Denny Re-Districted Out Of His Seat? > Discussion Forums > Kendall County Democratic Central Committee

Forums

Subject: Denny Re-Districted Out Of His Seat?

You are not authorized to post a reply.

Author

Messages

Plainfieldrob
Posts:175

06/29/2006 12:23 PM	Alert
OK, follow the logic. TX gets OK for their anytime re-districting proceedures. IL is controlled completely by Democrats. So I ask...Could Denny be re-districted out of his seat? Just wondering... http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/06/29/MNGICJMFCK1.DTL (06-29) 04:00 PDT Washington -- The Supreme Court's decision Wednesday to uphold most of the Texas congressional redistricting plan gives state legislatures the green light to redraw political maps whenever they want to give the dominant party an edge in U.S. House elections.

Plainfieldrob
Posts:175

07/05/2006 12:13 PM	Alert
Today's Washington Post provides further analysis on my above post... The result, redistricting experts say, yields perhaps four states where Democrats conceivably could try a mid-decade gerrymander comparable to that of Texas's: Illinois, North Carolina, New Mexico and Louisiana. In each one, however, such a move seems unlikely because of factors that include racial politics, Democratic cautiousness and even a hurricane's impact. In Illinois, as in many other states, the current congressional map is the product of a bipartisan agreement to protect incumbents of both parties, election after election. Democrats, who hold 10 of the state's 19 House seats, control the legislature and hope to reelect Gov. Rod Blagojevich this fall. They possibly could gain another House seat or two in the 2008 elections by packing Republican voters into overwhelmingly GOP-leaning districts, the tactic that DeLay used against Texas Democrats. But recent history suggests that they will demur. The current district lines have strong support in both parties, and Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.) got nowhere last year with a bid to redraw them in retaliation for what happened in Texas. "I couldn't get enough fellow Democrats to see the benefits of that," said Emanuel, who chairs his party's campaign to elect more House members. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/04/AR2006070401041.html

You are not authorized to post a reply.

Forums > Politics > 14th Congressional District > Denny Re-Districted Out Of His Seat?