The Court of Appeals handed authority to draw new district maps to an expert, who drew up more competitive congressional districts. Article content Article content Republicans were able to gain seats in New York under those maps, including one held by Democratic Rep. Sean Patri...
So let us be happy for what can be done, and work to accomplish more Democratic Senators in the midterms, as there are more Republican seats up for election, and five Republicans are leaving, and more extreme nominees are likely, which, hopefully, will cause a major Democratic edge, despit...
Every 10 years, state lawmakers, armed with new U.S. Census Bureau information, redraw political maps for seats in the U.S. House, state Senate and state House. It is typically an extraordinarily partisan process, with each major party trying to scoop up enough of its voters to guarantee ...
Rhode Island lawmakers passed a state budget last month that provides a one-time tax credit of $250 per child to help pay for child care, nearly doubles the number of seats available in government-funded prekindergarten programs, and provides subsidies for child care workers. All those steps ...
"That's what the attempt is here, to re-gerrymander in a way that they have a better chance of winning seven more seats," Cox said. Since Republicans have a four-seat advantage in Washington right now, do the math. The New York elections could makeHouse Mino...
Unfortunately, there was a lot of drama surrounding how to organize new voting districts even though they were supposed to be produced by an independent commission, made up of both Republicans and Democrats. In the end, the bipartisan group was unable to agree on new lines and relinquished...
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The Senate will have, again, twice as many Republican seats up for election in 2022, but this scenario did not work out in 2020, so no assurance there either of retaining or gaining a Democratic Senate majority, which is so urgent to make Joe Biden a successful President!