Control of the Redistricting
Process:
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State |
Chamber |
Seat difference |
Partisan Breakdown |
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Arizona |
Senate |
2 seats |
16 R � 14 D |
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House |
heavily Republican |
(by 20 seats, 40 � 20) |
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Governor, R, has veto
over both congressional and state
districting. | |||
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The stakes: If
redistricting commission ballot measure fails this fall, will
Republicans control redistricting and potentially a 7-1 edge in the
U.S. House? | |||
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Connecticut |
Senate |
2 seats |
19 D � 17 R |
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House |
heavily Democratic |
(by 41 seats) |
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Governor, R, has
NO veto power over either congressional or state
plans. | |||
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The stakes: Will
the Democrats hold onto monopoly control of redistricting and shape
just who loses the congressional seat to be lost due to
reapportionment? | |||
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Kentucky |
Senate |
2 seats |
20 R � 18 D |
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House |
heavily Democratic |
(by 30 seats, 65 � 35) |
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Governor, D, has veto
over both congressional and state districting. | |||
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The stakes: Will
Democrats win monopoly control and a chance to win back U.S. House
seats, now controlled 5-1 by
Republicans? | |||
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Missouri |
Senate |
2 seats |
18 D � 16 R |
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House |
8 seats |
84 D � 76 R � 1I � 2
vacancy |
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Governor, D, has veto
over congressional plan only. | |||
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The stakes: Will
Democrats hold onto the governor�s mansion and legislature and have
monopoly control in a state where Democrats are holding onto
marginal districts? | |||
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Pennsylvania |
Senate |
solidly Republican |
(by 10 seats, 30 � 20) |
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House |
1 seat |
102 R � 101 D |
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Governor, R, has veto
over congressional plan only. | |||
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The stakes: Will
the Democrats retake the house and prevent a Republican
redistricting that could cut the Democratic delegation in half by
the end of the decade? | |||
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South Carolina |
Senate |
2 seats |
24 D � 22 R |
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House |
5 seats |
64 R � 59 D � 1 vacancy |
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Governor, D, has veto
power for both congressional and state
districting. | |||
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The stakes: Will
Democrats re-take the House and gain monopoly
control? | |||
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Texas |
Senate |
1 seat |
16 R � 15 D |
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House |
6 seats |
78 D � 72 R |
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Governor, R, has veto
power for both congressional and state
districting. | |||
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The stakes:
Will Republicans finish their sweep of the state by taking the
House or can the Democrats retake the Senate and seek to protect
their U.S. House districts? | |||
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Wisconsin |
Senate |
1 seat |
17 D � 16 R |
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House |
9 seats |
55 R � 44 D |
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Governor, R, has veto
over both congressional and state districting | |||
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The stakes: Will
the Republicans take the Senate and have monopoly control of
redistricting in a state with several swing U.S. House
districts? | |||
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Other states with relatively close state legislative margins include:
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