Gov.-elect David Crowley says he’d sign bill redrawing Wisconsin’s congressional map

Rich Kremer, WPR

Democratic Gov.-elect David Crowley says he’d sign a bill creating new congressional voting districts if Democratic leaders in the state Legislature send one to his desk.

It was an option not available to Democrats before last week, when they flipped both houses of the Legislature, and Crowley hung on to the governor’s office.

The courts had previously been seen as Democrats’ only shot at getting a new map, especially since liberals took control of the bench in 2023. But after their sweeping victories in the Nov. 3 election, Democrats won’t have to wait for the courts because they’ll have more than enough votes to pass a new congressional map when new majorities are sworn into the state Assembly and Senate in January. 

Democratic legislative leaders have already been talking about passing a new congressional map, and in a Sunday interview with WISN-TV’s UpFront, Crowley made it clear the legislative option has legs.

“When it comes down to this, if the bill was to reach my desk, I will sign it,” Crowley said. 

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