![]() Some legislators seem more interested than others in upsetting the status quo.Īnd back in D.C., the party line has been one of caution. Interviews with nearly two dozen GOP lawmakers and strategists across those six states reveal a flurry of ongoing discussions over whether to make wholesale or more incremental changes to the new maps. And because Nebraska splits its Electoral College votes by congressional district - changes there could even sway the 20 presidential contests. The decisions they make will shape the balance of power in Congress for the next five cycles. Don Bacon speaks to reporters as he exits a classified House Armed Services Committee briefing. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) in one of the nation’s swingiest seats. Also potentially on the chopping block: the city of Omaha, the “cracking” of which could shore up Rep. ![]() Frank Mrvan (D-Ind.) in northwest Indiana. Sharice Davids (D-Kan.) and Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) in Kansas City on both sides of the border and perhaps even freshman Rep. “And when it comes to redistricting, that is, in fact, the case.”īesides Yarmuth in Louisville, Republicans will also have to consider whether to take the knife to the seats of Rep. Top party strategists are urging state mapmakers to play it safe and draw lines that can withstand demographic change throughout the decade and lawsuits. Unabashed partisan gerrymandering that was commonplace after 2010 is now giving some Republicans pause. ![]() But others in the GOP are wary of a rapid and unpredictable political realignment that complicates the drawing of new maps - and the threat of the legal behemoth Democrats have assembled to counter them. ![]() Local Republicans, eager to grow their numbers in Congress and provide launching pads for ambitious state legislators, might be more inclined to carve up those blue pockets. This kind of redistricting debate - over how aggressively Republicans should try to eliminate the remaining Democratic enclaves in red states - is playing out in cities across the upper South and Midwest. James Comer (R-Ky.) addresses the audience gathered at the Fancy Farm Picnic in Fancy Farm, Ky., Saturday, Aug.
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