Two lawsuits challenging Wisconsin’s congressional maps, which currently favor Republicans, who hold six of eight U.S. House seats in a politically divided state, may not be resolved ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
Hearings held before three-judge panels on Dec. 12 revolved around schedules, as plaintiffs asked for new maps to be decided by March 2026 and defendants sought 2027 trials.
“We’ll decide them when we can decide them,” Dane County Circuit Judge Julie Genovese said of the pressure to issue a ruling or dismiss the case without further arguments.
One of the two lawsuits was filed by Wisconsin Business Leaders for Democracy, a progressive organization, against the Wisconsin Electoral Commission….
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