New Key Democratic legislative districts The Independent Redistricting Commission created 14 safe Democratic legislative voting districts, including LD18, LD20 and LD21. However, the IRC created 16 safe Republican districts — including the bizarrely shaped LD19 and 17. He classifies the new LD16 in Casa Grande as a swing district. Our speaker Sam Almy, a Data Analyst … Read more
The Washington Post reports, Supreme Court denies GOP requests to block new congressional maps in N.C., Pa.: The Supreme Court on Monday refused requests from Republicans in North Carolina and Pennsylvania to block new congressional maps approved by courts in those states, meaning the fall elections will be held in districts more favorable to Democrats … Read more
H/T LD 10 Legislative District 10 Committee. Organizational meetings for the new Democratic legislative district committees Arizona law provides that after redistricting creates new legislative districts, the party committees for the new legislative districts are formed at organizational meetings for each new LD. At these meetings the chair, two vice chairs, a secretary and a treasurer are elected … Read more
In Rucho v. Common Cause and Lamone v. Benisek in 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that federal courts have no jurisdiction to review partisan gerrymandering cases, greenlighting the extreme gerrymandering that we have seen since the 2020 Census. But the court noted that federal courts do have jurisdiction to review racial gerrymamdering cases. Supreme … Read more
Redistricting is done for another decade. Maybe. There will be litigation, and changes could come, but the primary design of Arizona’s Independent Redistricting Commission (AIRC) is complete. But before this AIRC’s work fades from our memory, we should consider what could be improved for the future. Here, I’ll comment on one aspect of the process: … Read more