Sentences with phrase «redrawn district lines»

But the same could have once been said of charter schools and voluntary busing programs that do not require redrawn district lines.

Not exact matches

This time around, Democrats are less vulnerable on the abortion issue, but many face new districts with lines redrawn after the latest census.

Heath Shuler (NC - 11) barely held his seat in 2010; this year he faced an even more difficult race after district lines in North Carolina were redrawn, so he decided to retire.

Every 10 years, districts for state Senate, state Assembly and congressional lines are redrawn to reflect population changes recorded in the census.

After a state body released redrawn lines for New York's state Senate districts, cries of political gerrymandering were heard from northeast Queens all the way to Albany.

Clearly leaving the door open for a settlement, Cuomo said a veto can be averted if district lines are redrawn more fairly and reforms for the future are put in place by lawmakers.

The old boundary lines for the Syracuse - based 25th Congressional District were redrawn this year as part of the once - a-decade redistricting process.

«My district is competitive, and that's a good thing... because it forces people to talk to a broader sense of the community,» Hurd said Saturday as the closing witness in a trial over whether the district lines should be redrawn.

New York state assembly and senate lines are redrawn every decade so the districts jive with population shifts outlined in the census.

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District lines are redrawn every 10 years following completion of the United States census.

New York stands to lose two House seats when the lines are redrawn, and there has been a lot of speculation about which districts will be on the chopping block when the Legislature sits down to carve up the districts.

George Phillips, a former Broome County legislator, (he was appointed to the post and resigned about a year later), who is perhaps best known for twice trying to unseat then - Democratic Rep. Maurice Hinchey in 2008 and 2010 before the district lines were redrawn, appears to be quietly raising campaign cash for a third potential run.

Majorities have traditionally redrawn election district lines to protect their incumbents.

Two years ago, after NY - 25's district lines were redrawn to include all of Monroe County, Slaughter was faced her strongest challenge in decades from Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks, a Republican whose name recognition in her base equals that of the veteran congresswoman.

Under newly redrawn congressional district lines, the Long Island congressman may soon represent voters from Little Neck, Douglaston, Bay -LSB-...]

Phillips narrowly lost a 2010 race against former Rep. Maurice Hinchey, D - Saugerties, in the old 22nd District before district boundary lines were District before district boundary lines were district boundary lines were redrawn.

Green represented the area in the early 1990s before the district lines were redrawn to include parts of Queens.

He lost a tight race for Congress against longtime Democratic Rep. Maurice Hinchey in 2010, before district lines were redrawn.

Under newly redrawn congressional district lines, the Long Island congressman may soon represent voters from Little Neck, Douglaston, Bay Terrace, Whitestone and Beechhurst if re-elected in November.

Senate Democrats sued to try and have the lines thrown out for violating the state Constitution, and Stavisky decided to hold back until the conflict was resolved, since Democrats hoped the districts would be redrawn.

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«We're all here because it is our hope,» he said and hinted at a run for Assembly or Congress, or a reelection to City Council pending on how the district lines are redrawn.

City Councilman Jumaane Williams and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio said they were distressed by a flurry of complaints from voters during Thursday's state legislative primaries, stemming mainly from voter confusion over poll site changes after district lines were redrawn earlier this year.

Because of population shifts identified in the 2000 U.S. census, jurisdiction lines of hundreds of congressional districts are being redrawn, and that's shaking up races all across the country.