The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate,the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin.
The Ohio Republican Party is the Ohio affiliate of the Republican Party. It was founded in Columbus,Ohio,in 1854. It is currently the state's favored party,controlling the majority of Ohio's U.S. House seats,one of its two U.S. Senate seats,the governorship,and has supermajorities in both houses of the state legislature.
North Carolina is currently divided into 14 congressional districts,each represented by a member of the United States House of Representatives. After the 2000 census,the number of North Carolina's seats was increased from 12 to 13 due to the state's increase in population. In the 2022 elections,per the 2020 United States census,North Carolina gained one new congressional seat for a total of 14.
The 2003 Texas redistricting was a controversial intercensus state plan that defined new congressional districts. In the 2004 elections,this redistricting supported the Republicans taking a majority of Texas's federal House seats for the first time since Reconstruction. Democrats in both houses of the Texas Legislature staged walkouts,unsuccessfully trying to prevent the changes. Opponents challenged the plan in three suits,combined when the case went to the United States Supreme Court in League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry (2006).
Robert Brian Gibbs is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Ohio's 7th congressional district from 2011 to 2023. He is a member of the Republican Party. In April 2022,Gibbs announced he was not seeking reelection.
Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district is a district in the state of Pennsylvania. It includes all of Chester County and the southeastern portion of Berks County including the city of Reading and its southeastern suburbs. The district is represented by Democrat Chrissy Houlahan,who has served in Congress since 2019. As currently drawn,the district is among the wealthiest in Pennsylvania. The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania redrew the district in February 2018 after ruling the previous map unconstitutional.
Ohio is divided into 15 congressional districts,each represented by a member of the United States House of Representatives. After the 2010 census,Ohio lost two House seats due to slow population growth compared to the national average,and a new map was signed into law on September 26,2011. Starting in the 2022 midterms,per the 2020 United States census,Ohio will lose a congressional seat.
Virginia is currently divided into 11 congressional districts,each represented by a member of the United States House of Representatives. The death of Rep. Donald McEachin on November 28,2022,left the 4th congressional district seat empty. Following the results of a special election to fill his seat on February 21,2023,Jennifer McClellan made history by becoming Virginia's first black congresswoman.
Robert Richard Cupp is an American politician who served as the Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives until December 31,2022. He served in the House of Representatives from 2015,representing District 4 (Lima). He was elected as speaker on July 30,2020,replacing Larry Householder who was removed from the position following his arrest on federal bribery charges. Cupp is a former justice of the Ohio Supreme Court.
Redistricting in Pennsylvania refers to the decennial process of redrawing state legislative and federal congressional districts in Pennsylvania.
Gerrymandering is the practice of setting boundaries of electoral districts to favor specific political interests within legislative bodies,often resulting in districts with convoluted,winding boundaries rather than compact areas. The term "gerrymandering" was coined after a review of Massachusetts's redistricting maps of 1812 set by Governor Elbridge Gerry noted that one of the districts looked like a mythical salamander.
Stephen A. Huffman is a Republican member of the Ohio Senate,representing the 5th district since 2019. Previously,Huffman served two terms in the Ohio House of Representatives.
The National Democratic Redistricting Committee (NDRC) is a US organization that focuses on redistricting and is affiliated with the Democratic Party. The organization coordinates campaign strategy,directs fundraising,organizes ballot initiatives and files lawsuits against state redistricting maps. At launch,the organization announced that it intends to support Democratic candidates for local and state offices in order for them to control congressional map drawing in the redistricting cycle following the 2020 United States census.
The 2020 United States redistricting cycle is in progress following the completion of the 2020 United States census. In all fifty states,various bodies are re-drawing state legislative districts. States that are apportioned more than one seat in the United States House of Representatives are also drawing new districts for that legislative body.
Gill v. Whitford,585 U.S. ___ (2018),was a United States Supreme Court case involving the constitutionality of partisan gerrymandering. Other forms of gerrymandering based on racial or ethnic grounds had been deemed unconstitutional,and while the Supreme Court had identified that extreme partisan gerrymandering could also be unconstitutional,the Court had not agreed on how this could be defined,leaving the question to lower courts to decide. That issue was later resolved in Rucho v. Common Cause,in which the Court decided that partisan gerrymanders presented a nonjusticiable political question.
REDMAP is a project of the Republican State Leadership Committee of the United States to increase Republican control of congressional seats as well as state legislatures,largely through determination of electoral district boundaries. The project has made effective use of partisan gerrymandering,by relying on previously unavailable mapping software such as Maptitude to improve the precision with which district lines are strategically drawn. The strategy was focused on swing blue states like Pennsylvania,Ohio,Michigan,North Carolina,and Wisconsin where there was a Democratic majority but which they could swing towards Republican with appropriate redistricting. The project was launched in 2010 and estimated to have cost the Republican party around US$30 million.
Redistricting in North Carolina has been a controversial topic due to allegations and admissions of gerrymandering.
The One Hundred Thirty-Fourth Ohio General Assembly was a meeting of the Ohio state legislature,composed of the Ohio Senate and the Ohio House of Representatives. It convened in Columbus,Ohio on January 4,2021,and adjourned on December 31,2022. The apportionment of legislative districts was based on the 2010 United States census and 2011 redistricting plan. The Ohio Republican Party retained the majority in both the Ohio Senate and Ohio House of Representatives.
The 2010 United States redistricting cycle took place following the completion of the 2010 United States census. In all fifty states,various bodies re-drew state legislative districts. States that are apportioned more than one seat in the United States House of Representatives also drew new districts for that legislative body. The resulting new districts were first implemented for the 2011 and 2012 elections.
The 2022 Ohio House of Representatives elections were held on November 8,2022,to elect representatives in all 99 districts of the Ohio House of Representatives. Members were elected in single-member constituencies to two-year terms. These elections were held concurrently with various federal and state elections,including for Governor of Ohio and the Ohio Senate.
