11-10-22 wi dems’ good night includes blocking supermajorities

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democrats scored a major victory when they staved off Republican hopes to win supermajorities that would have allowed them to legislate without fear of vetoes by a Democratic governor. The Democrats remain a feeble minority in heavily gerrymandered Wisconsin. But they managed to retain enough seats in Tuesday’s election to prevent Republicans from securing the two-thirds majorities that could have overridden the vetoes that Gov. Tony Evers used frequently in his first term. In a midterm expected to favor Republicans, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, a Republican said most of the targeted seats favored Democrats. But he also credited Evers’ campaign for energizing voters.