2023 and risk the court drawing a 4-4 map AND new state legislative boundaries.
If Dems get a third seat it might be more efficient to ask for a Milwaukee area one instead of Madison.
Pretty hard to draw a Democratic-leaning Milwaukee suburban seat unless you go out of your way to give Democrats the most favorable parts and split a big part of Moore's district. The current WI-03 is basically an auto-R gain, and likely was going to flip even with Kind running again.
It doesn't sound like Kind will run for Senate, but I guess he didn't close the door on it entirely. I think he's probably the only potential candidate who could beat Johnson.
