Hogg campaigned here in western WI with the liberal candidate who lost a primary in August. I found him to be a fascinating interview.
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Who was that? Couldn’t find anything online about an August primary in WI. Also Republicans clearly hate Ever’s. lol. If he triggers them he’s great.
aug 26, 2025, 7:27 pm • 0 0 • view
Just checked our paper database. He was here Aug. 11. He campaigned for State Rep. Katrina Shankland. She lost the primary to Rebecca Cooke... who went on to lose to Derrick Van Orden in WI-3 which covers western WI (Eau Claire and La Crosse). Cooke is among 3 Dem candidates this year.
aug 26, 2025, 7:30 pm • 1 0 • view
It looks as though Republicans gerrymandered the maps after 2020z What do you think?
aug 26, 2025, 7:45 pm • 0 0 • view
Old maps kept counties together better. The newer ones cut counties in pieces with weird lines. I am in Chippewa County. It used to all be in WI-7 (Sean Duffy's seat in the past!) I am now in WI-3. Because Chippewa County has jagged boundaries.
aug 26, 2025, 7:52 pm • 0 0 • view
I think centrist Democrats nationally are destroying their election chances by trying to field moderate candidates at the expense of their own voters who are more vocal and progressive. Becoming more Republican in an attempt to negotiate around changing boundaries. That’s never going to work.
aug 26, 2025, 8:21 pm • 0 0 • view
So... the federal maps were left largely the same as 2012 (after that census). Minor tweaks were made, but people hoped to 'end the gerrymandered maps.' WI currently has 6 GOP seats and 2 Dem seats. As we've seen in other states... it would be VERY easy to redraw maps and make it 4-4.
aug 26, 2025, 7:50 pm • 0 0 • view
It looks like WI-3 is a very hard district for Democrats to win. Even if they are moderate. Ron Kind, the previous Democratic incumbent looks like an anomaly. Though he was repeatedly re-elected.
aug 26, 2025, 8:14 pm • 0 0 • view
The last time I saw Mark Pocan (the Dem who represents Madison/WI-2), he was showing how the map could be changed to include the far west Madison suburbs into WI-3. That would flip WI-3 blue without hurting a Democrat's ability to retain WI-2. Again, DVO beat R. Cooke by less than 52-48% last year
aug 26, 2025, 8:40 pm • 0 0 • view
So you are saying that gerrymandering is a solution. That’s a fascinating point. Especially as Pocan identifies as a progressive.
aug 26, 2025, 9:49 pm • 0 0 • view
A year ago, the GOP had a 64-35 advantage in the Assembly (what we call the House) and a 22-11 advantage in the Senate. So, they were two seats away from a super-majority that would have allowed them to override any veto. After ending the gerrymander, it is now 54-45 and 18-15 after last fall's vote
aug 27, 2025, 1:02 am • 1 1 • view
I think making a 50/50 split of Congressmen in a state that is historically 52-48 or closer is the very definition of ENDING the gerrymandering. Pocan is calling for the end of the gerrymandered system where GOP have 75% of the seats in a 50/50 state
aug 27, 2025, 1:01 am • 0 0 • view
Good point.
aug 27, 2025, 1:02 am • 0 0 • view
I appreciate our back-and-forth today! Thank you! :)
aug 27, 2025, 1:07 am • 0 0 • view
You can't stress enough how the country has changed. When I moved here in 2001, David Obey won the Northwest WI seat for years and years. He retired (didn't seek reelection) and Duffy won. That whole quadrant just turned so Red after being blue. Kind's district was the same way.
aug 26, 2025, 8:36 pm • 0 0 • view
IMO we are in the age of extreme politics, sectarianism, both left and right. Being moderate is punished. It dilutes the policy message in an attempt to win opposition votes, which isn’t going to happen. Exactly what centrists are doing with complaints about language, to bring this back to Chris C.
aug 26, 2025, 8:46 pm • 0 0 • view
OK. Thanks. I’ll take a look!
aug 26, 2025, 7:31 pm • 0 0 • view