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The Race For The General Assembly Is About More Than Some Realize

By Kleinheider Posted on August 29, 2008 at 3:56 pm

From R. Neal:

Former Senator Jim Sasser spoke about the importance of state legislative races. He said if Democrats lose the Tennessee House they could lose Congress because Republicans are planning to redistrict Bart Gordon and Lincoln Davis into the same Congressional district which would eliminate one of two seats currently held by Democrats.

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4 Responses to “The Race For The General Assembly Is About More Than Some Realize”

  1. Matthew Hurtt writes
    August 29th, 2008 4:02 pm

    They’re not “planning” to do anything differently than what the Democrats do.

    Matthew

  2. d writes
    August 29th, 2008 4:59 pm

    Except to do “what the Democrats do” to their own advantage.

  3. autoegocrat writes
    August 29th, 2008 5:40 pm

    Maybe if the state Democrats like Lincoln Davis hadn’t been doing their level best to enable the Republicans at the expense of their national colleagues, more people would care about this.

  4. joe lance writes
    August 30th, 2008 12:41 pm

    As an independent, I am categorically against drawing any district line for partisan (read: incumbency) advantage. Yes, I know how futile my position currently is.

    But I am also not giving up. Congressman Tanner and others have introduced legislation in Congress aimed at reform in this area, and I will be talking with my state and local legislators about doing the same thing at their levels.

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