Author name: Ari Berman

In an extraordinary rebuke to Donald Trump on Thursday, the Indiana state Senate rejected a gerrymandered congressional map relentlessly pushed by the president and his allies that would have given Republicans a lopsided 9-0 advantage in the state’s House delegation by eliminating the seats of two Democratic members of Congress. The final vote was 31-19 […]

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Donald Trump’s unprecedented attempt to rig the midterm elections through mid-decade gerrymandering, voter suppression, and weaponizing the legal system took a massive hit on Tuesday. Democrats struck back with their own redistricting efforts, defeated GOP attempts to make it harder to vote, and protected Democratic judges who have ruled against Trump’s election subversion schemes. The […]

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California voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly passed Proposition 50 in a race called by the Associated Press before a single ballot was counted—a reflection of decisive support in a victory that significantly boosts Democratic chances of retaking the House of Representatives next year. The ballot measure establishes a new congressional map through 2030 that could help […]

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When Sara Sadhwani, a Democratic member of California’s independent redistricting commission and a professor of political science at Pomona College, first heard of California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s vow to enact a new congressional redistricting map in response to Texas passing a Trump-inspired mid-decade gerrymander, she was skeptical.   “My initial response was, you don’t have […]

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