Wisconsin Supreme Court overturns Republican-drawn legislative maps

(Reuters) - The WisconsinSupreme court on Friday ordered that legislative maps designed by the Republican-controlled legislature be redrawn, handing Democrats a victory in what has become a key political battleground state. The Supreme Court justices, in a 21-page ruling, sided with the left-leaning nonprofit group Law Forward, which sued to overturn the maps as unconstitutional because many of them were not contiguous. The redrawn congressional map is likely to make two Republican-held seats more competitive, according to analysts. Republicans hold six of eight seats despite Wisconsin's stat...