Wisconsin dodged the democracy bullet. Not Ohio. We’ll get to that. But before last week’s election, Wisconsin GOP gubernatorial candidate Tim Michels was caught on tape saying the quiet part out loud. “Republicans will never lose another election in Wisconsin after I’m elected,” he promised. Translation: His victory would seal one-party “voter-proof” control in the […]
Democracy was mortally wounded in the Buckeye State on Nov. 8. The outcome was fated in Republican-drawn congressional and legislative districts demographically designed to maintain one-party dominance, writes columnist Marilou Johanek.