Sentences with phrase «congressional maps»

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.

Jimmy Vielkind (Capital Confidential) reported on Thursday afternoon that a federal three - judge panel is poised to adopt a set of court - drawn congressional maps with minimal changes.

On Friday, Assemblyman and Democratic Party County Leader Carl Heastie released a letter expressing the Bronx political establishment's «utter disappointment» with the LATFOR congressional maps and calling on the federal special master to reject the plans.

The Daily News Celeste Katz unveiled the State NAACP's proposed congressional maps.

Meanwhile, according to Nozzolio, Congressional maps won't be out for another 6 - 8 weeks.

It would also give the Democrats veto power over congressional maps that are set to be redrawn after 2020.

Talks between the Senate and Assembly on a comprehensive redistricting package bogged down over arguments about how to reconfigure congressional maps.

McEneny said LATFOR members still haven't decided whether there will be one uber - redistricting bill with the Senate, Assembly and House lines, or two bills separating the state and congressional maps.

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.

The congressional maps were due this week.

Concern that the special master's congressional maps will cost Democrats seats in true blue New York has spurred House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to get involved in the state's redistricting battle.

After much anticipation, the federal courts have released new congressional maps for the State of New York tonight.

Rather than the usual, meandering districts that typify most Congressional maps, California's new map boasts compact and geographically based districts that unify neighboring towns with similar cultural, socio - economic, and racial backgrounds.

And she encouraged activists to work to elect more state legislators before the next congressional maps are drawn after the 2020 Census.

The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a request from Pennsylvania Republicans to block new congressional maps that could tilt several key races in Democrats» favor from being used in the midterm elections.

That there are still no proposed congressional maps out should be considered utterly contemptuous on the part of our state legislature.

The congressional map of Austin is a particular favorite of mine, since that bastion of Texas liberalism is split among districts that meander all across South and Central Texas in an obvious attempt to dilute Democratic votes.

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.

The move allows the courts to draw their own Congressional map if the State Legislature can not draw lines in time for the June 26th primary.

[101] The passed congressional map was expected to give advantages to Republicans in 10 out of 13 districts.

Pennsylvania hosted its first primaries Tuesday under a new congressional map, solidifying general election matchups in an important swing state.

But after a court last month upheld the state's congressional map drawn by an independent commission and thus, the makeup of her Democratic - leaning House district, national Democrats think that Sinema, one of the party's rising stars, might just wait for another opportunity down the road.

The GOP surge at the state level allowed them to lock in many of their gains — and cement their advantage on the congressional map — through the redistricting process that followed.

(The governor chose not to intervene on behalf of his fellow Democrats in a dispute over a new congressional map, and actually greatly helped the Republicans who hold the New York State Senate during the redistricting process.)

But Republicans see a far rosier picture when they look at the state's Congressional map, which has been reduced to 27 districts from 29 to reflect national population shifts identified by the 2010 Census.

In 2012, Republicans re-drew the congressional map following the decennial redistricting process, making several fought - over House districts less competitive.

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.

Even though Republicans control the state Senate, New York operatives of both parties agreed that Cuomo could have cajoled Republicans in Albany to agree to a Congressional map more favorable to Democrats.

Many analysts use partisanship to help predict house races, but no one other than FairVote is using the tool to reveal the inherent Republican advantage produced by today's congressional map.

According to a source familiar with the results of these polls, Hanna's numbers improved in the Binghamton and Utica portions of the district — two areas on which his TV ad buys have specifically focused, in part because the district lines changed significantly in the court - drawn congressional map used for the fist time in the 2012 elections.

Backed by President Obama, Eric H. Holder Jr. will lead the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, a group aimed at breaking the Republican Party's grip on the congressional map.

He then slammed Maloney, who only recently moved into the district and was actually thinking of running elsewhere before redistricting rejiggered New York's congressional map, for being a carpet - bagger.

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.

Pennsylvania Democrats did not sue to overturn the GOP - drawn Congressional map.

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.

While redistricting maps were passed for the House, Senate, and State Board of Education, the legislature failed to pass a Congressional map within the regular session.

There's a sour national political environment, a history of the president's party losing seats in midterms and an unfavorable congressional map drawn mostly by Republicans.

In a few weeks, lawmakers in Albany will begin talks on how to redraw New York's Congressional map and eliminate two districts.

In North Carolina, the Governor does not have the power to veto the Congressional map drawn by the legislature.

The Florida Supreme Court recently ruled against state lawmakers in the Congressional map, ordering the legislature to redraw eight districts which they say favor a political party or the incumbent.

A Republican lawmaker wants to impeach four of the state Supreme Court's justices who ruled that the congressional map be redrawn in time for the 2018 midterm elections.

Next: Pennsylvania's top court tosses congressional map, finds state constitutional violation

ABA President Hilarie Bass is denouncing calls for the impeachment of four justices on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court for a decision they made requiring the speedy replacement of a congressional map they had struck down.

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

Not exact matches

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.

Drawing Along Party Lines: Looking at Pennsylvania's new congressional - district map, one thing is clear: It's impossible to scrub politics from map - making.

MAPS: all 905 U.S. wind projects; state wind capacity and generation; wind by congressional district; 550 wind energy - related manufacturing facilities

This interactive map provides data for every congressional district on the percent of all people living in poverty, based on the 2016 American Community Survey (ACS).

This interactive map provides data for every congressional district on the share of all households that were participating in SNAP, based on data from the 2016 American Community Survey.