What Went Down In Elections In Minnesota, Wisconsin, Vermont And Connecticut

After years off the board, Connecticut may finally host a competitive House race or two this year. But it won’t be because of the state’s new congressional map, which is almost unchanged from the previous decade.

However, Connecticut still went through a lot of drama to arrive at this least-changes map. Last summer, the state legislature failed to pass a map by its deadline thanks to delays in getting the results of the 2020 census. That kicked the process to a bipartisan commission, but they, too, failed to meet their deadline of Nov. 30. They asked the Connecticut Supreme Court for an extension to Dec. 21, which the court granted, but then the commission missed that deadline as well. Finally, the court appointed special master Nathaniel Persily to draw the new map, which he also did in 2011.