Washington Republicans wrestle with realities of a redrawn political map
Republican state lawmakers on Tuesday renewed their grievances with a court-ordered redistricting that’s reshaped Washington’s political landscape in a way that threatens to be unfavorable for the Grand Old Party in this year’s elections.
In a committee work session, three GOP senators registered disbelief that the redrawn 14th Legislative District at the center of the controversy has fewer Latinos of voting age than before and shifted from reliably Republican to highly favorable for Democrats based on past elections.
And they noted the solution approved by a federal judge in March pushed three of their Senate colleagues into new districts. None called it a partisan gerrymander but left little doubt they believe it is.
“So redistricting basically took all Republican legislators out of it and then increased the Democrat percentage,” said Sen. Perry Dozier, R-Waitsburg in the meeting of the State Government and Elections Committee.
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