Redistricting
Minnesota’s Currently Drawn Congressional Maps 3rd Least Competitive in State History
Despite Smart Politics’ recent observation that Minnesota’s U.S. House elections are far more competitive than the national average, new research by Smart Politics finds the Gopher State’s current district boundaries to have produced the 3rd lowest number of competitive races…
Read MoreMinnesota GOP US House Candidates Receive Lowest Voter Support Since 1934
If politics is a bottom line business, then the Republican Party of Minnesota can be rightfully pleased to have won three U.S. House seats last month. Several pundits, such as the Rothenberg Political Report, projected the DFL to pick up…
Read MoreLive Blog: Redistricting in Minnesota
8:50 a.m. The Center for the Study of Politics and Governance is hosting a conference this morning entitled, “Toward More Open Government: A Conference on Reforming the Redistricting Process.” The headline for the event as to why this could be…
Read MoreSmart Politics to Live Blog Conference on MN Redistricting
On Monday morning Smart Politics will live blog a conference on redistricting reform in Minnesota at the Humphrey Institute. Toward More Open Government: A Conference on Reforming the Redistricting Process Monday, December 1, 2008 8:30am – 12:00pm Humphrey Forum Hubert…
Read MoreCSPG’s Minnesota Redistricting Project to Testify Before Senate Today
Several prominent former Minnesota officeholders will testify on redistricting before the Senate’s Committee on State and Local Government Operations and Oversight at 10 a.m. Friday morning at the Capitol. Testifying before the committee to discuss the creation of a bipartisan…
Read MoreLive Blog: Redistricting Hearing at the Capitol
10:05 a.m. Several prominent former Minnesota officeholders will testify this morning on redistricting before the Senate’s Committee on State and Local Government Operations and Oversight. Redistricting will be a big issue in Minnesota – especially in light of the fact…
Read MoreUS House Redistricting: Iowa Gets Lowest Marks for Proportionality
In the coming year or so states will begin to outline plans for the redistricting process that will go into effect in 2012 after the 2010 Census results. One way to measure the ‘success’ of these processes is to…
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