Democrats became newly worried this month as favorable redistricting maps in Florida and New York were struck down and replaced with district lines that will likely make it even more difficult to keep their already slim majority in the House.
that would have forced the state to draw two congressional districts with large Black voting blocs. Ohio Republicans, whose congressional map has repeatedly been ruled by the state Supreme Court an unconstitutional gerrymander, are still being allowed to use it for this year’s elections.Democrats in both Florida and New York say they got a raw deal, though for different reasons.was fair and wouldn’t be challenged in court.
While the overall map is less favorable to Democrats, Rep. Darren Soto — who is from the Orlando area — said Democrats can still be competitive over the next decade given that seats in the Tampa Bay and Miami areas remain swing districts. A senior New York Democratic official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to talk candidly, said the “courts hijacked the redistricting process.” The Democrat scoffed at complaints that the legislature’s gerrymander was too extreme and thus exposed it to a legal challenge. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee had publicly suggested a version that was more partisan than the one the New York Democrats ultimately drew, the state official said.
A decision made by Rep. Mondaire Jones to run in another district may have quelled tensions between lawmakers that permeated this past week in Washington.
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