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I’ll bet you all of the money in my pocket that Evers vetoes his own maps. He’ll find an excuse.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s GOP-controlled Legislature on Tuesday passed legislative maps that were proposed by Democratic Gov. <span class="caas-xray-inline-tooltip wafer-destroyed wafer-loader-success" data-wf-template-id="caas-xray-inline-wafer-tooltip-template-with-close-6122d718-7c56-3bb6-932e-b18d72ddab5d" data-wf-local-storage-key="xray-inline-tooltip" data-wf-tooltip-text="Get info without
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Republicans conceded defeat, while Democrats said they were afraid of being tricked.

“It pains me to say it, but Gov. Evers gets a huge win today,” Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said, adding that under the new maps, “the Legislature will be up for grabs.”

The Assembly and Senate passed the bill in quick succession Tuesday, sending it to Evers. Last week, he promised to sign his maps into law if the Legislature passed them with no changes. Republicans did tweak the language to ensure the new maps don’t take effect until November, but it’s unclear if that’s a dealbreaker for the governor. His spokesperson Britt Cudaback posted on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, after the votes that Evers position has not changed. She did not elaborate.