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Wednesday, November 3, 2010

A Preliminary Look at Control and Strategy for Congressional Redistricting: Who Controls the Process?

Public Mapping provides a nice table describing how the process works and who may or may not control it. I'm going to use their information and modify it here, noting how things went down in the 2000 redistricting and updating for the actual (not quite final) results from yesterday's election.



StateWho Controls?2000 (mid-decade) Control2010 Control
AlabamaState Gov'tDemocraticRepublican
Alaska1 seat
ArizonaCommissionIndependent
ArkansasState Gov'tDemocraticDemocratic
CaliforniaCommissionDemocraticIndependent
ColoradoState Gov'tSplitSplit
ConnecticutCommissionIndependent
Delaware1 seat
FloridaState Gov'tRepublicanRepublican
GeorgiaState Gov'tDemocraticRepublicanRepublican
HawaiiCommissionIndependent
IdahoCommissionIndependent
IllinoisState Gov'tSplitDem
IndianaState Gov'tSplitRepublican
IowaCommissionIndependent
KansasState Gov'tRepublicanRepublican
KentuckyState Gov'tSplitSplit
LouisianaState Gov'tSplitSplit
MaineCommissionIndependent
MarylandState Gov'tDemocraticDemocratic
MassachusettsState Gov'tDemocraticDemocratic
MichiganState Gov'tRepublicanRepublican
MinnesotaState Gov'tSplitSplit or Rep
MississippiState Gov'tDemocraticSplit
MissouriState Gov'tDemocraticSplit
Montana1 seat
NebraskaState Gov'tRepublicanRepublican
NevadaState Gov'tRepublicanSplit
New HampshireState Gov'tSplitSplit
New JerseyCommissionIndependent
New MexicoState Gov'tSplitSplit
New YorkState Gov'tSplitDem or split
North CarolinaState Gov'tDemocraticSplit
North Dakota1 seat
OhioState Gov'tRepublicanRepublican
OklahomaState Gov'tSplitRepublican
OregonState Gov'tSplitTie/D leg, D gov?
PennsylvaniaState Gov'tRepublicanRepublican
Rhode IslandState Gov'tDemocraticDemocratic
South CarolinaState Gov'tSplitRepublican
South Dakota1 seat
TennesseeState Gov'tSplitRepublican
TexasState Gov'tSplitRepublicanRepublican
UtahState Gov'tRepublicanRepublican
Vermont1 seat
VirginiaState Gov'tRepublicanSplit
WashingtonCommissionIndependent
West VirginiaState Gov'tDemocraticDemocratic
WisconsinState Gov'tSplitRepublican
Wyoming1 seat