New lawsuit takes different path in effort to overturn Wisconsin's congressional map
A new lawsuit has been filed in Dane County Circuit Court as part of an ongoing attempt by Democrats and their allies to rewrite Wisconsin’s congressional map ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
The lawsuit, filed Thursday by attorneys from prominent liberal law firms on behalf of a group of Wisconsin business leaders, comes just weeks after the Wisconsin Supreme Court declined to hear two different challenges to current U.S. House districts.
The cases justices declined to hear were brought as petitions for original action, meaning they asked the state Supreme Court to hear the lawsuits directly. The latest challenge, brought by the Wisconsin Business Leaders for Democracy Coalition, was filed in circuit court and is built on slightly different arguments.
“Wisconsin’s current congressional plan presents a textbook example of an anti-competitive gerrymander,” the lawsuit argues. “Anti-competitive gerrymanders are every bit as noxious to democracy as partisan gerrymanders and racial gerrymanders.”
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