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GOP hopes may be pinned on DOJ
While the Dems boycotted and the GOP lawmakers rallied behind the Prop 106 provision and voter sentiment, Republican Senate attorney Greg Jernigan wondered aloud to our reporter whether the District of Justice – the only redistricting force that has yet to step up – would be willing to force a change of district lines.
Arizona lawmakers to meet again on redistricting
A special legislative committee appointed by majority Republicans to make recommendations to the state redistricting commission holds its second meeting Monday.
Dems’ prized piece
New 9th Congressional District offers unprecedented opportunity
Sometimes a coin flip can be the opportunity of a lifetime.The proposed 9th Congressional District was designed to be as competitive as possible, but a 50-50 split means a lot more to Democrats than Republicans.
The district, which encompasses Tempe, central Phoenix and Ahwatukee Foothills, is the br[...]
Chippy meeting on IRC maps brings out critics on both sides
Republican lawmakers got a lot of blowback over their new redistricting committee from legislative Democrats and sympathetic members of the public, but they got what they wanted when a parade of speakers stepped forward to air grievances against the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission.
Two Dems snub joint panel on IRC
Two Democrats who were appointed to a new legislative panel that is scrutinizing the work of the Independent Redistricting Commission have snubbed the committee.
Mutually assured destruction?
Senate GOP leadership has been quietly approaching members and testing the waters to see how much support there would be for removing Mathis from the IRC.
Cherny on the hot seat
Dems angry at Cherny’s potential candidacy for the new CD9 are actively recruiting a new chairman.
Threatened IRC lawsuit may have bleak prospects
Republicans who are upset with the work of the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission are consoling themselves with the thought that they can undo the maps with a lawsuit, but that threat may ring hollow in the end.
GOP lawmakers create panel to scrutinize redistricting maps
House and Senate Republican leaders announced this evening that they have each appointed three lawmakers to a committee charged with scrutinizing the maps created by the state’s Independent Redistricting Commission.
Tobin pledges to raise money for redistricting lawsuit
Critics of the state’s Independent Redistricting Commission who are eying a lawsuit have a strong supporter: House Speaker Andy Tobin.
New legislative map leaves Dems perplexed despite advanced planning
Democrats have looked to the state’s Independent Redistricting Commission as their best chance to change their fate as the perpetual minority — a position they’ve held for nearly all of the past 40 years in Arizona.
They got commissioners they liked appointed to the panel. The commission selected lawyers that many Democrats were pleased with. And they even awarded a contract to a [...]
2012 Pearce-Lewis match-up unlikely
Senate President Russell Pearce’s allies have said that recall challenger Jerry Lewis would be soundly defeated if he faced Pearce in a Republican primary election.
