"Though party officials typically dance around the unseemly issue of gerrymandering..."

"... this report is surprisingly candid and unabashed."

"So why is compromise so hard in the House?"

"Some commentators, especially liberals, attribute it to what they say is the irrationality of Republican members of Congress." Bu...

"How Maps Helped Republicans Keep an Edge in the House."

Headline at the NYT , where the first 2 paragraphs talk about Wisconsin. Is Wisconsin a clear majority-Democrat state rigged at the district...

"Ponchos and sombreros: Partygoers don ‘insensitive’ attire despite student efforts."

Imagine! Student efforts failing to sear prick the conscience of the Mifflin Street Block Party people. The student group that wants respec...

The Wisconsin senate, now evenly split, is fighting over access to lawyers' communications about redistricting.

The Republicans lost their majority when Sen. Pam Galloway (R-Wausau), facing a recall election, abruptly quit. Pending the election, which ...

"The 2012 congressional redistricting cycle following the 2010 Census... seems likely to make much less difference than many of us expected."

Writes Michael Barone: I predicted that this cycle, like the 2002 cycle, would produce significant gains for Republicans. Their success in e...

Wisconsin redistricting: If the Voces de la Frontera get what they want, the Hispanics for Leadership will sue.

"Zeus Rodriguez said the Leadership group believes the GOP’s maps will help Latinos, not hurt them...." One of the GOP’s districts...

Wisconsin Republican legislators — in federal court — argue that state constitutional law forbids redrawing the election districts they drew last year.

The case, brought by Democrats and Voces de la Frontera (an immigrant rights group), is before a 3-judge panel (at the trial level) , and ye...

The Supreme Court will hear the Texas redistricting case — quickly, in time for the 2012 primary.

Adam Liptak reports: The court stayed orders from a special three-judge court in San Antonio, which issued electoral maps late last month th...

Democrats may lose the seat vacated by Anthony Weiner.

The Republican has a 6-point lead in a new poll . Whoever wins won't be able to run for reelection, because the district — in Brooklyn a...

"Under the legislation, Democrats have little chance of attaining and retaining a majority in either the Senate or the Assembly, or in the congressional delegation..."

"... giving them little ability to overcome minority status at any point over the next decade." That is a quote from the complaint...

With recall elections looming, the Wisconsin Senate Republicans get their congressional redistricting done.

There are cries of outrage, of course , but, without question, Democrats in the same position would do the same thing. The proposed maps, wh...

"Republicans unveiled a plan Friday to redraw the state's 132 legislative seats just before a wave of recall elections this summer...."

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports: A quick vote would allow GOP lawmakers to approve the maps and lock down advantages for themselves a...