![Wisconsin state Sen. Van Wanggaard (center) attends an event at Gorney Park in Caledonia, Wis., in 2012.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/2c5cbe0/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x1867+0+0/resize/880x548!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2017%2F09%2F28%2Fap_120602140168_custom-d7ab00ac99d1394402586d80b85a7475cdb272f8.jpg)
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![Gerrymandering is "about rigging elections," says former Wisconsin state Sen. Tim Cullen. "The elections are decided the day the map is drawn."](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/f87bc9c/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2003x2004+0+0/resize/880x880!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2017%2F09%2F28%2Fwisc-dsc_1971-edit_sq-274cc70e9878379108b52d103d2ef06162185d94.jpg)
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