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A freshmen rep has filed to run in the Democratic Lt. Gov primary healthcare, and to have the opportunity to earn an honest living.” Rodriguez, who has degrees in public health and nursing, knocked off GOP Rep. Rob Hutton last fall for the suburban Milwaukee seat that had been trending Dem with Donald Trump in the White House. The shape of the seat remains up in the air amid redistricting. The maps GOP leaders have proposed would give the 13th AD a solid GOP lean. Meanwhile, a map Senate Dems proposed on Friday would pair her in a district with GOP Rep. Janel Brandtjen, of Menomonee Falls. Taylor, whose Senate seat isn’t up again until 2024, announced her bid for lieutenant governor in early October. Others who have been mentioned 88781
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Dane County Circuit Court Judge Valerie Bailey-Rihn has given Assembly Speaker Robin Vos 10 days to turn over at least some records from former Justice Michael Gableman’s probe into the 2020 election. In a hearing Nov. 5, Bailey-Rihn ruled the Rochester Republican must turn over all records between his office and Gableman’s team requested by American Oversight if they were created earlier than Aug. 27, when the Office of Special Counsel was created. Bailey said Vos acted as an authority over Gableman, who was acting as a contractor for the Legislature. “So these need to be produced, unless there is a darn good reason why not,” she said. “And I don’t see one at this point because these requests were back in July and August and the documents until August 27th were in the hands of the contractor and they need to be produced.” But records created by Gableman and his team after the Office of Special Counsel was created do not fall within BaileyRihn’s order to comply with American Oversight’s open record requests. She did not make a ruling on the matter today. American Oversight describes itself as a “nonpartisan, nonprofit watchdog that uses public records requests backed by litigation to fight corruption, drive accountability, and defend democracy.” Bailey-Rihn agreed with an argument
Gov. Tony Evers is vowing to veto proposed GOP maps unless they’re revamped significantly and then call the Legislature to a special session to take up his maps. “The bill is right here,” he said after releasing the final proposals from his People’s Maps Commission. “Right now it’s ready to be introduced and considered and there’s not a single excuse I’ve heard any Republican give as to why they won’t take these up, not one.” But Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu, knocked the People’s Maps Commission proposals. The Oostburg Republican noted they would create fewer majority Black and Hispanic districts than the maps GOP leaders drew. He also pointed out more Wisconsin voters would have to wait more than four years to vote in a state Senate race under the commission’s maps vs. Republicans’. Under the GOP proposal, 138,753 voters would be moved from odd-numbered Senate districts -- which are up in the 2022 cycle -- to even-numbered seats -- which aren’t up again until 2024. The same would be true of 523,402 voters under the commission’s plan, according to his office. “Governor Evers attached his name to maps that decrease racial majorityminority districts and disenfranchise over 500,000 Wisconsin voters,” LeMahieu said. “His Commission prioritized partisan gerrymandering over core constitutional protections.”
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Freshman state Rep. Sara Rodriguez, D-Brookfield, has announced her bid for lieutenant governor, joining state Sen. Lena Taylor in the field looking to run with Gov. Tony Evers next fall. “I know from growing up in and now raising my kids in Waukesha County, that there is still much more that unites us than divides us,” Rodriguez said. “We all want great schools, to fix the roads, to honor our democracy, to address climate change, Sara Rodriguez to access quality
