Pritzker Calls Texas GOP’s Remap Effort ‘Cheating,’ Doesn’t Rule Out Illinois Response

Pritzker calls Texas GOP’s remap effort ‘cheating,’ doesn’t rule out Illinois response

Gov. JB Pritzker is leaving the door open to changing Illinois’ congressional maps to “counterbalance” an attempt by Texas politicians to add more Republican seats to the U.S. House.

Pritzker calls Texas GOP’s remap effort ‘cheating,’ doesn’t rule out Illinois response – Capitol News IL

“It’s rich that the Governor now claims to support playing by the rules — after he enthusiastically signed into law the most gerrymandered maps in the nation,” House Republican Leader Tony McCombie said in a statement. “When it was convenient, he promised to reject partisan maps in favor of fair representation.” Illinois’ current congressional map earned an F grade from the independent Princeton Gerrymandering Project, finding the map fails in e…

Capitol News Illinois | Pritzker calls Texas GOP’s remap effort ‘cheating,’ doesn’t rule out Illinois response

Gov. J.B. Pritzker is leaving the door open to changing Illinois’ congressional maps to “counterbalance” an attempt by Texas politicians to add more Republican seats to the U.S. House.

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* Gov. Pritzker was asked today whether Illinois should redraw its congressional districts now that Texas is planning to redraw its own districts to reduce the number of Democratic congresscritters… We have to see what they decide to do about Texas. But I think that the President of the United States encouraging Texas, Texas being [...]