Sentences with phrase «congressional map as»

WASHINGTON — The Pennsylvania Supreme Court last week struck down the state's congressional map as a partisan gerrymander in violation of the Pennsylvania Constitution.

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But while history may also be on the Democrats» side — the party in power often loses Congressional seats after a President's first two years in office, even when that President is not as controversial as the current occupant — they actually face a very difficult Senate map.

The map to the right depicts New York's congressional district lines as drawn following the 2010 United States Census.

The map to the right depicts Massachusetts» congressional district lines as drawn following the 2010 United States Census.

North Carolina Republicans are gearing up for a showdown between 13th District Rep. George Holding and 2nd District Rep. Renee Ellmers as a result of a proposed new congressional map the General Assembly approved Friday.

Last night, not long after Magistrate Judge and special redistricting master Roanne Mann grilled legislative lawyers about the merits of considering incumbency, she released a set of proposed maps that seems to take the current configuration of congressional districts as a very loose template, but with some significant changes for a number of existing office - holders.

(CNN)- Two weeks after President Barack Obama's re-election, the «Blue» map keeps expanding as the last few «too close to call» congressional races break for Democrats.

He's rationalized his retreat in increments, from his warning that a court - run redrawing of the lines would result in «chaos,» to the subjective conditions he laid out for an acceptable gerrymander, to his uncharacteristic claim of powerlessness, to his criticism of an independent judge's congressional map, to his lightly supported characterization of the latest gerrymandered legislative draft - map as «progress» from the previous gerrymandered version.

The potential showdown between the two Democrats would have been the first major challenge to an incumbent that came about as a result of the independently drawn congressional maps.

If the court throws out the current congressional map, Arizona's districts are almost certain to become more favorable to Republicans, imperiling members such as Kirkpatrick.

However, Mr. Turner quickly found himself without a clear reelection scenario as the court - drawn congressional map divided his district up between neighboring, heavily Democratic, districts.

The Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research, referred to more commonly as the «LATFOR» committee, has not yet produced a map of Congressional districts, the Times pointed out

This would mathematically work out very well as it leaves four Congressional Members entirely in Suffolk and Nassau counties, which can house exactly 4.05 districts under the new maps.

After aggressively campaigning against GOP Congressman Bob Turner only to see his district emerge as one of the two eliminated by the court's congressional map, Assemblyman Rory Lancman turned his attention to a new Asian - plurality district contained entirely in Queens, which would have set him up against incumbent Congressman Gary Ackerman, who has a long history in the district despite living outside of it.

The map to the right depicts Michigan's congressional district lines as drawn following the 2010 United States Census.

Reaction to the state and congressional maps was drastically different, with independent groups and elected officials blasting the state lines as gerrymandered to keep Senate Republicans in power, while praising the congressional lines drawn by a court - appointed judge as fairly drawn.

The map to the right depicts Maryland's congressional district lines as drawn following the 2010 United States Census.

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That hurt relationships between the House and Senate as they returned to hammer out a state budget, and had to do two special sessions to redraw Senate and Congressional district maps.

The map to the right depicts Vermont's congressional district as drawn following the 2010 United States Census.

As to the far side of the map, no reasonable reader can believe two - digit longitudes may harbor sentient life, for congressional elections refute that hypothesis every two years.

Last Wednesday, congressional Democrats demanded answers from Strava as to why it published the heat maps, what kind of data it collects, and what privacy protections are in place.