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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

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

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

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

Scott Walker stated on February 19, 2011 in a news release:

In 2009, Democratic Wisconsin state senators "rammed through a billion-dollar tax hike in 24 hours with no public input."

By Tom Kertscher• February 23, 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

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

Sawyer Hackett stated on January 16, 2023 in a tweet:

Gov. Abbott “signed a bill last year eliminating the requirements for Texas schools to teach MLK’s ‘I have a dream’ speech.”

By Nusaiba Mizan• February 14, 2023

North Carolina Democratic Party stated on December 27, 2018 in a tweet:

Legislators are "ramming through a provision that’ll make investigations like #NC09 less transparent."

By Paul Specht• January 7, 2019

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

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

Christina Blackcloud stated on January 23, 2021 in a tweet:

The school voucher bill the Iowa Legislature is considering would "give your education tax dollars to corporations."

By Seth Taylor• February 4, 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

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

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

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

Chris Christie stated on October 26, 2011 in a radio interview:

Says "over the last 48 years, every governor at the midterm of his first term or her first term has lost seats in the Legislature, with the exception of Jim McGreevey in 2003."

By Erin O'Neill• November 6, 2011

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

Scott Brown stated on November 11, 2013 in a Fox News interview:

"They delayed my swearing-in here in Massachusetts for a couple weeks so they could ram (the health care law) through."

By Katie Sanders• November 12, 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

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