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By ETHAN DeWITTWhen the U.S. Census Bureau released raw data for New Hampshire’s once-in-a-decade count, the numbers revealed a slowly diversifying state whose population is growing in the Seacoast area but shrinking in the north and west. But the.
Redistrict Me This [Oregon Edition: Part I] – BPR Interviews: Representative Andrea Salinas
May 12, 2021
Redistrict Me This is a series of interviews with state legislators from across the United States. Conducted beginning in spring 2021, they will continue through the decennial redistricting process following the 2020 census. While we hope the unusual amount of national media attention to state-level politics generated by redistricting will spark interest in this series, we intend to go beyond the process story. We ask interviewees to examine how their foundational beliefs inform their approach to redistricting and their preferred outcomes. Though these interviews use redistricting as an anchor point, they are wide-ranging, exploring numerous topics both political and personal. We hope that, as a collection, they will shed light on how the men and women who draw the lines of our franchise both shape and are shaped by American democracy.
Where should Oregon’s 6th congressional district go? Some residents, Republicans suggest the coast
Updated May 12, 2021;
Posted May 11, 2021
U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, pictured here at a Portland rally for children s health insurance in 2017, represents Oregon s 1st Congressional District. As Oregon lawmakers prepare to redraw the state s congressional districts to add a new district, some are suggesting the coast be joined into one contiguous district. Gordon R. Friedman / The OregonianGordon R. Friedman/The Oregonian
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Now that it’s official Oregon will receive a sixth congressional seat in 2022, state lawmakers must decide where it will go.
In a May 6 public hearing, House Special Committee on Redistricting co-chair Rep. Shelly Boshart Davis pointed out that that three of the state’s five current congressional districts touch Portland and Multnomah County. Four of the state’s five congresspeople are Democrats, while just 35.3% of registered voters are
We need to talk about the Oregon legislature
Oregon Republicans ignore the needs of their constituents
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While the nation has been enthralled in a passionate debate regarding the future of the Senate filibuster, a similar conversation is unfolding nearby in Salem.
The Oregon legislature has spent 2021 contending with its own challenges borne of minority party obstruction. Best exemplified by the Senate Republican walkouts and the House Republican Caucus’ adamant demand that bills be read in their entirety before their final floor vote, the Oregon GOP has utilized nearly every tool at their disposal to slow the majority agenda in the assembly. While House Minority Leader Christine Drazan (R-Canby) has conceded the reading requirement in exchange for equal Republican representation on the redistricting committee, a conversation still needs to be had about the future of obstructionism in Oregon politics.