Democrats must prove racial gerrymandering to fight new GOP maps. How do they do it?
Courts will no longer rule on claims of partisan gerrymandering, so any legal challenge to Republican-drawn maps will have to focus on race.
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Courts will no longer rule on claims of partisan gerrymandering, so any legal challenge to Republican-drawn maps will have to focus on race.
One of the proposed maps would extend the district from Wake County all the way to coastal Carteret County, with a 15-point edge for Republicans.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court set Nov. 21 oral arguments in Democrats' attempt to overturn the state's election maps.
Although the state currently has 7 Democrats and 7 Republicans in Congress, that ratio is unlikely to remain now that state courts have sided with Republicans on gerrymandering cases.
Democrats said they wanted Iowa style redistricting. I drafted a bill that did exactly that. All but one in Assembly rejected it.