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Redistricting draft map in Arizona favors Democrats
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| Contributor | RBH |
| Last Edited | RBH Oct 04, 2011 04:14pm |
| Category | News |
| News Date | Oct 04, 2011 03:20pm |
| Description | The bipartisan redistricting commission in Arizona appears to have given Democrats a big break.
A draft map released by the commission late Monday shores up Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ GOP-leaning district, forces the state’s Republican incumbents into some tough decisions and creates a new 9th district that Democrats will be slightly favored to win.
The new Tempe-based 9th district-- the state gained a seat thanks to population growth that well outstripped the national average — is just east of Rep. Ed Pastor’s (D) majority-Hispanic, Phoenix-based district and would have gone narrowly for Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) in the 2004 presidential election and by several percentage points for President Obama in 2008.
Freshman Rep. Ben Quayle (R) is technically drawn into the new 9th, but seems much more likely to run in the heavily Republican 6th district north of Phoenix. |
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