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Melissa Ratcliff: “We have Republican control of 64 district seats, assembly…”

Featuring: Melissa Ratcliff, Democratic | Wisconsin Senate, 16th District

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Published | Video Starts at 07:50

So you build in more Republicans into a district over Democrats and with the way our digital access, like computers can design it so that they know exactly where to do the lines. And that's why We have Republican control of 64 district seats, assembly seats, and only 35 Democrat seats. Even though statewide races, it's over 50% with Governor Ebers and Josh Call and Secretary of State. Those races, we're a more purple state than what our assembly currently reflects. (07:50–08:05)

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Asserts the current partisan distribution of assembly seats in the state.

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