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One subtext of all the House races in New York this year is the looming battle over the next round of redistricting.

The DSCC has been fundraising very aggressively in preparation for the epic battle it will be waging this fall against the outgunned (in cash terms, anyway) SRCC for control of the chamber — a crucial fight, since whoever has power over the next round of redistricting will have he upper hand for at least the next decade.

But with the two parties sharing power in Albany and each holding a veto over the redistricting process, it is probably inevitable that one of the two seats the state loses will be a Democratic - held one.

Such a huge loss by the Republican presidential nominee would pit two oft - voiced truisms against one another: that the House majority is securely in GOP hands because of the tilted redistricting process in 2011, and that the era of voters splitting presidential tickets is over.

Over the weekend, Senate Republicans posted a memo on the legislature's redistricting website from their legal counsel, justifying the creation of a 63rd Senate seat in the reconfiguring of district lines.

The relationship saga between Cuomo and the Senate Democrats over the last six months has featured the governor signing off on a state legislative redistricting plan that is favorable to the majority Republicans in the chamber and repeatedly refusing to say whether he supports a Democratic takeover of the chamber.

His prospects were buoyed that spring by redistricting, which doubled the Democratic lead over Republicans in the district.

Heading into the redistricting process, the GOP took over both legislative chambers in 25 states and had control of the legislature and governorship in 21 states.

Gianaris, (who, it should be noted, as been leading the charge on redistricting reform), said in a statement that anyone who has «set foot in Western Queens in the last 10 years knows without a doubt that its population has dramatically increased over that time,» adding:

(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 just how much sway Mann, and the presiding three - judge panel, will have over the process will depend in part on whether Governor Andrew Cuomo follows through on his original promise to veto the legislature's lines or instead reaches some sort of compromise with the legislature by which he signs off on their lines in exchange for promises of redistricting reform in the future.

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.

Pelosi is also pointing out that if Cuomo indeed has presidential aspirations, presiding over a Democrat - dominated state that loses Democratic House members in a presidential election year because he declined to get engaged in the House redistricting process will not play well with party insiders.

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

But the DCCC has a resource problem (it was mired in debt when Israel took over), and spending money to win a district that many people believe will cease to exist after the next round of redistricting doesn't seem to make sense.

In the seven states where Republicans had complete control over the redistricting process, Republican House candidates received 16.7 million votes and Democratic House candidates received 16.4 million votes.

As the battle over independent redistricting re-ignites, I was reminded this morning of a letter Senate Democrats sent to Gov. Andrew Cuomo in April, in which the lawmakers pledged to not vote for an override of the governor's promised veto of office boundaries not drawn by an independent commission.

«Legislators from both parties have acknowledged the importance of beginning the process of redistricting early on by their regular votes in support of giving LATFOR hundreds of thousands of dollars annually over the past decade.

If Senate President Malcolm Smith's comments at the DRC straw poll over the weekend are any indication, redistricting reform isn't exactly popular in the Senate, either, where Democrats are eager to finally get back at the GOP by redrawing them out of existence — assuming they manage to hold onto the majority in November.

The news comes as both sides in the ongoing lawsuit over the lawmaker - led redistricting process meet on Monday at 2 p.m. before a federal magistrate.

A report released Monday by the good - government group Citizens Union argued the current system for redistricting, dominated by the Democratic majority in the Assembly and Republicans who control the Senate, has led to less - competitive elections, reduced voter turnout and, over the past four election cycles, a 96 percent re-election rate for incumbents — who are returned to office by an average margin of victory of 61 percentage points.

Senator Michael Nozzolio, who is the Senate co-chair of the legislative redistricting task force, defends the decision, saying the Democratic Senators had to be squeezed together in order to create the first ever Asian American Majority district, and to place the city's Orthodox Jewish communities together in one district, instead of the present configuration which spreads them out over five separate districts.

In the meantime, the legislative task force on redistricting plans to hold a series of hearings over the next few weeks, to seek public comment on the proposed lines.

UPDATE2: Also, Schroeder, who insisted in a Buffalo News interview that his desire to run locally has nothing to do with either his rocky relationship with Silver or a concern about redistricting, expressed upset over the «unfair» process by which a comptroller candidate will be selected.

He also presided over a controversial redistricting case in Nassau County (Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos» home county) earlier this year.

Proposal 1 changes the way redistricting is conducted in New York, and reform groups are split over whether it's a good idea or not.

The accusations are flying thick and fast between former NYC Mayor Ed Koch and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who are locked in a battle of wills over redistricting reform.

But in the state Senate, where Democrats are hobbled by a redistricting plan drawn by Senate Republican lawmakers (and signed off on by Cuomo) and the poor image of dysfunction and corruption from their time in control, the minority conference still holds out hope that the presidential election year will help put them over the top.

Emmer's loss also means there will be split control over the redistricting process in Minnesota.

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.

Governor Andrew Cuomo's deputy spokesman Josh Vlasto said no deal is in the works, despite the fact that the governor has been in talks with legislative leaders over a possible redistricting compromise.

That would in essence give Senate Republicans permanent veto power over any redistricting plan Senate Democrats would put forward if they win control of that chamber in the next decade.

3) The governor can compromise with the Republicans by giving them enough say over the process that it is not truly independent, maybe in exchange for something else he wants that has nothing to do with redistricting at all.

Cuomo has proposed to hand redistricting over to an independent commission in time for next year's redrawing of lines (it happens every ten years); he's also promised to veto any redistricting legislation that does not provide for an independent process.

Over the objections of Rangel and his supporters, the federal court overseeing the just - completed congressional redistricting process declined to stretch Rangel's district northward to take in more African - American voters, and instead increased the Hispanic population in the district, raising it to 55 percent of the overall population.

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.

In 2012, after a secret and expensive redistricting process, Republicans increased their dominion over the Legislature despite getting fewer total votes than Democrats.

«Redistricting in New York is a system that has prioritized incumbency and partisan interests over democratic representation,» Cuomo said in a press release.

After Cuomo okayed a redistricting plan in March that favored Republicans in the Senate over Democrats, Democrats boycotted the remainder of an all night session that included many bills on the governor's agenda.

Cuomo's commitment to pushing for fairer lines has come under scrutiny over the last few days after he told The Democrat and Chronicle's editorial board that he had basically been defeated by the legislature in the fight for independent redistricting.

The proposed fix, hammered out in 2012 by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders, would hand over redistricting to a 10 - member panel: eight members selected by the four legislative conference leaders and two selected by the initial members.

November 15, 2012 • Some analysts are saying that Republicans appear to have the long - range advantage over Democrats when it comes to winning enough seats to control the House, not so much because of redistricting but because of the clustering of Democratic voters in fewer congressional districts.

Assemblywoman Polly Williams, the Wisconsin lawmaker who gained national prominence for her sponsorship of Milwaukee's school - choice program, is engaged in a bruising political battle over legislative redistricting.

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