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Why this Indiana Republican bucks Trump on redistricting
When Spencer Deery first decided to run for his state Senate seat in western Indiana four years ago, he knew he would face hard moments. Senator Deery admits, however, that he never expected anything like this past week, which has included attacks from leaders in his own party – such as the Indiana governor and president of the United States – and a swatting attack on his family’s home Thursday morning.But as difficult as this past week has been, Mr. Deery says his vote that triggered it all was not.After President Donald Trump called for Texas to redraw its congressional maps this summer to create a more advantageous map for the Republican Party ahead of next year’s midterm elections, focus quickly turned to Indiana in search of more GOP seats. Republicans saw an opportunity here, in a state that President Trump won by double digits in the past three elections. With a Republican governor and Republican supermajorities in both state legislative chambers, the party could pick up two House seats and create a 9-0 GOP district map. Why We Wrote This Republican state lawmakers from Indiana have rejected pressure from the White House to conduct a midcycle redrawing of their
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Alabama and Tennessee join rush of southern states moving to redraw maps after Supreme Court ruling
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Republican governors in Alabama and Tennessee have summoned lawmakers into special sessions this week seeking new congressional districts after the U.S. Supreme Court weakened a key provision of the Voting Rights Act.Republican Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has called legislators back to Montgomery starting Monday to approve contingency plans for special primary elections in hopes that the Supreme Court will allow the state to switch congressional maps ahead of the November midterms. It’s a move that Republicans legislative leaders said would “give our state a fighting chance to send seven Republican members to Congress.” The seven-member delegation currently has two Democrats. In Tennessee, Republican Gov. Bill Lee also announced a special session starting Tuesday for the GOP-controlled Legislature to break up the state’s one Democratic-held House district, centered on the majority-Black city of Memphis. The Supreme Court decision striking down a majority-Black congressional district in Louisiana said the drawing of the district map relied too much on race. The ruling began reverberating through statehouses across the South as Republicans eyed the possibility of getting new lines in place for the 2026 midterm elections, or at least 2028. 6 MIN READ 4 MIN READ 2 MIN READ President
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How Tuesday’s elections could scramble both parties’ redistricting plans
Tuesday’s election results have given Democrats a boost of confidence about their party’s ability to win control of Congress next year. And that momentum shift might affect calculations on both sides of the aisle, as unprecedented redistricting efforts play out in states across the country.At least two states had votes with direct bearing on Democratic redistricting. In California, Proposition 50, the ballot measure allowing state lawmakers to counter redistricting efforts by Republicans in other states and draw a new congressional map with five pick-up opportunities for Democrats, passed by more than 27 percentage points. And Virginia, where Democrats increased their majority in the House of Delegates, is now likely to seek voter approval for a redrawn map that could net Democrats as many as three additional seats.But Tuesday’s results might also prompt Republicans to rethink the wisdom of creating aggressive new maps that would eliminate Democratic districts – but also dilute heavily Republican ones – in order to create more districts that lean Republican. If the Democratic turnout energy and vote margins seen in this week’s elections are an early glimpse of next year’s midterms, then Republicans’ efforts to redraw themselves into a more secure House majority might not go
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Why this Indiana Republican bucks Trump on redistricting
When Spencer Deery first decided to run for his state Senate seat in western Indiana four years ago, he knew he would face hard moments. Senator Deery admits, however, that he never expected anything like this past week, which has included attacks from leaders in his own party – such as the Indiana governor and president of the United States – and a swatting attack on his family’s home Thursday morning.But as difficult as this past week has been, Mr. Deery says his vote that triggered it all was not.After President Donald Trump called for Texas to redraw its congressional maps this summer to create a more advantageous map for the Republican Party ahead of next year’s midterm elections, focus quickly turned to Indiana in search of more GOP seats. Republicans saw an opportunity here, in a state that President Trump won by double digits in the past three elections. With a Republican governor and Republican supermajorities in both state legislative chambers, the party could pick up two House seats and create a 9-0 GOP district map. Why We Wrote This Republican state lawmakers from Indiana have rejected pressure from the White House to conduct a midcycle redrawing of their
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Alabama and Tennessee join rush of southern states moving to redraw maps after Supreme Court ruling
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Republican governors in Alabama and Tennessee have summoned lawmakers into special sessions this week seeking new congressional districts after the U.S. Supreme Court weakened a key provision of the Voting Rights Act.Republican Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has called legislators back to Montgomery starting Monday to approve contingency plans for special primary elections in hopes that the Supreme Court will allow the state to switch congressional maps ahead of the November midterms. It’s a move that Republicans legislative leaders said would “give our state a fighting chance to send seven Republican members to Congress.” The seven-member delegation currently has two Democrats. In Tennessee, Republican Gov. Bill Lee also announced a special session starting Tuesday for the GOP-controlled Legislature to break up the state’s one Democratic-held House district, centered on the majority-Black city of Memphis. The Supreme Court decision striking down a majority-Black congressional district in Louisiana said the drawing of the district map relied too much on race. The ruling began reverberating through statehouses across the South as Republicans eyed the possibility of getting new lines in place for the 2026 midterm elections, or at least 2028. 6 MIN READ 4 MIN READ 2 MIN READ President
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How Tuesday’s elections could scramble both parties’ redistricting plans
Tuesday’s election results have given Democrats a boost of confidence about their party’s ability to win control of Congress next year. And that momentum shift might affect calculations on both sides of the aisle, as unprecedented redistricting efforts play out in states across the country.At least two states had votes with direct bearing on Democratic redistricting. In California, Proposition 50, the ballot measure allowing state lawmakers to counter redistricting efforts by Republicans in other states and draw a new congressional map with five pick-up opportunities for Democrats, passed by more than 27 percentage points. And Virginia, where Democrats increased their majority in the House of Delegates, is now likely to seek voter approval for a redrawn map that could net Democrats as many as three additional seats.But Tuesday’s results might also prompt Republicans to rethink the wisdom of creating aggressive new maps that would eliminate Democratic districts – but also dilute heavily Republican ones – in order to create more districts that lean Republican. If the Democratic turnout energy and vote margins seen in this week’s elections are an early glimpse of next year’s midterms, then Republicans’ efforts to redraw themselves into a more secure House majority might not go
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