The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Moore v. Harper in December, a case brought forth after the Republican-controlled North Carolina Legislature adopted a new congressional voting map based on 2020 Census results. A group of Democratic voters and nonprofit organizations alleged the map was...
thereby reducing political competition. This results in incumbents who are unaccountable to voters, which in turn lowers voter turnout. ThePrinceton Gerrymandering Projectgave the 2021 congressional map, drafted by the Oregon legislature and passed by a straight party-line majority, an “F...
Yet another account, endorsed as the "most plausible explanation" in the book Oregon Geographic Names, was advanced by George R. Stewart in a 1944 article in American Speech. According to Stewart, the name came from an engraver's error in a French map published in the early 18th century, ...
In the crowded primary for the newly created 6th Congressional District in Oregon, first-time candidate Carrick Flynn has attracted overthree times as much outside spendingas any other House candidate this year. The lion's share, over $10 million, came from the super PAC Protect Our Future,...
Oregon gained a congressional seat after the 2020 census. Oregon’s map was passed by the Democratic-controlled legislature and signed by Democratic Gov. Kate Brown in September 2021, making it the first state to complete congressional redistricting. ...