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Related: About this forumN.H. Republicans propose new congressional map, turning swing district into GOP stronghold
Republicans in the New Hampshire House are considering a redistricting proposal that would make the states First Congressional District which has toggled between the parties but is now held by Democrat Rep. Chris Pappas significantly more Republican.
Some Republican leaders have been blunt in expressing their ambition to make that congressional district, which covers much of the eastern part of the state, friendlier terrain for Republican candidates. State GOP Chairman Steve Stepanek has gone so far as to say the district should be guaranteed to elect a Republican.
Gov. Chris Sununu, meanwhile, has promised to veto any congressional map that doesnt pass what hes called the smell test.
This new map, which the House Redistricting Committee is expected to discuss Thursday, proposes shrinking the First Congressional District geographically. Under the plan, the district would run from the towns of Hudson to Seabrook across the states southern border, before heading northwest to across the Lakes Region. It would lose a long slice along the state's eastern border, including several Democratic-friendly communities near the Maine border.
Read more: https://www.concordmonitor.com/N-H-Republicans-propose-new-congressional-map-turning-swing-district-into-GOP-stronghold-43387092
Republicans in the N.H. House are considering a new map of the state's congressional districts that would make the First District (dark blue) significantly more Republican, surrounded on three sides by the state's Second Congressional District. NHPR
ColinC
(10,735 posts)I guess that works
Mopar151
(10,180 posts)In the "South of the North"
Bristlecone
(10,492 posts)The seacoast to Manchester, south to Salem and the Mass border.