CSPAN2 U.S. Senate August 17, 1102
Seats so they could then control the state legislature, so they could then change the districts consistent with the bulk gerrymandering scheme. And the result is states like senator browns where, when he was reelected, he was on the ballot with president obama who was also reelected, and the majority of the votes cast in his state for members of congress were cast for democrats, and against that background, many more republicans than democrats actually went to congress in that election. A similar thing happened in pennsylvania, and my recollection is that on the same set of facts, senator case...