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Alice Herman

Wisconsin adopts new legislative maps, giving Democrats chance to win state

man holds up signed bill as people around him cheer
Tony Evers shows new signed legislative maps on Monday at the state capitol. Photograph: Mark Hoffman/AP

The Wisconsin governor, Tony Evers, has signed into law a pair of new state legislative maps, undoing a Republican gerrymander that has shaped Wisconsin politics for more than a decade and giving Democrats a chance at winning control of the state in future elections.

“It’s a new day for Wisconsin,” said Evers at a press conference on Monday to cheers from a room of anti-gerrymandering activists.

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