New California redistricting maps would make tough elections for Devin Nunes, Josh Harder [View all]
WASHINGTON -- Preliminary visualizations for California’s new congressional districts would put Central Valley Reps. Devin Nunes and Josh Harder in tougher elections in 2022 for their seats in the United States House of Representatives, experts say.
The visualizations, released Wednesday, are the first time viewers could see the puzzle pieces of various legislative districts put together. Drafts will change multiple times over the next couple of months before the nonpartisan commission charged with making them sends a final one to California’s secretary of state for certification.
Redistricting, the process by which legislative boundaries are redrawn following population shifts revealed by the Census, can alter the makeup of voter preferences in an area. California lost one seat in the U.S. House because of sluggish population growth, dropping its legislative delegation to 52.
The state started using an independent commission to oversee redistricting before the last time maps were redrawn in 2010 to counter alleged gerrymandering in past processes.
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