Sentences with phrase «gerrymandered out of his district»
Honorable Mention goes to former REPUBLICAN Senator David Storobin, who was gerrymandered out of his district by «Republican» Dean Skelos and lost to Simcha Felder «Democrat» of Brooklyn.
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Federal judges found more problems in Texas» voting rights laws, ruling that Republicans racially gerrymandered some congressional districts to weaken the growing electoral power of minorities, who former President Barack Obama set out to protect at the ballot box before leaving office.
Gerrymandering is when a partisan committee moves around the borders of voting districts to favor their own party, squeezing the maximum amount of electoral votes possible out of a certain area of land.
Despite all the speculation on whether Gov. Andrew Cuomo will stick to his pledge to veto LATFOR's gerrymandered and politically influenced district lines, there's a growing possibility that he'll never get the chance because the maps — as they currently stand — might not make it out of the Legislature at all.
In a move reminiscent of the one that redistricted Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries out of the Brooklyn district in which he lived back in 2002 — landing him a star turn in that cult classic, «Gerrymandering» — the Republicans bumped Adams right out of the 20th SD, making a little dip right at the neck joint of this goose - like new distrtict.
And heavily gerrymandered districts are more likely to be geographically spread out and of unusual shape.
If congressmen coming from gerrymandered districts with campaigns financed by fossil fuel interests put climate scientists out of work, perhaps those scientists will find lucrative positions where more resources will be made readily available.