Sentences with phrase «over the redistricting process»

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.

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.

They have a large majority now, and they've got lots of power over the redistricting process.

But the state also passed a ballot measure that would hand over the redistricting process to a nonpartisan commission.

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

Not exact matches

Swirling around the process is the ongoing dispute over redistricting.

Mr. Rangel has represented the area of Upper Manhattan, which was placed into the 13th district as part of the recent redistricting process, for over four decades.

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.

Arizona's early redistricting process was marked with controversy, as Republicans filed suit over the nominee list for the redistricting commission.

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.

(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.

But after a GOP - led redistricting process last year, Republicans have an enrollment advantage of 5,658 voters over Democrats, according to Nassau Board of Elections records.

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

A three - judge panel named U.S. Magistrate Roanne Mann as special master over New York's once - a-decade redistricting process during a hearing Monday afternoon.

Andrew Cuomo has shown every indication, over the past couple of months, of wishing he never promised to pick a fight with the legislature over New York's awful redistricting process.

Three of the four legislative leaders have signed former NYC Mayor Ed Koch's pledge to reform the redistricting process by handing over control to a nonpartisan 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.

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.

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.

This week, Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Lorie Gildea selected a five - member panel of judges to hear lawsuits over the Minnesota redistricting process.

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.

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.

Days after Mr. Weiner confessed to sexually explicit online exchanges with at least six women he met over the Internet, New York's political class was buzzing about possible challengers to the Queens Democrat, as well as the possibility that his district could be eliminated through a redistricting process already underway.

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.

The toxic partisanship of the redistricting process is now threatening to spill over and warp our primary calendar as well.»

ALBANY — Good - government groups are preparing to do battle with each other over a ballot proposal to change the state's redistricting process.

This website's goal is to try to make sure the redistricting process and litigation over voting law is as transparent and accessible as possible to the public.

This website's goal is to try to make sure the redistricting process and litigation over voting law is as transparent and accessible as possible to the public.

This website's goal is to try to make sure the redistricting process and litigation over voting law is as transparent and accessible as possible to the public.

This website's goal is to try to make sure the redistricting process and litigation over voting law is as transparent and accessible as possible to the public.

This website's goal is to try to make sure the redistricting process and litigation over voting law is as transparent and accessible as possible to the public.

This website's goal is to try to make sure the redistricting process and litigation over voting law is as transparent and accessible as possible to the public.