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WA 2011 redistricting officially underway

WA 2011 redistricting officially underway

Secretary Reed introduces Redistricting Commission members (L to R) Tom Huff, Slade Gorton, Dean Foster and Tim Ceis. Washington’s citizen-driven process of redrawing the state’s congressional and legislative district boundaries is officially launched — and you’re invited to watch and give your ideas. The four voting members of the citizen Redistricting Commission — two Democrats and two Republicans — were sworn in Tuesday by state Supreme Court Chief Justice Barbara Madsen.  She exhorted  the panel to “operate with the best…

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Redistricting panel soon launches 2011 map-drawing

Redistricting panel soon launches 2011 map-drawing

The four voting members of the 2011 Washington Redistricting Commission — two Democrats and two Republicans — will be sworn in by Chief Justice Barbara Madsen in the chief’s reception room in the Temple of Justice in Olympia at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, the 18th. The panel must choose a fifth, nonvoting, member to serve as chairman. The commissioners are Republicans Slade Gorton, the former House majority leader, attorney general and three-term U.S. senator, and Tom Huff, the former state…

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Back to the future for Slade and redistricting

Back to the future for Slade and redistricting

Photo provided by Howard E. McCurdy Soon after former U.S. Senator Slade Gorton was introduced today as the state Senate Republicans’ appointee to the 2011 state Redistricting Commission, he met in Secretary Reed’s office (below) to briefly discuss Washington’s current congressional and legislative district boundaries, as well as talk about past redistricting efforts. Gorton is very familiar with the redistricting process. This 1965 photo above shows him (standing on the far right) and other House Republican members and staffers reviewing…

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Redistricting soon to gear up

Redistricting soon to gear up

Washington will get word on Tuesday on whether we’ve grown enough in the past decade to warrant a new seat in Congress.  The Census figures are coming out, amid speculation that we’ll get a 10th congressional district. The state Redistricting Commission will soon take up the task of redrawing congressional and legislative district boundaries so they represent equal numbers of voters.  Right now, some districts have far more than the ideal-sized population. The commission will be comprised of four voting…

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