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Jodi Habush Sinykin: “There was a baked in 12 point Republican advantage, making…”

Featuring: Jodi Habush Sinykin, Democratic | Wisconsin State Senate, District 8

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Now this district has been redistricted. We have fairer maps now. Is this district more competitive than it was before? Yeah, it certainly was during the special election before. The maps have changed. There was a baked in 12 point Republican advantage, making it very difficult for, for Democrats to run with any chance of success. As you mentioned, I did get within two points, just around 1200 votes shy of prevailing against Dan Knodle in that special election. But it was a steep climb under the new maps. (05:50–06:02)

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