In 2008, Wisconsin had a blue trifecta, then in 2010, we had a red trifecta. That’s life in a purple state. Democracy in action. Power changes hands. But Republicans didn’t like that idea. So they rigged it here in Wisconsin. In 2011, Republican lawmakers worked behind closed doors to draw rigged maps that guaranteed that even landslide election losses wouldn’t cost them their majorities. It has been one of the most egregious, extreme partisan gerrymanders in American political history.

Ever since, Republican politicians in Wisconsin have used their unchecked power to take the power away from the people of our state—restricting access to the ballot, removing authorities that voters had entrusted to statewide elected officials like the Governor and Attorney General, and smashing the freedoms of workers to organize and advocate for themselves. For thirteen years, the democracy-proof legislature has been laying siege to democracy itself. 

But then this past February everything changed. After more than decade of hard work, electing and then re-electing Governor Tony Evers, fighting tooth and nail to win and protect seats in the Legislature, and working tirelessly to elect pro-democracy Justices to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, fair maps became the law of the land once again.   

In November, at long last, Wisconsin voters will have a real choice in who represents them in Madison. The majority will determine the majority. 

And we aren’t taking anything for granted. WisDems, the SSDC, and the ADCC are teaming up to leave it all on the field. We’re running candidates in 97 Assembly Districts and 16 Senate Districts in our fight to retake the majorities, restore the blue trifecta, and to quote Gov. Tony Evers, “get sh*t done.”  

This is the team that will do just that.