Gerrymandering surges as states redraw maps for House seats
3 years, 1 month ago

Gerrymandering surges as states redraw maps for House seats

Associated Press  

North Carolina Republicans are well positioned to pick up at least two House seats in next year’s election — but it’s not because the state is getting redder. “Between the loss of Section 5 and the marked free-for-all on partisan gerrymandering in the federal courts, it’s much more challenging,” said Allison Riggs, chief counsel for voting rights at the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, which is suing North Carolina to block its new maps. In Alabama, a lawsuit from a Democratic group contends the map “strategically cracks and packs Alabama’s Black communities, diluting Black voting strength.” On Wednesday in Utah, the Republican-controlled state legislature approved maps that convert a swing district largely in suburban Salt Lake City into a safe GOP seat, sending it Gov. North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore, a Republican, says he’s confident the maps “are constitutional in every respect.” __ Lieb reported from Jefferson City, Missouri, and Riccardi reported from Denver.

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How Republicans held the House: It's the gerrymander, stupid
3 weeks, 2 days ago

How Republicans held the House: It's the gerrymander, stupid

Salon  

Republicans have held the House of Representatives by an extraordinarily small margin. As it happens, three seats is exactly the number that Republicans engineered in their favor this cycle in North Carolina, as the result of an extreme gerrymander gifted to them by that state’s Republican-controlled Supreme Court. But Republicans gained three U.S. House seats here before a single vote …

Opinion: Republican gerrymandering will shape control of Congress, and potentially the White House
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Opinion: Republican gerrymandering will shape control of Congress, and potentially the White House

LA Times  

Much like the fight for the White House and the Senate, the battle for control of the House is especially tight — but it is being played on a field tilted decisively toward the GOP. Thanks to a 2019 Supreme Court decision that declared partisan gerrymandering a political issue that the federal courts could not decide, the national congressional map …

Gerrymandering in 2024: How "deeply steered" districts benefit Republicans
2 months ago

Gerrymandering in 2024: How "deeply steered" districts benefit Republicans

Salon  

In 1999, there were 164 House districts where election results were within five points of the national popular vote. The problem, for Democrats, is that two states where they likely had the best opportunity to pick up seats via redistricting, New York and California, have laws preventing them from doing so. Alabama and Louisiana were ordered by a court to …

A federal court approves new Michigan state Senate seats for Detroit-area districts
4 months, 3 weeks ago

A federal court approves new Michigan state Senate seats for Detroit-area districts

Associated Press  

Lansing — Federal judges gave final approval to a new map of Michigan state Legislature boundaries, concluding a case in which the court previously found that several Detroit-area districts’ maps were illegally influenced by race. In December, the court ordered a redistricting commission responsible for redrawing the state’s legislative and congressional maps in 2021 to redraw 13 state districts. The …

New York gets a new congressional map that gives Democrats a slight edge in fight for House
9 months, 3 weeks ago

New York gets a new congressional map that gives Democrats a slight edge in fight for House

Associated Press  

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Gov. The lines are similar to both the existing congressional map and a proposal drawn by the state’s bipartisan redistricting commission, yet appeared far from the aggressive partisan gerrymander many expected after Democrats took control of the redistricting process earlier this week. Democrats also reversed proposed changes from the state’s bipartisan redistricting commission that would …

New York Democrats propose new congressional lines that could help them in battleground races
9 months, 3 weeks ago

New York Democrats propose new congressional lines that could help them in battleground races

Associated Press  

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Democrats are proposing a new congressional map that could shift a few battleground districts in the party’s favor, potentially giving their candidates an advantage in House races that could determine control of Congress. The plan falls far short of the aggressive gerrymander many expected when Democrats seized control of the state’s unusual mid-decade redistricting process. …

New York Democrats reject bipartisan congressional map, will draw their own
9 months, 3 weeks ago

New York Democrats reject bipartisan congressional map, will draw their own

Hindustan Times  

ALBANY, N.Y. — Democrats in the New York Legislature on Monday rejected a congressional map drawn by the state's bipartisan redistricting commission, setting the stage for the party to craft lines that help Democrats in battleground House races that could determine control of Congress. U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, who is leading Democrats' effort to recapture House seats in New York, …

U.S. House of Representatives 2024: New York state redistricting maps could win Democrats a majority in November.
10 months ago

U.S. House of Representatives 2024: New York state redistricting maps could win Democrats a majority in November.

Slate  

Last week, Democrats in New York scored one big victory on their path toward retaking a House majority with the triumph of Rep. Tom Suozzi in the state’s 3rd District, flipping it from Republican control. If the IRC’s maps are voted down, New York’s Democrat-controlled Legislature will take over redistricting duty from the nonpartisan body, a political triumph national Democrats …

New York redistricting panel approves new congressional map with modest changes
10 months, 1 week ago

New York redistricting panel approves new congressional map with modest changes

Associated Press  

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York’s bipartisan redistricting commission approved a new congressional map Thursday that makes modest changes to three competitive districts but does not substantially alter the rest of the state’s lines. New York’s congressional redistricting process has been closely watched this year because suburban races in the state could have an outsize influence on which party controls the …

Wisconsin redistricting experts tell Supreme Court Republican map proposals are gerrymanders
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Wisconsin redistricting experts tell Supreme Court Republican map proposals are gerrymanders

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Consultants hired by the Wisconsin Supreme Court to examine maps redrawing state legislative districts said Thursday that plans submitted by the Republican Legislature and a conservative law firm are partisan gerrymanders, but they stopped short of declaring the other four maps constitutional. “While this is just one step in this process, today is an important day for …

How much gerrymandering is too much? In New York, the answer could make or break Dems’ House hopes
1 year ago

How much gerrymandering is too much? In New York, the answer could make or break Dems’ House hopes

Associated Press  

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York’s highest court last week gave Democrats a chance to redraw the state’s congressional districts, a major victory as the party tries to win control of the U.S. House next year. “There’s no hard and fast definition or bright line to define partisan gerrymandering,” said New York Law School professor Jeffrey Wice, who focuses on redistricting. …

New York’s high court orders new congressional maps as Democrats move to retake control of US House
1 year ago

New York’s high court orders new congressional maps as Democrats move to retake control of US House

Associated Press  

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York’s highest court on Tuesday ordered the state to draw new congressional districts ahead of the 2024 elections, giving Democrats a potential advantage in what is expected to be a battleground for control of the U.S. House. “In 2014, the voters of New York amended our Constitution to provide that legislative districts be drawn by an …

No reelection campaign for Democratic representative after North Carolina GOP redrew U.S. House map
1 year ago

No reelection campaign for Democratic representative after North Carolina GOP redrew U.S. House map

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. A second-term Democratic congresswoman will not seek reelection to the U.S. House under the North Carolina General Assembly’s new redistricting maps. It’s one of four challenged earlier this week by Black and Latino voters in a federal lawsuit alleging the new map weakens minority voting power to strengthen “the state’s …

New GOP-favored Georgia congressional map nears passage as the end looms for redistricting session
1 year ago

New GOP-favored Georgia congressional map nears passage as the end looms for redistricting session

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — A Georgia special session to redraw congressional and legislative voting district maps is likely to end Thursday after a House committee on Wednesday advanced a Republican-favored congressional map that targets Democratic U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath’s current district. Lawmakers were called into special session after U.S. District Judge Steve Jones ruled in October that Georgia’s congressional, state Senate and …

Georgia Republicans advance House and Senate maps as congressional proposal waits in the wings
1 year ago

Georgia Republicans advance House and Senate maps as congressional proposal waits in the wings

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Georgia Republicans on Thursday pushed forward new legislative maps that would preserve their majorities in the state House and Senate, while still not revealing how they want to redraw Georgia’s 14 congressional districts. Jones ordered Georgia lawmakers to draw additional Black majority districts, including one in Congress, two in the state Senate and five in the state House. …

As Georgia looks to court-ordered redistricting, not only Republicans are in peril
1 year, 1 month ago

As Georgia looks to court-ordered redistricting, not only Republicans are in peril

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — It’s a pattern Southern states have repeated for decades: A federal court rules an electoral map illegally dilutes the power of Black voters and orders a new one. U.S. District Judge Steve Jones in October ordered Georgia to draw Black majorities in one additional congressional district, two additional state Senate districts, and five additional state House districts. Jones …

Judge says Georgia’s congressional and legislative districts are discriminatory and must be redrawn
1 year, 1 month ago

Judge says Georgia’s congressional and legislative districts are discriminatory and must be redrawn

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — A federal judge ruled Thursday that some of Georgia’s congressional, state Senate and state House districts were drawn in a racially discriminatory manner, ordering the state to draw an additional Black-majority congressional district. U.S. District Judge Steve Jones, in a 516-page order, also ordered the state to draw two new Black-majority districts in Georgia’s 56-member state Senate and …

North Carolina Republicans pitch Congress maps that could help them pick up 3 or 4 seats next year
1 year, 2 months ago

North Carolina Republicans pitch Congress maps that could help them pick up 3 or 4 seats next year

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Republicans on Wednesday pitched new maps for the state’s congressional districts starting in 2024 that appear to threaten the reelection of at least three current Democratic U.S. House members. Senate redistricting committee leaders introduced two proposals that would rework the boundary lines for the state’s 14 U.S. House seats. “That’s a hard decision for the …

Ohio redistricting panel adopts GOP-drawn Statehouse maps for public discussion, as Democrats object
1 year, 3 months ago

Ohio redistricting panel adopts GOP-drawn Statehouse maps for public discussion, as Democrats object

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Redistricting Commission tentatively adopted a new set of Republican-drawn Statehouse maps over Democrats’ objections Wednesday, a plan that again would deliver large legislative majorities to the GOP. The commission got back to business after two Republican legislative leaders who may be rivals for the House speakership next year settled a political dispute. They designated a …

Redistricting alone could doom Kevin McCarthy's GOP majority: analysis
1 year, 3 months ago

Redistricting alone could doom Kevin McCarthy's GOP majority: analysis

Raw Story  

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy already faces a slim majority where he can't afford to lose more than five seats before being tossed back into the minority. "In the past nine days, state and federal judges threw out two congressional maps — and helped Democrats avoid a worst-case scenario in Ohio — kicking off an unusually busy redistricting calendar heading into …

A Georgia trial arguing redistricting harmed Black voters could decide control of a US House seat
1 year, 3 months ago

A Georgia trial arguing redistricting harmed Black voters could decide control of a US House seat

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Democrats could gain a seat in the U.S. House and multiple seats in Georgia’s Legislature if a judge rules Republicans drew maps illegally weakening Black voters’ power. Court cases challenging district lines drawn after the 2020 Census could shape 2024 congressional elections in states beyond Alabama and Georgia, including Florida, Louisiana, South Carolina and Texas. “Despite these striking …

Analysis: What makes a fair election? Recent redistricting the most politically balanced in years
1 year, 6 months ago

Analysis: What makes a fair election? Recent redistricting the most politically balanced in years

Associated Press  

Democrats have for years bemoaned partisan redistricting plans that helped Republicans win far more congressional seats than expected. Illinois’ congressional districts had the largest partisan slant nationally, helping Democrats win three more seats than expected based on their percentage of votes, according to the AP’s analysis. In each of the two most recent midterm elections, the AP’s analysis identified 15 …

New voting districts could change again in some states before the 2024 elections
1 year, 6 months ago

New voting districts could change again in some states before the 2024 elections

Associated Press  

The 2022 elections marked the first using new voting districts drawn from updated census data. RACE IN REDISTRICTING The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling that Alabama’s congressional districts likely violated the federal Voting Rights Act by diluting the political power of Black voters. It ordered a lower court to impose new U.S. House and state …

House Speaker vote: Republican gerrymandering has led to the Kevin McCarthy fiasco.
54 years, 11 months ago

House Speaker vote: Republican gerrymandering has led to the Kevin McCarthy fiasco.

Slate  

Ultimately, in politics, only voters can deliver the message, “You’ve hit bottom, and you need to change your ways.” But the MAGA House majority’s inability to select a speaker may already be pushing voters to stage an intervention in 2024. Similarly, North Carolina’s gerrymandering added three Republican seats that, based on the state’s Democratic vote-share, should have gone Democratic. In …

EXPLAINER: How Supreme Court case could alter US House seats
2 years ago

EXPLAINER: How Supreme Court case could alter US House seats

Associated Press  

Partisan gerrymandering is back before the U.S. Supreme Court in a case stemming from the latest attempt by North Carolina’s Republican-led legislature to draw U.S. House districts favoring GOP candidates. The lawsuit against the U.S. House districts enacted by the Republican-led Legislature cites the state constitution’s guarantee of “free and equal” elections. OTHER COURT CASES The outcome of the North …

3 Racially Discriminatory Maps And One Illegal Partisan Gerrymander Could Help GOP Win The House
2 years, 3 months ago

3 Racially Discriminatory Maps And One Illegal Partisan Gerrymander Could Help GOP Win The House

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Earlier this year, federal judges found that the congressional district maps adopted in Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana failed to provide enough representation for their respective state’s Black populations. Voting Rights Violations In The South In Alabama, Republicans drew a new seven-district map that packed a large portion of the state’s Black population into one district favoring Democrats …

Ohio Supreme Court scraps 2nd GOP-drawn congressional map
2 years, 5 months ago

Ohio Supreme Court scraps 2nd GOP-drawn congressional map

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Supreme Court rejected a second Republican-drawn map of U.S. House districts as gerrymandered on Tuesday, sending it back for a third attempt to meet constitutional parameters approved by Ohio voters. Despite those failures in court, however, Ohio’s 2022 congressional primaries went forward on May 3 under an earlier invalidated U.S. House map, and its legislative …

Abortion Ruling Puts Gerrymandering Back In The Spotlight
2 years, 5 months ago

Abortion Ruling Puts Gerrymandering Back In The Spotlight

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING In overturning a half-century of nationwide legal protection for abortion, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Roe v. Wade had been wrongly decided and that it was time to “return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives” in the states. Writing for the Supreme Court’s majority in its June 24 abortion decision, Justice Samuel Alito …

Abortion ruling puts spotlight on gerrymandered legislatures
2 years, 5 months ago

Abortion ruling puts spotlight on gerrymandered legislatures

Associated Press  

In overturning a half-century of nationwide legal protection for abortion, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Roe v. Wade had been wrongly decided and that it was time to “return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives” in the states. “We would be overturning this criminal abortion ban right now” Republican state Rep. Donna Rozar, a former cardiac …

Abortion ruling puts spotlight on gerrymandered legislatures
2 years, 5 months ago

Abortion ruling puts spotlight on gerrymandered legislatures

LA Times  

In overturning half a century of nationwide legal protection for abortion, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Roe vs. Wade had been wrongly decided and that it was time to “return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives” in the states. “We would be overturning this criminal abortion ban right now.” Republican state Rep. Donna Rozar, a former …

Clashes among New York Democrats after redistricting redo
2 years, 6 months ago

Clashes among New York Democrats after redistricting redo

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Two of New York’s longest-serving members of Congress have turned from allies to rivals after a court redrew the state’s congressional maps, scrambling the favorable landscape Democrats hoped to set for themselves this election year. “The time for women stepping aside is over.” Democrat Suraj Patel, a 38-year-old who has unsuccessfully challenged Maloney in the past, is …

Democrats and Republicans fight to a draw in national redistricting battle
2 years, 6 months ago

Democrats and Republicans fight to a draw in national redistricting battle

LA Times  

After nearly a year of partisan battles, number-crunching and lawsuits, the once-a-decade congressional redistricting cycle is ending in a draw. “If we’re fighting to a draw on a map that everyone agrees is good for Republicans, that’s good for Republicans,” said Adam Kincaid, executive director of the National Republican Redistricting Trust, which coordinates redistricting for the party. World & Nation …

New York judge approves congressional map, throwing Democrats into disarray
2 years, 7 months ago

New York judge approves congressional map, throwing Democrats into disarray

Hindustan Times  

A New York judge approved a new congressional map that pits two veteran Democratic incumbents against one another and boosts Republican odds of capturing more seats in November's midterm elections, further endangering Democrats' fragile US House majority. Justice Patrick McAllister, a judge in rural Steuben County, signed off on the map just before midnight on Friday, weeks after New York's …

Missouri governor OKs new US House map favoring Republicans
2 years, 7 months ago

Missouri governor OKs new US House map favoring Republicans

Associated Press  

Mike Parson signed new U.S. House districts into law Wednesday that are expected to shore up Republican strength in the state’s most competitive congressional district ahead of this year’s elections. Parson’s signature on the redistricting legislation capped a rocky process that revealed deep schisms between Republican leaders in the state House and Senate and some conservative GOP lawmakers, who had …

Court expert draws more GOP-friendly New York political maps
2 years, 7 months ago

Court expert draws more GOP-friendly New York political maps

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A court-appointed expert released a draft of new congressional maps for New York that are more favorable to Republicans than the original gerrymandered political maps drawn by Democrats. Last month, New York’s highest court, the Court of Appeals, ruled those maps and maps for the state Senate were unconstitutional and failed to abide by an anti-gerrymandering process …

Panel approves another New Hampshire redistricting plan
2 years, 7 months ago

Panel approves another New Hampshire redistricting plan

Associated Press  

CONCORD, N.H. — House and Senate negotiators in New Hampshire approved yet another congressional map Monday with time running out to meet both legislative and judicial deadlines. Under the plan approved by the committee Monday, the 1st District would cover the southeast corner of the state while the 2nd District would cover the western half of the state and the …

Missouri lawmakers adopt US House districts with GOP edge
2 years, 7 months ago

Missouri lawmakers adopt US House districts with GOP edge

Associated Press  

— Finally breaking an impasse, the Missouri Legislature gave final approval Thursday to new congressional districts that are expected to continue Republicans’ electoral edge in a former swing state that has trended increasingly red. Some Missouri Republicans had pushed for an aggressive gerrymander that would have split up Democratic-leaning Kansas City and given the GOP a shot at winning seven …

Missouri House passes new congressional redistricting plan
2 years, 7 months ago

Missouri House passes new congressional redistricting plan

Associated Press  

— With time running short, the Missouri House on Monday passed a newly proposed map for the state’s eight congressional districts that — if the Senate agrees — could be used in elections later this year. Though Republicans hold large majorities in the state Capitol, Missouri is one of the last states still struggling to enact a congressional redistricting plan …

New York court rejects congressional maps drawn by Democrats
2 years, 7 months ago

New York court rejects congressional maps drawn by Democrats

Associated Press  

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York’s highest court on Wednesday rejected new congressional maps that had widely been seen as favoring Democrats, largely agreeing with Republican voters who argued the district boundaries were unconstitutionally gerrymandered. The state’s Court of Appeals said the Democratic-led Legislature lacked the authority to redraw congressional and state Senate maps after an independent redistricting commission charged with …

Fight over gerrymandering argued at New York’s highest court
2 years, 7 months ago

Fight over gerrymandering argued at New York’s highest court

Associated Press  

ALBANY, N.Y. — Judges on New York’s highest court peppered attorneys with sharp questions Tuesday as they considered whether to throw out new congressional district maps that Republicans say were unconstitutionally gerrymandered. New York’s governor and legislative leaders deny they bent the rules, but two lower courts have already ruled the district maps were drafted specifically to give Democrats an …

Essential Politics: Republicans are still gerrymandering, but how much is it helping them?
2 years, 8 months ago

Essential Politics: Republicans are still gerrymandering, but how much is it helping them?

LA Times  

Ron DeSantis at a Miami news conference Feb. 1 where he said he would veto the congressional districting plan drawn by lawmakers and force a special session. The plan, approved by the Florida Legislature this week and signed by DeSantis on Friday, would virtually guarantee Republicans 20 out of 28 districts in a state that splits almost evenly in politics …

Analysis: Gerrymandering has left Texas voters with few options
2 years, 8 months ago

Analysis: Gerrymandering has left Texas voters with few options

Raw Story  

By Ross Ramsey, The Texas Tribune April 20, 2022 "Analysis: Gerrymandering has left Texas voters with few options" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election in 65 of the state’s 150 …

Political mapmaking body approves previously rejected plan
2 years, 8 months ago

Political mapmaking body approves previously rejected plan

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The next set of proposed boundaries for new state legislative districts has arrived at the Ohio Supreme Court, which must decide for the fourth time whether the maps are constitutionally sound. The likelihood of the court approving those maps already appeared uncertain, after the state’s political mapmaking body created them late Monday from a previously rejected set …

Maryland lawmakers scramble to produce new congressional map
2 years, 8 months ago

Maryland lawmakers scramble to produce new congressional map

Associated Press  

— Maryland lawmakers scrambled to approve a new congressional map Tuesday to comply with a court order, after a judge struck down the first map drawn by Democrats this redistricting cycle late last week. Anne Arundel County Circuit Court Judge Lynne Battaglia struck down the map Friday, calling it “a product of extreme partisan gerrymandering.” In her order, Battaglia said …

Mississippi reveals redistricting for state House and Senate
2 years, 8 months ago

Mississippi reveals redistricting for state House and Senate

Associated Press  

— Mississippi legislators on Sunday unveiled plans to redraw the state House and Senate districts to account for population changes revealed by the 2020 Census. Senate President Pro Tempore Dean Kirby of Pearl said Sunday that the Senate redistricting plan keeps the same number of Republican-leaning and Democratic-leaning districts as now. Historical voting patterns in Mississippi show districts with higher …

Democratic gains in legislative maps might not last long
2 years, 9 months ago

Democratic gains in legislative maps might not last long

Associated Press  

DENVER — The surprising advantage Democrats gained during the torturous process of rewriting the nation’s congressional maps may be short-lived, creating the potential for more frequent clashes over how political power should be distributed across the United States. Ohio’s maps are in limbo as the state Supreme Court repeatedly strikes them down as illegal, pro-GOP gerrymanders, or misshapen maps drawn …

GOP appeal seeks to curb state court power over US House map
2 years, 9 months ago

GOP appeal seeks to curb state court power over US House map

Associated Press  

North Carolina’s Republican legislative leaders have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to curtail state courts’ powers to intervene in the drawing of congressional districts as part of an ongoing battle over electoral maps. But four conservative members of the high court have signaled they are open to revisiting the scope of state courts’ ability to alter congressional maps in the …

Court rejects GOP redistricting plans in NC, Pennsylvania
2 years, 9 months ago

Court rejects GOP redistricting plans in NC, Pennsylvania

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — In a victory for Democrats, the Supreme Court has turned away efforts from Republicans in North Carolina and Pennsylvania to block state court-ordered congressional districting plans. In separate orders late Monday, the justices are allowing maps selected by each state’s Supreme Court to be in effect for the 2022 elections. The justices provided no explanation for their actions, …

NC 2nd-chance redistricting finalized; maps now go to court
2 years, 10 months ago

NC 2nd-chance redistricting finalized; maps now go to court

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — The North Carolina legislature on Thursday completed new redistricting plans that Republicans contend will meet fairness directives of state justices who struck down previously approved maps as illegal partisan gerrymanders that penalized Democrats. A map for the state’s 14 U.S. House seats approved by the General Assembly was touted by the GOP for having four highly competitive …

Minnesota courts release new political district maps
2 years, 10 months ago

Minnesota courts release new political district maps

Associated Press  

ST. PAUL, Minn. — A Minnesota panel of five judges released new congressional and legislative district maps on Tuesday, repositioning the state’s political landscape for the next 10 years and setting the stage for November’s midterm elections. Minnesota’s 2nd District in Congress, represented by Democratic U.S. Rep. Angie Craig, got smaller and less rural due to increases in suburban population …

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