Redistricting Roundup: Dec. 16

Redistricting divides allies and creates strange bedfellows.

Marcia Fudge - Democrats were alarmed to learn last week that aides to House Speaker John Boehner played a significant role in Ohio’s new redistricting map that some critics say “have politicians choosing their voters instead of the other way around.” One of the configurations they considered would have pit Rep. Marcia Fudge against another incumbent congressional Democrat in the same district.(Photo: Courtesy The Cleveland Plain Dealer/Google Maps)

1 / 5

Marcia Fudge - Democrats were alarmed to learn last week that aides to House Speaker John Boehner played a significant role in Ohio’s new redistricting map that some critics say “have politicians choosing their voters instead of the other way around.” One of the configurations they considered would have pit Rep. Marcia Fudge against another incumbent congressional Democrat in the same district.(Photo: Courtesy The Cleveland Plain Dealer/Google Maps)

Illinois - African-American and Latino aldermen in Chicago are not seeing eye to eye on redistricting. The city’s Hispanic Caucus unveiled a map last week that includes three new Latino majority wards and two fewer African-American wards.  The Black Caucus is expected to file a map that includes one more African-American ward than the Latino Caucus’ plan calls for.(Photo: AP)

2 / 5

Illinois - African-American and Latino aldermen in Chicago are not seeing eye to eye on redistricting. The city’s Hispanic Caucus unveiled a map last week that includes three new Latino majority wards and two fewer African-American wards.  The Black Caucus is expected to file a map that includes one more African-American ward than the Latino Caucus’ plan calls for.(Photo: AP)

Tennessee - An NAACP chapter in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is at odds with the city council over redistricting. The NAACP is proposing a map that includes four majority Black districts as opposed to the council’s, which includes three. Council member Manny Rico said the NAACP’s map is racist and accused the civil rights organization of using race to gain influence.(Photo: Courtesy Shelby County/MyFox Memphis)

3 / 5

Tennessee - An NAACP chapter in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is at odds with the city council over redistricting. The NAACP is proposing a map that includes four majority Black districts as opposed to the council’s, which includes three. Council member Manny Rico said the NAACP’s map is racist and accused the civil rights organization of using race to gain influence.(Photo: Courtesy Shelby County/MyFox Memphis)

/content/dam/betcom/images/2011/09/Politics/092911-politics-supreme-court.jpg

4 / 5

Texas - Redistricting has Texans all in a tizzy. Three federal courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, will be reviewing proposed maps. According to Democrats, Republicans, who hold the majority in the state, drew maps that don’t reflect the growth in minority population. “It’s a mess,” redistricting expert Michael Li told ABC News. (Photo: Courtesy wikicommons)

Maryland - Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley is poised to unveil a new map for state legislative districts. Civil rights groups and Republican lawmakers have already joined forces to challenge the governor’s congressional map, which they’ll challenge in a court hearing on Dec. 20.(Photo: AP)

5 / 5

Maryland - Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley is poised to unveil a new map for state legislative districts. Civil rights groups and Republican lawmakers have already joined forces to challenge the governor’s congressional map, which they’ll challenge in a court hearing on Dec. 20.(Photo: AP)