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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

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

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

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

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

Robyn Vining stated on October 25, 2020 in an interview:

My 2018 election was the first time Speaker Robin Vos has lost a Republican-held seat

By Eric Litke• October 29, 2020

Janet Bewley stated on November 05, 2021 in News release:

“Wisconsin is almost equally divided on partisan lines” and therefore new Legislative maps could be drawn to “represent that 50-50 split.”

By Madeline Heim• November 23, 2021

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

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

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

Roy Cooper stated on July 28, 2017 in in a newsletter:

Last year, Democrats won nearly 50% of the vote, yet they hold only 38% of the seats in the state House and 30% of the seats in the state Senate.

By Paul Specht• August 9, 2017

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

Jerry Tillman stated on November 15, 2019 in a speech:

Says the U.S. Constitution "doesn’t say anything about (redistricting) being fair. … it’s set up to be partisan."

By Paul Specht• November 26, 2019

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

Beto O'Rourke stated on March 16, 2018 in remarks on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher":

"Texas is one of the most gerrymandered states in the union."

By Louis Jacobson• August 16, 2018

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

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

Turning Point USA stated on March 27, 2021 in a video posted on Instagram:

HR 1 “gives the federal government the power to establish their own committees” to take over the redistricting process.

By Louis Jacobson• April 2, 2021

Donald Trump stated on January 04, 2018 in a tweet:

"Mostly Democrat states refused to hand over data" that could show election fraud.

By Amy Sherman• January 5, 2018

Mandela Barnes stated on August 10, 2020 in a public forum:

GOP-backed "racist disenfrachisement" led to only five polling places being open in Milwaukee for April 7 election.

By Lawrence Andrea• August 14, 2020

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