{"id":2259515,"date":"2024-06-04T13:11:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T17:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-democrats-recruit-candidates-for-every-state-senate-race-for-first-time-in-20-years\/"},"modified":"2024-06-04T13:12:52","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T17:12:52","slug":"wisconsin-democrats-recruit-candidates-for-every-state-senate-race-for-first-time-in-20-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-democrats-recruit-candidates-for-every-state-senate-race-for-first-time-in-20-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin Democrats are recruiting candidates for every state Senate race for the first time in two decades"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwisconsin-democrats-recruit-candidates-for-every-state-senate-race-for-first-time-in-20-years%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2259515&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Wisconsin Democrats have achieved \u2064a significant milestone by fielding a candidate\u200d for every state Senate race after \u200btwo decades. The\u200b Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee&#8217;s announcement ensures \u2063a Democrat on the ballot for\u2062 each\u200b Senate seat in 2024. With 97 out of 99 State \u200cAssembly seats also \u2064contested by Democrats,\u200c fair representation gains traction after years \u2063of\u2064 gerrymandered maps favoring the GOP.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/wisconsin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Wisconsin<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Democrats<\/a> have recruited a candidate for each of the state\u2019s Senate races for the first time in two decades.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee<\/a> announced Tuesday that a Democrat will be on the ballot in every state Senate seat in 2024. For the first time since 2011, 97 of 99 Wisconsin State Assembly seats will also have a Democrat on the ballot. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor more than a decade, legislative Republicans have been insulated from accountability because of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/buffalo-shooter-pleads-guilty-to-domestic-terrorism-hate-crime-charges\/\" title=\"Buffalo Shooter Pleads Guilty To Domestic Terrorism, Hate Crime Charges\">hand-drawn maps<\/a> that preserved only their interests and protected their manufactured majorities in both chambers of the state legislature,\u201d Wisconsin Senate Minority Leader Dianne Hesselbein, a Democrat, said in a statement. \u201cWisconsinites are reinvigorated with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/swiss-billionaire-gave-millions-to-eric-holders-partisan-gerrymandering-group\/\" title=\"Swiss Billionaire Gave Millions to Eric Holder\u2019s Partisan Gerrymandering Group\">fair maps<\/a> finally in play, and voters are excited about the opportunity of representation that reflects their preferences.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>When Wisconsin\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oregon-is-the-first-state-in-the-nation-to-officially-adopt-its-new-congressional-map\/\" title=\"Oregon Is The First State In The Nation To Officially Adopt Its New Congressional Map\">legislative maps<\/a> were implemented in 2011, they heavily favored the state GOP and were considered some of the most <a href=\"https:\/\/gerrymander.princeton.edu\/redistricting-report-card\/?planId=recAW6q19I516nHpc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>gerrymandered<\/a> in the country. Earlier this year, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/wisconsin-supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Wisconsin Supreme Court<\/a> struck down the legislative maps for being unconstitutional, giving Democrats a new edge. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSenate Democrats are answering this call by running quality candidates in every Senate race this fall and giving people a real choice,\u201d Hesselbein continued.<\/p>\n<p>Wisconsin has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/religious-landscape-study\/database\/state\/wisconsin\/party-affiliation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>near-even split <\/a>between Republicans and Democrats and is one of seven <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/huge-sidney-powell-witness-whom-ny-times-described-as-always-the-smartest-person-in-the-room-concludes-hundreds-of-thousands-of-votes-transferred-from-trump-to-biden-in-all-battleground-states\/\" title=\"HUGE! Sidney Powell Witness Whom NY Times Described as \"Always the Smartest Person in the Room\" Concludes Hundreds of Thousands of Votes Transferred from Trump to Biden IN ALL BATTLEGROUND STATES\">key battleground states<\/a> going into the 2024 general election. Still, Republicans have held on to majorities in the state under old maps. Republicans have a 64-35 majority in the Assembly and a 22-10 majority in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>While Republicans are predicted to maintain their majority in the state Senate with only half of the Senate seats up for election, Democrats <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2901846\/democrats-could-flip-wisconsin-state-assembly-first-time-in-decade-new-maps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>have a chance<\/a> to take control of the state\u2019s Assembly for the first time in over a decade. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a very exciting time to be in Wisconsin. Across the state, our candidates are preparing to compete under fair maps,\u201d Wisconsin Assembly Minority Leader Greta Neubauer, a Democrat, said in a statement. \u201cFor over 12 years, Wisconsinites lived under the most gerrymandered maps in the country \u2014 it is not surprising that with new maps we are seeing incredible enthusiasm and more people stepping up to represent their communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to Wisconsin Democrats for comment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time in 20 years, Wisconsin Democrats have candidates in all state Senate races. The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee revealed a Democrat will run in every Senate seat in 2024. This marks the first time since 2011 that 97 out of 99 State Assembly seats in Wisconsin will have Democratic contenders<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2259516,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/wisconsin-capitol-1024x596.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2259515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/wisconsin-capitol-1024x596.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2259515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2259515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2259515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2259516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2259515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2259515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2259515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}