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2016 Postmortem

robinlynne

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12. WHOAH! Speaking of redistricitng, i noticed that Los Angeles lost 3 Dem congressional seats becuase

Reply to Tx4obama (Original post)

Sun Nov 11, 2012, 09:09 PM

Nov 2012

the districts were redistricted and in each case 2 Dems ran against each other. loss of 3 seats is a loss of 3 seats. So I wonder if this is why the GOP has Congress?

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Won't you need a state constitutional amendment to do that? Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #1

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DoJ will make sure Jon Husted serves the rest of his life in prison Panasonic Nov 2012 #4

really? Why do you think DOJ will do anything? robinlynne Nov 2012 #13

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Nina Turner for Ohio SOS, Ted Strickland for Governor! tarheelsunc Nov 2012 #8

it's hard to imagine that any swing state would want to do this InsultComicDog Nov 2012 #9

This is why state executive and legislative offices are IMPORTANT. WA just elected a Teahadist SoS, freshwest Nov 2012 #10

I have a fondness for the Bohunk68 Nov 2012 #11

WHOAH! Speaking of redistricitng, i noticed that Los Angeles lost 3 Dem congressional seats becuase robinlynne Nov 2012 #12

Dems picked up 3 other seats in L.A. area. mtnlvr1946 Nov 2012 #14

which has nothing to do with the fact that redistricting took away 3 dem seats. robinlynne Nov 2012 #15