Democrats have claimed victory in the escalating map battle after voters approved new congressional lines in Virginia via referendum. The result shifts the state’s map, which has a 6-5 Democratic edge, to 10-1. Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) argued the move was needed to respond to redistricting efforts undertaken by GOP states such as Texas.
Centrist Republicans, including Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE), say the tit-for-tat retaliation is now benefiting Democrats more than Republicans.
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“You’ve got to play chess … and when you have an adversarial opponent, political opponent, you’ve got to always think, ‘What are they going to do in response?’ And I think this was foreseeable,” Bacon, who is retiring at the end of his term, told CNN.
Rep. Kevin Kiley (I-CA), a Republican-turned-independent who had his House seat eliminated because of California’s gerrymander last year, was even more
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