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- Finneran gets help from Mass. govs in pardon bid 9 Jan 2009 10:58 GMT
... four governors -- Democrat Michael Dukakis and Republicans William Weld, Paul Cellucci, and Jane Swift ... in a federal suit over a House redistricting plan. © Copyright 2009 Associated Press. All ...
- Finneran pressing Bush for a pardon 9 Jan 2009 08:10 GMT
... four governors - Democrat Michael Dukakis and Republicans William F. Weld, Paul Cellucci, and Jane ... federal civil suit over a House legislative redistricting plan. He was indicted in June 2005 ... during his four-year tenure. But the recent GOP presidential candidate declined to sign the letter ...
- EDITORIAL: Texas Legislature takes a look at straight-ticket voting 9 Jan 2009 07:37 GMT
... force voters to become more informed. Some Democrats are naturally suspicious of the senator’s motives, ... proposing the creation of a bipartisan congressional redistricting commission — said he didn’t care how ...
- The Chief Justice on the Spot 9 Jan 2009 07:29 GMT
... often mirrors. The latest extension passed the Republican-controlled Congress overwhelmingly in 2006. President Bush promptly ... by race,” he complained in a Texas redistricting case in 2006. The next year, he ...
- Op-Contributor: The Chief Justice on the Spot 9 Jan 2009 06:31 GMT
... often mirrors. The latest extension passed the Republican-controlled Congress overwhelmingly in 2006. President Bush promptly ... by race,” he complained in a Texas redistricting case in 2006. The next year, he ...
- Put teeth into state ethics enforcement 8 Jan 2009 21:52 GMT
... contributions. We'd also like to see legislative redistricting, which encourages political power-plays, if not necessarily ... from several liberal interest groups, and from Democrats who like him personally and recognize the ...
- Happy together 8 Jan 2009 18:08 GMT
... Democrats were obviously frustrated. But even some Republicans were tired of Mr Craddick’s heavy hand ... by Republicans, but owes his win to Democratic support. For some in his party this ... They struggled with Mr Craddick. A 2003 redistricting effort, in the most notorious example, was ...
- On redistricting, Michigan should follow Iowa's lead 8 Jan 2009 13:08 GMT
... not engage in a repeat of the redistricting battles that consumed Lansing earlier this decade. ... their work.) After the 2000 Census, Michigan Republicans used their control of state government to ... pass congressional and legislative maps that maximized GOP votes. The state's congressional delegation promptly flipped ...
- Garamendi criticizes state budget impasse 8 Jan 2009 10:12 GMT
... Gov. John Garamendi bemoaned the actions of Republicans and Democrats in the protracted financial feud. ... the size of legislative districts, term limits, redistricting and the supermajority requirement to pass a ... state Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner, another leading GOP contender. The lieutenant governor said Poizner is ...
- Nantucket lawmaker takes Statehouse oath 8 Jan 2009 07:30 GMT
... and Nantucket lost their seats in a redistricting more than 30 years ago. A longtime ... after losing a write-in campaign in the Democratic primary. He said he registered as a ...
- College Republicans Endorse Ken Blackwell for RNC Chair 8 Jan 2009 05:25 GMT
... College Republicans Endorse Ken Blackwell for RNC Chair January ... midterm elections and the resulting battles over redistricting will shape the future of both political ... Without a motivated base, he argues, the GOP can reform all it wants but it ...
- Georgia Sen. Seth Harp again chairs higher education panel 8 Jan 2009 01:30 GMT
... Republican state Sen. Seth Harp of Columbus again ... Tolleson; Public Safety, Jack Murphy; Reapportionment and Redistricting, Judson Hill; Regulated Industries and Utilities, David ...
- County Redistricting Commission Will Be Reviewed 7 Jan 2009 23:31 GMT
... before approving the creation of a new redistricting commission. Councilman David Wilde says the redistricting ... one district, or if we've got a Democratic majority, two republicans in one district to try and gain ...
- Georgia Sen. Seth Harp again chairs high education panel 7 Jan 2009 21:52 GMT
... Republican state Sen. Seth Harp of Columbus again ... Tolleson; Public Safety, Jack Murphy; Reapportionment and Redistricting, Judson Hill; Regulated Industries and Utilities, David ...
- Decision on Redistricting Commission Will be Reviewed by the County Council's Legislative Subcommittee 7 Jan 2009 17:31 GMT
... Decision on Redistricting Commission Will be Reviewed by the County ... one district, or if we've got a Democratic majority, two republicans in one district to try and gain ...
- Former Nantucket state reps reminisce 7 Jan 2009 15:32 GMT
... representatives there were 240 representatives. After the redistricting in 1978, at which point Nantucket lost ... representatives. "I was one of the few Republicans and I worked on the Committee of ...
- Population shift could cost New Jersey a congressman 7 Jan 2009 13:15 GMT
... will choose to retire. Already, Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill and Trenton are discussing ... the scenarios mentioned by one senior House Democratic aide was a northwestern district where two ... is mostly Latino, and court rulings on redistricting and voting rights make changes to so-called ...
- Duncan faces fight as GOP chairman 7 Jan 2009 12:17 GMT
... former Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele, Michigan Republican Party Chairman Saul Anuzis, South Carolina Republican ... see it in the fog," said Florida GOP chairman Jim Greer, who's also considering running ... toward the 2010 U.S. Census and congressional redistricting as a prime opportunity to boost the ...
- GOP's fall evidenced in Pa. delegation 7 Jan 2009 10:15 GMT
... the 111th Congress on Tuesday with fewer Republicans than at any point since the Great ... 3rd District. The departures leave the state GOP without a member on either panel for ... England is without a Republican House member. Redistricting every 10 years hasn't helped either party ...
- POLITICIANS USE GERRYMANDERING WITH 2010 CENSUS 7 Jan 2009 06:16 GMT
... legislators actually bolstered the 2nd District for Republican Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito by moving Gilmer ... and Nicholas County into the 3rd District. Redistricting in 2011 may not be as kind ... Republicans if the Legislature wants to strengthen Democratic hopes in the 2nd District by way ...
- Dems serve up sodas, policy 7 Jan 2009 04:56 GMT
... strategized about plans to form an independent redistricting commission (at least one Republican asked to postpone it) and applauded the ... Republican newcomer Max Burdick cast the lone GOP vote for Hatch. "I said I would ...
- Salt Lake County Dems take helm of council 7 Jan 2009 04:19 GMT
... majority favors the creation of an independent redistricting commission. An almost identical proposal was before ... vote that, at that time, favored the Republicans. According to minutes from that meeting, Republican ... were in attendance as well as former Democratic Salt Lake Mayor Ted Wilson. Wilson took ...
- S.L. Co. Dems take council helm 7 Jan 2009 04:19 GMT
... majority favors the creation of an independent redistricting commission. An almost identical proposal was before ... vote that, at that time, favored the Republicans. According to minutes from that meeting, Republican ... were in attendance as well as former Democratic Salt Lake Mayor Ted Wilson. Wilson took ...
- Politicians, citizens react to Rep. Joe Straus' plans for speakership 7 Jan 2009 04:18 GMT
... age 25, becoming one of only nine Republicans in the 150-member chamber. He later joins ... House ethics reforms. He becomes the first GOP committee chairman in a century. - November ... and its attempts to pass a GOP redistricting bill rebel and bring the chamber to ...
- New Democratic Majority Tested in Today's Salt Lake County Council Meeting 7 Jan 2009 03:15 GMT
... New Democratic Majority Tested in Today's Salt Lake County ... revive a failed proposal for an independent redistricting commission. "This ordinance I'm proposing has been ... year and a half," Hatch says. "The Republicans did not allow it to go to ...
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