For members of Congress who find themselves in politically unfriendly districts, the decennial redistricting process can be an opportunity to shore up their position, either by adding new, more favorable voters, or removing less favorable ones. But not for GOP Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska. The retired Air Force brigadier general has represented the Omaha-anchored […]
Christopher Sebastian is a Senior Analyst for Kantar/CMAG. Early last week, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer set a new October 31st deadline for the passage of the remainder of President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan, composed of the administration’s proposed infrastructure policies not found in the earlier “American Rescue Plan”. As Democrats continue to […]
On Sept. 27, following a dramatic dispute between members of the Oregon House of Representatives, and just hours before control of redistricting would have shifted to the state Supreme Court, Oregon became the first state to approve a new congressional map for the next decade. The Beaver State was allocated an additional representative in Congress […]
Just because a party can gerrymander the living daylights of a state, doesn’t mean it will. The new congressional map in Indiana is a good example. With control of the state legislature and the governorship, Republicans had full control of the redistricting process. But rather than squeezing one more seat out of the delegation, they […]
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt, one of the leading contenders to replace retiring Republican Roy Blunt in the U.S. Senate next year, raised $646,301 in the third fundraising quarter of this year. The Glendale Republican entered October with $1,114,774 in his campaign account, according to numbers obtained by Inside Elections. Schmitt had raised $1.3 million […]
On Sept. 29, Maine became the second state to finalize its congressional districts for the next decade, capping a six-week process more notable for what it wasn’t: contentious, protracted, or extensive. With just two districts to draw, minimal population shifts, and a redistricting scheme that encouraged compromise, the whole ordeal was relatively painless. Democrats and […]