MILWAUKEE – Republican Republican Bob Donovan defeated Democrat LuAnn Bird in the race for Wisconsin’s 61st State Assembly District.

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Donovan currently represents the 84th State Assembly District, but new legislative district maps place him in a district currently held by fellow Republican Amanda Nedweski.

Nedewski is now running to represent District 32 under the new maps. Republican Chuck Wichgers, who currently represents the 82nd State Assembly District, will face Democrat Zach Roper for the 84th District seat that Donovan currently holds.

Bird lost to Donovan in the 2022 race for the 84th State Assembly District. She won the August partisan primary for the upcoming general election, unchallenged.

New district maps

Governor Tony Evers signed new wisconsin legislative district maps into law in February. Those maps — used for Wisconsin Senate and Wisconsin Assembly races — are in effect for the November elections.

Democrats have tried unsuccessfully for more than a decade to overturn Republican-drawn maps. In December 2023, Wisconsin The Supreme Court – after switching to a liberal majority of justices – ruled that the existing maps were unconstitutional.

Evers, a Democrat, proposed the maps that are now laws. Republicans control the state Legislature it went off the charts to avoid the liberal-controlled state Supreme Court drawing the lines instead.

Heading into the election, Republicans hold a supermajority in the Wisconsin Senate. They are very close to a supermajority in the Assembly as well, where they hold a majority of 30 seats.