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Will Wisconsin Republicans Pull Off the Ultimate Power Grab?

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Wisconsin Republicans won total control of state government in 2010. They cemented their majorities with a gerrymander so extreme that Democrats in the archetypal purple state were effectively shut out of legislative power permanently. Judge Janet Protasiewicz won a hugely consequential state Supreme Court race earlier this year. With a liberal majority for the first time in 15 years, the court appeared poised to overturn the skewed maps.

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Wisconsin Republican berated teenage pages — and then took a bow

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden, a Wisconsin Republican, took a bow after a highly publicized incident in July in which he cursed out a group of Senate pages taking photos in the Capitol rotunda, according to U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, a Wisconsin Democrat. Pocan told States Newsroom in an interview on Tuesday that he has reviewed security footage of the incident from two different angles. He said Van Orden had a group of about 15 people wi…

3 years ago·Washington, United States

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