In New York state, the late Congresswoman Louise Slaughter once represented what wags called the Earmuff District. It took in a round part of Buffalo, a similarly shaped one in Rochester 60 miles away, and joined them with a narrow strip drawn along the Lake Ontario shore. Former Rep. Cynthia McKinney’s district in Georgia was…
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Florida Judge Says DeSantis’s Redistricting Map Is Unconstitutional
A Florida judge on Wednesday said he will block a redistricting map drawn by Gov. Ron DeSantis and approved by legislators, ruling it unconstitutional. Leon County Circuit Court Judge Layne Smith said the map by DeSantis and his staff would have removed Florida’s 5th Congressional District, which extends from Jacksonville to Tallahassee, and which is represented by black Democrat…
Court-Ordered New York Map Re-do Could Mean Three More GOP Congressional Reps
April 29, 2022
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Republicans are poised to add as many as three seats in Congress depending on how New York’s rejected congressional district maps are revised under a court order by an appointed nonpartisan Special Master. The New York Court of Appeals—the state’s highest court—on April 27 upheld lower court rulings that new congressional maps drawn by the…
Mapping Out a Strategy: Ohio Election Candidates Are Still in the Dark
March 29, 2022
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The approval of a new congressional district map for Ohio next could be in the hands of a federal court instead of the Ohio Supreme Court. That comes much to the chagrin of candidates who do not yet know where to stump, are having to re-examine campaign budgets leading up to the May 3 primary…
Ohio Election Candidates Still in the Dark Amid Congressional Mapping Delays
March 29, 2022
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Congressional Redistricting MapsJudge Maureen O'ConnorKatherine ShutteOhio Supreme CourtPoliticsScott WiggamU.S. District CourtUSUS News
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The approval of a new congressional district map for Ohio next could be in the hands of a federal court instead of the Ohio Supreme Court. That comes much to the chagrin of candidates who do not yet know where to stump, are having to re-examine campaign budgets leading up to the May 3 primary…
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