MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) – Republicans who control the Wisconsin legislature have fallen short of their goal of winning veto proof majorities in both the State Assembly and Senate.
Republicans would have needed to win two thirds majorities in each chamber in order to gain the power to override the vetoes of Governor Tony Evers, who was reelected on Tuesday.
In the Senate, Republican Romaine Quinn won the seat vacated by Democratic State Senator Janet Bewley, giving them 22 of 33 seats.
Republicans are also expected to pick up two northern Wisconsin districts in the Assembly giving them 64 seats – two short of what they’d need for the supermajority in that chamber.
Since January of 2021 Evers has vetoed 126 bills passed by the legislature.
