{"id":1144456,"date":"2021-12-23T00:34:22","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T05:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1144456"},"modified":"2021-12-23T00:34:24","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T05:34:24","slug":"gop-could-control-6-of-arizonas-9-congressional-seats-after-redistricting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-could-control-6-of-arizonas-9-congressional-seats-after-redistricting\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Could Control 6 of Arizona\u2019s 9 Congressional Seats After Redistricting\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgop-could-control-6-of-arizonas-9-congressional-seats-after-redistricting%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1144456&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">The Republican Party could possibly control six out of Arizona\u2019s nine congressional seats after the state\u2019s redistricting commission approved a new map on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Arizona\u2019s new congressional map was adopted unanimously by a bipartisan panel of commissioners under the redistricting system Arizona voters implemented via ballot initiative in 2000. The commission is made up of two Democrats, two Republicans, and an independent chair.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Arizona, along with every other state, redraws its political maps once a decade based on results from the latest census.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Democrats control five out of Arizona\u2019s nine congressional seats.<\/p>\n<p>Under the proposed map, the two seats held by Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ) and retiring Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ) are \u201ctrue swing seats\u201d in the Phoenix and Tucson suburbs.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_19235394\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/oct4-21-Arizona-Independent-Redistricting-Commission-Chair-Erika-Neuberg-ap.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19235394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/oct4-21-Arizona-Independent-Redistricting-Commission-Chair-Erika-Neuberg-ap.jpg\" alt=\"CORRECTS SPELLING OF LAST NAME TO NEUBERG INSTEAD OF NEWBERG - As Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission Chair Erika Neuberg is shown speaking on a television screen, the commission meets to make the first changes to basic grid maps for the state&#039;s nine congressional and 30 legislative districts, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, in Phoenix. The five-member panel created by voters to take redistricting out of the hands of lawmakers hopes to adopt its final maps by the end of the year. (AP Photo\/Ross D. Franklin)\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">As Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission Chair Erika Neuberg is shown speaking on a television screen, the commission meets to make the first changes to basic grid maps for the state\u2019s nine congressional and 30 legislative districts, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, in Phoenix. (AP Photo\/Ross D. Franklin)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to&nbsp;<em>Politico<\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Those two seats are on track to host some of the most competitive races in the country next fall. Biden would have carried the new Tucson district by less than 1 point in 2020 (compared to his 11-point margin under the old lines).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rep. Tom O\u2019Halleran\u2019s (D-AZ) seat is also in danger of shifting towards the GOP. The commission\u2019s independent chair decided to include all of Yavapai County in O\u2019Halleran\u2019s district instead of splitting the County into two districts. Additionally, O\u2019Halleran\u2019s district will now include Prescott, Arizona. These decisions transformed the district from one that President Joe Biden won by two points to one former President Donald Trump would have won by eight points.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Halleran, a former Republican turned Democrat, will have to choose between retiring from Congress or running for reelection in a solidly Republican district.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the 5-0 commission approval, Democrats feel the new map unfairly advantages Arizona Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are in a state now that has five Democrats and four Republicans that have been elected to Congress,\u201d Democratic commissioner Shereen Lerner&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/12\/22\/congressional-redistricting-arizona-525993\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>. \u201cThere is no excuse for drawing a six to three map that favors either party as part of that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Former Attorney General Eric Holder\u2019s National Democratic Redistricting Committee accused the commission\u2019s chair of being \u201cderelict in her duties to the voters of Arizona\u201d and \u201cindependent in name only,\u201d according to a&nbsp;<em>Politico&nbsp;<\/em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/12\/22\/congressional-redistricting-arizona-525993\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Republican Party could possibly control six out of Arizona\u2019s nine congressional seats after the state\u2019s redistricting commission approved a new map on Wednesday. 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