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AFL-CIO stated on July 13, 2011 in a blog posting:

Republican redistricting plans cut Democrat Nancy Nusbaum out of "her state Senate district by a half a block."

By James B. Nelson• July 21, 2011

Armond Budish stated on November 03, 2011 in a news conference:

Dem-controlled Ohio House voted "to change the process, to create objective criteria, to modify the Constitution" ... to "take politics out of the efforts to draw legislative boundaries."

By Joe Guillen• November 23, 2011

Eric Ager stated on October 24, 2023 in a speech on the house floor:

“This map was drawn entirely in secret by an Ohio consultant … with taxpayer dollars.”

By Paul Specht• November 15, 2023

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

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

Lloyd Doggett stated on November 04, 2013 in a guest lecture:

"During the last election, Democrats won over a million votes more than Republicans, but because of the way districts are designed, the Republicans got 33 more members of the House of Representatives than the Democrats did."

By W. Gardner Selby• November 26, 2013

Chuck McGrady stated on February 13, 2019 in a press conference:

Says "nearly half" of House Republicans have supported a nonpartisan redistricting bill.

By Paul Specht• February 15, 2019

Ron DeSantis stated on April 27, 2026 in an interview with Fox News Digital:

Since the 2020 census, Florida has "moved from a Democrat majority to a 1.5 million Republican advantage."

By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• April 29, 2026

Ron Tusler stated on September 12, 2023 in X, formerly Twitter:

Wisconsin Republicans are backing “a nonpartisan redistricting plan based off the Iowa Model. ... Republicans, Democrats, and the Governor pushed this plan last time redistricting happened in 2020.”

By D.L. Davis• December 8, 2023

Virginia House Democratic Caucus stated on March 05, 2020 in Voting record:

On a referendum that could strip legislators of their redistricting power.

By Warren Fiske• March 24, 2020

Fair Districts Florida stated on June 23, 2010 in on the Fair Districts Florida website:

"In the last 6 years, there have been 420 elections for State Senator and State Representative. Only three incumbents have been defeated!"

By Cristina Silva• June 24, 2010

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

X posts stated on October 09, 2025 in a post on X:

“If you vote no on Prop 50 to stop the redistricting, it shows through the envelope,” making it easy for Democrats to cheat.

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 14, 2025

Donald Trump stated on June 07, 2026 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

The ongoing ballot counting in California means “they’re cheating on the election."

By Amy Sherman• June 8, 2026

Byron Donalds stated on May 04, 2026 in an interview:

Congress passed the 1965 Voting Rights Act because “the Democrat party at the time, especially in the South, were racially gerrymandering districts to disenfranchise Black voters.”

By Samantha Putterman• May 8, 2026

Fentrice Driskell stated on April 29, 2026 in an interview:

“Under federal law, you cannot engage in partisan gerrymandering.”

By Samantha Putterman• May 1, 2026

Will Weatherford stated on March 28, 2012 in remarks to the press:

"It's the first time in the nation this many members have been drawn (by a Legislature) into the same districts where it wasn't a court order."

By Katie Sanders• April 13, 2012

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

Richard Saslaw stated on April 16, 2011 in an interview.:

On redistricting.

By Wes Hester• April 29, 2011

North Carolina state House Democratic Caucus stated on January 31, 2022 in a tweet:

Republican state Sens. Paul Newton and Warren Daniel “refused to even give testimony” in North Carolina’s latest redistricting case.

By Paul Specht• February 17, 2022

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