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Search results for "A Virginia judge temporarily halted the state's newly approved congressional map"

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Ted Budd stated on March 21, 2022 in a tweet:
“Pat McCrory appointed the ‘Republican’ judge who sided with Democrats in the partisan Democrat lawsuit/power-grab over redistricting.”
By Paul Specht• March 29, 2022
Donald Trump stated on February 05, 2017 in an interview with Bill O'Reilly:
Says "109 people out of hundreds of thousands of travelers" were affected by the immigration executive order.
By Linda Qiu• February 6, 2017
Tom Cotton stated on October 21, 2021 in a tweet:
The newly drawn congressional district map in Arkansas “keeps communities together.”
By Louis Jacobson• October 22, 2021
Robin Hayes stated on January 10, 2018 in Press release:
"A ‘gerrymander’ is by definition and common understanding, a strange looking ‘monster’ drawing. This map is clearly not that."
By Paul Specht• January 10, 2018
John McGuire stated on December 03, 2021 in a radio interview.:
“Overdoses in Virginia (are) up 35%.”
By Warren Fiske• December 14, 2021
Gavin Newsom stated on August 17, 2025 in a podcast episode:
“Democrats have voted for national independent redistricting. Republicans have not.”
By Loreben Tuquero• August 21, 2025
Facebook posts stated on November 11, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says Dominion Voting System flipped votes to Joe Biden in states where Trump is bringing legal challenges.
By Daniel Funke, Samantha Putterman• November 13, 2020
Dennis Kucinich stated on September 14, 2011 in an email to supporters:
"About 57 percent of registered Democrats in the new (9th Congressional) district come from my old district."
By Sabrina Eaton• October 21, 2011
Roger Williams stated on June 28, 2011 in at a campaign stop.:
Says U.S. House opponent Michael Williams does not live in and has never voted in the congressional district he’s seeking to represent.
By W. Gardner Selby• July 5, 2011
Chris Redfern stated on September 15, 2011 in a news conference:
Says that to drive the length of the newly drawn 15th District "you’d find yourself on the road as long as it would take to drive from Columbus to Niagara Falls."
By Aaron Marshall• October 5, 2011
Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on October 10, 2014 in a news release:
The U.S. Supreme Court struck down Wisconsin's photo ID election law
By Dave Umhoefer• October 14, 2014
Nina Perales stated on May 31, 2011 in a press release.:
Says a Republican-drawn map of proposed U.S. House districts for Texas "gerrymanders more than nine million Latinos in Texas to make sure that we have no more electoral opportunity than we did in 1991."
By W. Gardner Selby• June 22, 2011
Ron Ramsey stated on January 27, 2012 in an email announcing redistricting maps.:
"This year’s redistricting has been the most open, interactive and transparent redistricting process in Tennessee history."
By Richard Locker• February 10, 2012
Deb Butler stated on January 12, 2022 in a tweet:
Says the “NC appeals court” acknowledged the state’s election maps “are skewed,” but didn’t block them because they are “partisan hacks.”
By Paul Specht• January 21, 2022
Trey Martinez Fischer stated on February 25, 2013 in press conference in the Texas House Speaker’s Committee Room.:
Says that since 1975, redistricting by Texas lawmakers has always been found in violation of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.
By W. Gardner Selby• March 1, 2013
Donald Trump stated on April 26, 2017 in a tweet:
The Ninth Circuit has an overturned record "close to 80%."
By Lauren Carroll, Miriam Valverde• April 26, 2017
Rachel Campos-Duffy stated on June 12, 2013 in an interview:
"Upwards of 90 percent" of women seeking an abortion decide not to have an abortion after seeing an ultrasound.
By Tom Kertscher• July 12, 2013
Peggy Hubbard stated on September 19, 2022 in a post:
Martha's Vineyard declared itself as a sanctuary city until the buses arrived.
By Gabrielle Settles• September 27, 2022
Rand Paul stated on October 28, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.:
The debt limit deal "allows President Obama to borrow unlimited amounts of money."
By Louis Jacobson• November 2, 2015
Stephen Miller stated on May 09, 2025 in an interview:
The Immigration and Nationality Act “stripped Article III courts, that's the judicial branch, of jurisdiction over immigration cases.”
By Maria Ramirez Uribe• May 15, 2025

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