republican governor kay ivey of alabama just approved a new u.s. congressional district map, a map that the legislature was forced to redraw after the u.s. supreme court upheld a ruling that said the previous map violated section 2 of the ting rights act. the original map passed by the gop legislature created one black district in a state one quarter black. in a judgment last month however the supreme court affirmed lower court ruling mandating the legislature go back and redraw the map to include two districts with majority black voters or, quote, something quite close to it. so the legislature went back to work and came up with this, a new map that does increase the percentage of black voters in the second congressional district but only to 40%. the other majority black district was at 55%, but now it s dropped to just over 50%. joining me to discuss is the
Cris Dush, who chairs the state Senate committee that considers voting bills, rejected the results of the 2020 election and led Republicans’ investigation attempt.
Here are the FCC endorsements for U.S. Congress and state races in Minnesota. These endorsements represent the opinion of Forum Communications Co. management.