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arizona independent redistricting

Feb 3, 2022

Let’s add more independents to the AIRC

Every ten years Arizona remaps its legislative and congressional districts, based on the latest census data.   In 2011, many Republicans in Arizona were convinced that the Democrats had gamed the... […]

Dec 11, 2012

Both sides claim victory in latest redistricting commission ruling

Attorneys defending the state’s redistricting commission against allegations of open meeting law violations are touting an appellate court decision today as a victory. So is the county prosecutor who pursued the allegations.

Jul 1, 2011

IRC lightning strikes GOP twice

Republican voters showed up in droves to today's IRC meeting in Tucson and spoke out, emotionally at times, against yesterday's selection of Strategic Telemetry as its mapping consultant.

Jun 29, 2011

Redistricting panel hires D.C.-based, Democratically connected mapping firm

Arizona’s Independent Redistricting Commission decided Wednesday to hire Strategic Telemetry, a Washington D.C.-based mapping firm, to serve as the group’s mapping consultant.

Apr 20, 2011

IRC picks former chairman nominee Bladine as executive director

Ray Bladine wasn’t selected to be the chairman of the Independent Redistricting Commission, but he’ll still get to play a critical role in drawing up new political lines for the state – and now he’ll get paid for his work.

Apr 18, 2011

Evan Wyloge discusses the Independent Redistricting Commission’s current tasks

Arizona Capitol Times reporter Evan Wyloge discusses what the state's redistricting commission is doing this week, in their efforts to eventually deliver Arizona's new political maps later this year.

Apr 7, 2011

What’s the big secret?

In spite of numerous transparency pledges by members of the Independent Redistricting Commission, the commission has chosen to shield applicants for the executive director post from public scrutiny.

Mar 20, 2011

Census strengthens GOP’s grip: As power shifts, Phoenix and Dems look like losers in Legislature

If Arizona Democrats thought nothing could be worse than the 2010 election results, they might want to hold their collective breath as the Independent Redistricting Commission gets to work.

Mar 18, 2011

Pinal County no sure thing for congressional seat

Explosive growth seemed to assure that Pinal County would anchor one of Arizona’s nine congressional districts in 2012, and recently released census data further fueled the speculation.

Mar 15, 2011

Critics say partisan fights take new shape in ‘independent’ redistricting

Placing the “I” word in front of Redistricting Commission doesn’t mean it’s really independent.

Now that the commission is fully constituted, they'll soon begin redrawing the state's legislative and congressional lines. At stake is the state's political landscape for the next ten years. And while most everyone agrees on the gravity of task, disagreements abound on just how "inde[...]

Mar 14, 2011

Lujan launches IRC watchdog business

Rural groups looking to keep tabs on the IRC will have friends in Lujan and Dem lobbyist Mario Diaz.

Mar 7, 2011

IRC budget based on experience and guesswork

The last statement James Huntwork made as a member of the first Independent Redistricting Commission in his last meeting in June 2009 was that the next IRC would need “a lot of money.”

How much money the newly seated IRC will need is a mystery.

But the thinking of those involved with the first one is that the legal disputes, which consumed so much money last time, will be[...]

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