ATLANTA, Georgia: As Georgia saw a significant increase in population through the 2010 census, a new congressional district was added to the state meaning that all the previous districts had to be redrawn. This led to many representatives being shifted around and finding that they had new members in their district and had to go through the [...]

Edited by Geoff Pallay Note: Today’s roundup, March 30, will be the final edition of the Redistricting Roundup. Ballotpedia staff will still cover redistricting news, with updates being added to the State Legislative Tracker, which is published on Monday afternoons. Other states featured in this week’s Roundup • Alaska • Arizona • Florida • Maryland [...]

Edited by Geoff Pallay Note: Next week’s roundup, March 30, will be the final edition of the Redistricting Roundup. Ballotpedia staff will still cover redistricting news, with updates being added to the State Legislative Tracker, which is published on Monday afternoons. Other states featured in this week’s Roundup • Alaska • Arizona • Florida • [...]

Edited by Geoff Pallay Other states featured in this week’s Roundup • Arizona • California • Hawaii • Kansas • Missouri • New Hampshire • New Mexico • New York • Pennsylvania • South Carolina • Virginia • West Virginia • Wyoming Florida has become the 15th state in the nation to have its redistricting maps altered by judicial action. Today, the Florida Supreme Court issued a 234-page decision rejecting the [...]

Edited by Geoff Pallay Other states featured in this week’s Roundup • Alaska • California • Colorado • Connecticut • Massachusetts • Mississippi • New Hampshire • North Carolina • Pennsylvania • Texas • Texas • Vermont • West Virginia • Wisconsin During the 2011 legislative session, Minnesota lawmakers failed to establish new congressional and legislative districts. The Republican-controlled legislature managed to pass maps, but these were vetoed by Democratic governor Mark [...]

Edited by Greg Janetka This week’s tracker features an update on the partisan count and a preview of major issues for those states that convened their 2012 session last week. Partisan breakdown As of today, February 6, 2012, the following figures represent the cumulative partisan breakdown of the 50 state senates and state houses. In the 50 states, Republicans currently control 53.8% of [...]

Edited by Geoff Pallay Other states featured in this week’s Roundup • Arizona • Florida • Hawaii • Idaho • Kansas • Kentucky • New Hampshire • Pennsylvania • Rhode Island • Texas • South Dakota • Virginia • Washington While less than 1/3 of states still need to complete redistricting, for some states, there seems to be no end in sight. New York State Senator Martin Dilan (D) joined others [...]

Edited by Geoff Pallay Other states featured in this week’s Roundup • Alaska • Arkansas • Arizona • California • Connecticut • Hawaii • Idaho • Kansas • Kentucky • Maryland • Michigan • New Hampshire • New Mexico • North Carolina • Michigan • Ohio • Oklahoma • Utah • Virginia • West Virginia [...]

Edited by Geoff Pallay The new year began with a bang, as courts found maps unconstitutional in both Hawaii and West Virginia. A total of 10 maps have been either altered or chosen by courts this year (see chart below). Hawaii: On Wednesday January 4, Hawaii’s Supreme Court sided with plaintiffs in two lawsuits challenging [...]

Edited by Geoff Pallay Other states featured in this week’s Roundup • Alaska • California • Colorado • Connecticut • Massachusetts • Mississippi • New Hampshire • North Carolina • Pennsylvania • Texas • Texas • Vermont • West Virginia • Wisconsin With time running out to meet the December 31 deadline, the Washington Redistricting [...]