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Former AV President Martin Frost on Redistricting
In today's Politico, former President of America Votes and former Representative Martin Frost (D-TX) writes about the importance of down-ballot races in November to the redistricting process:
Most big prizefights have an "undercard" - bouts between lesser-known opponents that precede the main event. The undercard in the 2010 elections is the battle for control of state legislatures - which could determine how congressional lines are drawn for the next decade.
Both parties know these races are a priority and are pouring resources into key battleground states. Republicans, for example, have a chance to make gains in Pennsylvania and Ohio. Democrats could make gains in Texas.
A few legislative seats here, a few legislative seats there will decide which party controls one or both chambers of the legislatures, which will be responsible the following year for mapping districts of their state congressional delegations...
Read the full piece here.
