An aide to a top lawmaker gave sworn testimony last week that new legislative maps approved this year were not meant to increase the Republican majority in the Legislature, but were nonetheless provided to the Republican National Committee in advance.
The seemingly inconsistent testimony came in a deposition from Adam Foltz, an aide to Assembly Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald (R-Horizon) charged with drawing the new maps for lawmakers. A copy of the deposition was filed with a federal three-judge panel late Tuesday.
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The Journal-Sentinel article says: "An aide to a top lawmaker gave sworn testimony last week that new legislative maps approved this year were not meant to increase the Republican majority in the Legislature but were nonetheless provided to the Republican National Committee in advance."
ReplyDeleteCareful wording by the Fitzgerald aide? If the legislative maps weren't redrawn to increase the Republican majority in the Legislature, that doesn't rule out that they were redrawn to deliver Wisconsin for Republicans in coming Presidential and Congressional elections. After all, the redrawn districts were shown in advance to the Republican NATIONAL Committee.
Also, this first look gave Republicans the chance to ensure their national candidates' districts still include important donors, as happened when Boehner intervened in Ohio to make sure a donor got included in the district of the Representative it wanted. http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/12/13/report-boehner-influenced-ohio-gerrymandering-on-behalf-of-gop-donor/