New state house and senate approved

[Deminpenn]

by the Legislative Redistricting Commission by a 4-1 vote, the 2 Dems, the chairman (Nordenberg) and R State Senate Leader Kim Ward all voted in favor. R State House Leader Benninghoff voted against. There are 30 days now to challenge the map. It's likely the Rs will do that as the House map undoes a lot of their partisan gerry-mandering done over the last 30 years. It still somewhat favors Rs, but that's not good enough for them now.

https://www.timesonline.com/story/news/2022/02/04/redrawing-legislative-boundaries-approved-legislative-reappointment-committee/6669796001/


FTR, the Congressional redistricting is now in the hands of the State Supreme Court after the state legislature and Gov Wolf couldn't agree on a new CD map.

[True Blue American]

1. In Ohio

They are working to bring in a committee like Michigan since DeWine and his flunkies took over the unbiased committee we voted for. Such slimy weasel's we have in state government.

[Deminpenn]

2. Took a lot at my new vs current state HD

It's much better and compact, mostly the northeastern corner of the county. It's still majority white, but down to 87% vs 94% or so. The partisan split favors Rs, but the registration numbers are much closer with a lot of I/no party registrations. This will be the first time in years that my current state rep will have a competitive election assuming Dems can field a good candidate.