Congressional Redistricting

Ariel Edwards-Levy

GOP Lawmaker: Don't Split My Caucasian District

HuffingtonPost.com | Ariel Edwards-Levy | Posted 03.15.2012

Read More: Kansas Republicans, Kansas-Democrats, Brenda Landwehr, Video, Redistricting, Kansas Politics, Kansas Legislature, Kansas Redistricting, State and Local Government, Sam Brownback, Jean Schodorf, Congressional Redistricting, Politics News

A Kansas state lawmaker told colleagues Wednesday that she opposed a proposed redistricting map because it would put her "primarily Caucasian" neighbo...

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A Bigger Threat to Our Democracy Than Citizens United

Michael Fauntroy | Posted 04.23.2012

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Michael Fauntroy

The majority of election cycles between 1964 and 2010 resulted in House incumbent reelection rates of at least 90 percent. Those are Kim Jung Il and Robert Mugabe numbers that legitimately call into question the fundamental tenet of American democracy.

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Trymaine Lee

Republican Congressman Allen West Hurt By Republican-Led Redistricting

HuffingtonPost.com | Trymaine Lee | Posted 01.05.2012

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Like clockwork every 10 years, after the completion of the census, controlling parties in state legislatures across the country reapportion congressio...

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John Celock

States Grapple With Maps

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 11.29.2011

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Redistricting fights are springing up nationwide as states grapple with the final stages of redrawing state legislative and congressional district lin...

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John Celock

Arizona Redistricting Commission Chair Remains Quiet, Plans Challenge

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 01.02.2012

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The recently ousted chairwoman of Arizona's Independent Redistricting Commission is remaining silent as she plans a challenge to the state Senate deci...

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New Map Has City Lawmakers Representing Farmland

AP | By DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 09.04.2011

Read More: Kankakee County, 2010 Redistricting, Illinois Redistricting, Chicago, Illinois, Jesse Jackson Jr, Illinois Congressional Redistricting, Kankakee, Congressional Redistricting, Chicago News

ST. ANNE, Ill. -- Surrounded by fields that grow corn, soybeans, melons and potatoes, this tiny rural village is 65 miles from Chicago but light years...

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GOP Poised To Win Congress Redistricting Edge, Too

AP | JENNIFER C. KERR | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The Republicans' expected gains next week go way beyond Congress. The GOP could capture new Senate or House majorities in a dozen t...

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