• Republican Karen Handel has won Georgia's special election
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It's worth noting also that this is the first election that Handel has actually won. She was a very weak candidate that was propped up by the GOP elite.
[QUOTE=Dave_Parker;52389013]Source? Actually interested in the numbers on this[/QUOTE] It doesn't really verify his claim specifically but [URL="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/03/opinion/sunday/the-great-gerrymander-of-2012.html?pagewanted=all"]here[/URL] are a [URL="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/gop-gerrymandering-creates-uphill-fight-dems-house/"]few[/URL] [URL="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-power-that-gerrymandering-has-brought-to-republicans/2016/06/17/045264ae-2903-11e6-ae4a-3cdd5fe74204_story.html?utm_term=.4cae092d2b80"]articles[/URL] about Republican gerrymandering during the Obama years. If none of these suffice, [URL="https://thinkprogress.org/republicans-brag-they-won-house-majority-because-of-gerrymandering-b8dd46d6c355"]here[/URL] it is straight from the [URL="http://www.redistrictingmajorityproject.com/?p=646"]horses mouth[/URL]. [editline]22nd June 2017[/editline] [QUOTE][B][U]Michigan[/U][/B] The effectiveness of REDMAP is perhaps most clear in the state of Michigan. In 2010, the RSLC put $1 million into state legislative races, contributing to a GOP pick-up of 20 seats in the House and Republican majorities in both the House and Senate. Republican Rick Snyder won the gubernatorial race, and with it Republicans gained control of redrawing Michigan’s 148 legislative and 14 congressional districts. [B]The 2012 election was a huge success for Democrats at the statewide level in Michigan: voters elected a Democratic U.S. Senator by more than 20 points and reelected President Obama by almost 10 points.[/B] [B][U]But Republicans at the state level maintained majorities in both chambers of the legislature and voters elected a 9-5 Republican majority to represent them in Congress.[/U][/B][/QUOTE] :thinking:
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