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Chris Larson stated on November 09, 2020 in Twitter:

“Jurisdictions representing about 80% of WI residents have passed referendums or resolutions in favor of fair maps.”

By Laura Schulte• December 21, 2020

Arnold Schwarzenegger stated on February 23, 2017 in a tweet:

"The average margin of victory in the House of Representatives was 37%" for Democrats and Republicans in the 2016 election.

By Chris Nichols• March 17, 2017

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

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

Phil Berger stated on September 15, 2017 in In a press release:

North Carolina has "the strictest anti-gerrymandering standards in the entire country."

By Paul Specht• October 5, 2017

Citizens for Lower Taxes and a Stronger Economy stated on January 21, 2010 in the "No on 4!" website:

"Amendment 4 will reduce Florida’s economic output by $34 billion annually."

By Laura Figueroa• October 15, 2010

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

Citizens for Transportation Mobility stated on June 13, 2012 in a press release:

Atlanta Tea Party co-founder Debbie Dooley "wants gas taxes raised."

By Eric Stirgus• June 25, 2012

Adam Jarchow stated on July 16, 2019 in a tweet:

"Elected officials draw (legislative redistricting) maps. That’s it."

By Eric Litke• August 23, 2019

Arnold Schwarzenegger stated on February 14, 2017 in a video:

"Here are some of the things that are more popular than Congress: hemorrhoids, Nickelback, traffic jams, cockroaches, root canals, colonoscopies, herpes. Even herpes, they couldn’t beat herpes in the polls."

By Chris Nichols• April 14, 2017

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

Robert Martwick stated on May 10, 2021 in a podcast interview:

Opposition to having a fully elected Chicago Board of Education is in the “super minority.”

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller• May 23, 2021

Nina Turner stated on December 30, 2011 in a news release:

Says that after she declared her candidacy for Congress, "the redistricting process was manipulated to allow incumbent politicians to guarantee their re-election."

By Henry J. Gomez• January 10, 2012

Common Cause stated on July 19, 2016 in an online video ad:

"Half of all NC legislative candidates are unopposed because of gerrymandering."

By Will Doran• August 9, 2016

Colleen Kiernan stated on May 14, 2012 in an interview:

"For every one mile of light-rail track that will be built, 16 miles of new road capacity will be built."

By Eric Stirgus• May 25, 2012

Vincent Fort stated on July 21, 2012 in media appearances:

Taxes on groceries and medicine will rise under a plan to improve roads and rail for metro Atlanta.

By Willoughby Mariano• July 27, 2012

Dave Hansen stated on March 05, 2017 in an interview:

Wisconsin is "the most -- if not Number 1, number 2 -- gerrymandered state in the country" for state legislative boundaries.

By Tom Kertscher• March 17, 2017

Nikema Williams stated on June 25, 2013 in a party press release:

"Georgia is nearly 50 percent Democratic and (the Republican majority) diminished our voting strength to 32 percent through gerrymandered maps."

By Janel Davis• July 19, 2013

Patrick Leahy stated on March 08, 2017 in a House Judiciary Committee hearing:

Wealthy foreigners can obtain visas through a special program, but only a small number "invest in true high-unemployment areas. Almost every other EB-5 project uses gerrymandering to qualify as distressed."

By Miriam Valverde• March 21, 2017

Debbie Dooley stated on September 06, 2011 in an op-ed:

"[Eighty-five percent] of the funds collected in each county will be redistributed elsewhere -- not spent in the county in which it is collected."

By Eric Stirgus• September 20, 2011

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