Sentences with phrase «decennial redistricting process»

However, the 2018 and 2020 election cycles take on even greater significance because the decennial redistricting process is set to begin in 2021.

The eight - term Democrat's Santa Barbara - based district was redrawn in the decennial redistricting process, making it less favorable for her party.

But the decennial redistricting process redrew the district to be friendlier — though still difficult — for Democrats, and Kirkpatrick won a comeback bid last cycle by more than 3 points.

Because of the decennial redistricting process, the total number of seats can vary from a typical election year.

The governors» landscape is all the more important when you consider that the winners in 2010 will exert considerable influence over the decennial redistricting process that will reshape the lines of congressional and legislative districts across the country.

Mr. Turner lost his congressional seat in the decennial redistricting process last year.

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

After the decennial redistricting process, where a state body redraws political boundaries to accommodate for population change, her Beechhurst co-op was drawn into the same district as Sen. Tony Avella (D - Bayside), which would have pitted them against each other in a primary.

In February, the state approved new political maps that would eliminate Kruger's seat, as part of the decennial redistricting process to make sure legislative districts jive with population shifts outlined in the census.

This is the second in an occasional series that focuses on the decennial redistricting process in key states.

With Republicans gaining a whopping 63 seats in the 2010 election and the decennial redistricting process just beginning to ramp up, uncertainty is the watch word heading into 2012 House election.

Picking up a large number of seats is tough for either party because there aren't as many competitive races on the map following the decennial redistricting process in 2012.

Local lawmakers redrew Florida's 9th District last cycle to include more Democrats following the decennial redistricting process.

In the House, the decennial redistricting process benefited Republicans, who were able to tweak a number of GOP - held seats to be less competitive.

Not only have Republicans repeatedly cited gubernatorial races as the first step in their rebuilding process nationally but the governors elected over the next two years will play a major role in the decennial redistricting process that will help determine control of Congress for the foreseeable future.

The longtime lawmaker's home was actually drawn into a different district during the decennial redistricting process earlier this -LSB-...]

Mr. Cuomo used his power over the decennial redistricting process to win some victories in March: He was able to get lawmakers, who wanted him to sign the gerrymandered legislative maps they had drawn, to agree to curb pension benefits for future public workers, to create a more rigorous system for evaluating schoolteachers, and to take the first step toward legalizing a significant expansion of casino gambling.

And, the decennial redistricting process, which will be controlled by Republicans in many of the largest and most important states, is also sure to complicate Democrats» attempts to turn some of these seats as the lines will be redrawn to shore up some of the shakiest 2010 winners.