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To help equalize the population among congressional districts following the 2010 redistricting, the slower-growing districts will have to be redrawn to bring in more residents.
Some of the fastest growing counties are the suburban counties around Nashville which are moving more toward GOP control than in the past and also could be carved up differently among Tennessee’s congressional districts to redistribute power.
“It’s the Legislature’s task to redistrict every 10 years and it gets into the real gamesmanship of the political process,” said Bob Swansbrough, a political scientist at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. “With the Republican control of the Legislature, it will be different than it was in the past. Even though you don’t have any more seats, the borders could be cut to make it more favorable for the GOP.”
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From the Arizona Star:
PHOENIX -- The state Supreme Court today blew apart the last hope of Democrats to get legislative districts they find more favorable in the next election — and possibly take control of the House or Senate. In a 31-page decision, the justices rejected every challenge made by a coalition of Democrats and Hispanics to the lines drawn by the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission. Chief Justice Ruth McGregor, writing for the court, said the five-member panel followed all the required laws and procedures to determine how districts should be created.
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