Redistricting Across The United States
The Rose Institute of State and Local Government at Claremont McKenna College presents one source to find information on redistricting in all fifty states. Scroll over a state to learn about its redistricting process, and click on a state to go to its individual page with more in-depth information and news coverage of redistricting in the state.
Archive
Archive, February 2011.
The Tennessean: Redistricting for growing Rutherford County presents challenge for GOP
When Republican lawmakers begin redrawing the lines for Tennessee's legislative districts this year, the focus could center on which congressional sea...Associated Press: Iowa's politics-free redistricting faces test
Iowa residents figure they're immune from the bare-knuckles, once-a-decade redistricting fights of other states, where incumbents use the process to s...Spartanburg Herald-Journal: SC will get a seventh congressional district, but no one's sure where the boundaries will fall
South Carolina's politicians are gearing up for a redistricting process that will add a seventh congressional district and likely shore up or streng...By Administrator on Feb 19 · Category South Carolina Redistricting · 0 Comments · Continue reading →Cincinnati.com: Census Bureau Releases Indiana Redistricting Data
The U.S. Census Bureau has released local 2010 Census data for the state of Indiana. These data provide the first look at population counts for small...Indianapolis Star: Redistricting in Indiana
The mapmakers in the Indiana General Assembly had a mischievous bent when they drew the 4th Congressional District 10 years ago. From north of Montice...The Telegraph: Redrawing of political maps worries Illinois GOP
Illinois Republicans are concerned they will be drawn out from the upcoming political map. Suburban areas in the northeastern part of the state gained...Chicago Tribune: With Census Data In, Redistricting to Begin
The redrawing of congressional and legislative districts in Illinois can begin in earnest now that the U.S. Census Bureau has officially unveiled its ...Washington Post: Lots at Stake for GOP in Pennsylvania Redistricting
Pennsylvania Republicans got greedy a decade ago when they drew new congressional districts -- and it came back to bite them as they watched a number ...Austin Chronicle: Painting by Numbers
With all due respect to the restaurant chain's kitchen staff, it seems highly unlikely that anyone in Austin right now is thinking, "Damn, I wish I co...Ballot News: Texas fears partisanship in Obama’s DOJ could affect redistricting
AUSTIN, Texas: Redistricting has always been a politically contentious process in Texas and the 2011 cycle doesn’t appear to be breaking any tradition...KXXV-TV: Baylor professors a powerful pair in Texas redistricting
WACO - When federal census data is collected every ten years, it kicks off a complicated and lengthy process of reapportioning representatives and red...Houston Chronicle: Path cleared for Texas redistricting
Texas lawmakers, beset almost daily with the fate of budget-burdened schools, hospitals, programs and state agencies, now can turn their attention to ...Swing State Project: 3 districts for Idaho - a look ahead to 2020 redistricting?
Idaho has, as Nathaniel90 put it, a shot at "the prize of least interesting congressional redistricting process of the decade." The current ID-1 and I...Bayoubuzz News: Making Sense of North Louisiana Census, Politics And Redistricting
As befuddling as it may be to try and make sense of the U.S. Census numbers for 2010, it is, nevertheless, the figures the state Legislature will have...Institute for Southern Studies: Report raises concerns about redistricting abuses in Louisiana
Louisiana politicians could use their control over the upcoming congressional redistricting process to keep themselves -- and their parties -- in po...NOLA: First public hearing on Louisiana redistricting begins in Covington
The first public hearing on redistricting the state's election districts has begun this morning in Covington. State Rep. Rick Gallot, D-Ruston, and st...Oregon Live: Let's take the foxes out of the legislative henhouse
Every 10 years, the Oregon Legislature engages in the politically fraught task of redrawing district lines for the Legislature and Oregon's five U.S. ...Swing State Project: Redistricting - A Maryland Monstrosity (7-1 Dem Map)
Maryland, my Maryland. The Democrats currently have a 6-2 edge in representation in this fairly blue state, and with redistricting just around the cor...The Weston Town Crier: Is there political gamesmanship in Mass. redistricting?
Every 10 years, a special group of people gets together to draw some lines. If only redistricting were that simple. Continued......Washington Post: Could GOP grab control of redistricting in Virginia?
Virginia officially kicks off its redistricting process this week when the Census makes it one of the first states to receive detailed population data...