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Greta Neubauer: “Wisconsin was not a functioning democracy with those…”

Featuring: Greta Neubauer, Democratic | Minority Leader, Wisconsin State Assembly, District 66

WisPolitics Luncheon with Minority Leader Greta Neubauer

Published June 13, 2025 | Video Starts at 34:43

… happen, when I know that they are not going to put in the resources we need for lead pipe removal and Racine or K12 schools or. Or whatever it is. Wisconsin was not a functioning democracy with those gerrymandered maps. And it is going to be a functioning democracy moving forward. And that is a huge win on the campaign side and on the legislative side, where two years ago … (34:43–34:48)

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Asserts that Wisconsin was not a functioning democracy under the previous gerrymandered maps.

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“Only 2% of bills proposed by Democrats even got a hearing in the state Assembly.”
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“Racine has actually had the highest unemployment rate in the state for believe it's still still correct my entire life, 32 years.”
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“Our number one priority had to be getting new maps and had to be competing for a majority with the maps that we had where Republicans were…”
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“We do have 50, 50 maps and we have a huge opportunity ahead.”
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“We just narrowly prevented a Republican super majority two years ago.”
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“We won two seats that were necessary to prevent that super majority.”
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“We are now able to say that we got through the entire session with no veto overrides.”
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“We actually only have one member of the Assembly Democratic Caucus, Chris Sinicki, who was here when Democrats were in the majority.”
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“Under these maps, there are 10 seats that if you layer on Joe Biden's results from 2020, would be decided by 2 percentage points on either…”
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“We need to win seven of those 10 seats to get the majority.”
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“That's 49 seats that Joe Biden would win under those maps, plus One additional Evers.”
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“His results in 22 would lead to 52 Democratic seats.”
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“We have a strategy for where we put resources and our time.”
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“We now have about 15 really competitive seats where we anticipate spending around 1.2 million, sometimes more than that.”
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“Without federal dollars coming in from the Biden administration, we would not have purchased the electric bus fleet.”
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“We would not have moved forward on our health clinic, had funding, additional funding for police and fire and violence prevention grants.”
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“Started a youth employment program, opened a financial empowerment center, and funded six major road projects just in Racine.”
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“People do have access to abortion again [in Wisconsin].”
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“We still don't have statutory protections for abortion in Wisconsin.”
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“We have no protections in state law, the constitution for abortion [in Wisconsin].”
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“People understood gerrymandering after that election because of the amount of money that was spent talking about the threats to democracy in…”
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“Assembly candidates are running inspiring campaigns in communities that haven't seen competitive races in a long time.”
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“Sheboygan was really gerrymandered and has now been restored.”
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“All of our candidates in targeted districts are going to be out on doors at least five times a week.”
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“We got over a hundred calls in the first week from people who wanted to run after we got the new maps.”
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“Governor Tony Evers got 52 on these maps.”
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“Tammy Baldwin would get 58 under these maps.”
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“These maps are true 50-50 maps, as I said, 10 seats that Joe Biden would have won or lost by 2 percentage points.”
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“Robin Voss...said to them, absolutely not...no one is soft on this issue anymore.”
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“We had Republican legislators who were really soft on [Badger Care expansion].”
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“A case was filed with the Supreme Court saying we're challenging these gerrymandered maps.”
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“The major reason that it hasn't happened in Wisconsin is Robin Voss.”
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“There are multiple members of the Senate and the Assembly Republican caucuses who would like to vote in favor of [Badger Care expansion].”
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“The governor is going to include [Badger Care expansion] again in his budget.”
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“The announcement...is over 2000 jobs in construction and then over 2000 long term jobs in the area in that new plant.”
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“Case New Holland announced several hundred jobs were leaving the area and they're moving to Mexico.”
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“The president of Microsoft said himself that without the Bipartisan Infrastructure act, without chips and science, they would not be there.”
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“It would not have happened without Joe Biden.”
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“Educational institutions, high schools, tech colleges, UW system, are already working to train people for those jobs.”
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“Those folks who are working in that AI data center, that is the future, whether we like it or not.”
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“Peter Barca is getting support from national organizations and of course, from organizations in the state.”
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“Peter's putting in the work again.”
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