Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers has vetoed a redistricting proposal put forward by the Republican-controlled Legislature. The move comes as a last-ditch effort to prevent the state Supreme Court from drawing legislative boundaries. The political stakes are high in the battleground state, where Republicans have maintained control of the Legislature since 2011 despite Democrats winning statewide elections.
Evers had promised to veto the GOP legislative-district proposal, as it closely resembled his own maps but with changes that would reduce the number of Republican incumbents who would have to compete against each other in the upcoming November election. The governor stated that he vetoed the maps because they perpetuated gerrymandering.
