Lawler is the only Republican expected to have a fight on his hands. The new maps add Democratic voters to Marc Molinaro's Rockland County district and Brandon Williams' Syracuse district. And while they probabl
Sen. Justin Wayne, the leading Democrat on the Redistricting Committee, voted against the plan and said he would try to change it before lawmakers get to the next of three required votes. Wayne had tried unsuccessfully to include all of Democratic-leaning Bellevue in the Omaha-focused ...
While the ruling laid out some of the concerns of the new maps, the new map still leaves in place the new 12th District in Manhattan, which will result in longtime Reps. Jerry Nadler and Carolyn Maloney running against each other. Nadler, a powerful Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee...
(Reuters) - Louisiana's Republican-controlled legislature overrode Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards' veto of a new congressional map, ensuring the state will maintain only a single majority-Black district among its six seats. Edwards rejected the map earlier this month, saying l...
Redistricting Shifts Clout, but Plays It Safe ; A New Set of Congressional Maps Boosts Incumbents, and Leaves House Divided
Customizable Congressional District Maps for 2010...Laurie Williams
In most states, district maps — which define where the constituency of one representative ends and that of another begins — are drawn by the state’s lawmakers. Having politicians define their own districts has not gone entirely smoothly — and two cases involving political gerrymandering, or ...
GOP May Overhaul District Maps; State Congressional Boundaries Likely to Be RevisitedByline: BRIAN BASINGER, The Times-UnionBasinger, Brian
constitutional deadlines for redistricting and candidate filing. Some states such as California, Texas and Illinois have pushed or are looking at pushing their deadlines back. Democratic and Republican groups expect at least 25 to 35 states will be done with their maps by the end of this year....
5 Congressional Maps That Redistricting Could Change for 2016Legal battles over redistricting in nearly a half-dozen statescould leave operatives from both...Cahn, Emily