Voters Take Back Power
Last Thursday a bunch of ordinary citizens overturned decades of Republican gerrymandering by formally approving new maps for Michigan's Congressional, state House and state Senate districts. Now the party that gets the most votes will have a chance to get the most seats. The new voting districts create a fair opportunity in 2022 for the Democratic Party to take back control of the State Legislature.
The fairness, however, comes with the cost of splitting counties. We will no longer be running a candidate against Jack O’Malley for State Rep. Manistee County has been divided into 2 separate House districts, 102 and 104 We are also divided into two districts for the State Senate race too. Most of our county will be in District 32, with 4 Townships on the east side in District 36.
Michigan lost a Congressional seat and is now divided into 13 districts. Sadly, we are no longer in District 1 with a great candidate like Dr. Bob Lorinser to run against Jack Bergman. Manistee County is now in District 2 with counties to the south. Rep. John Moolenaar, a Trump Republican who also wanted to nullify the 2020 Michigan election results and support the insurrection, has declared he will run in our district.
Thanks to Voters not Politicians and citizens who worked hard to pass the citizen initiative (Prop 2) in 2018, Michigan is now one of 11 states that has an independent citizen panel that will redraw congressional and state district maps every 10 years after the census. Congressional District 2 is in green below.
The fairness, however, comes with the cost of splitting counties. We will no longer be running a candidate against Jack O’Malley for State Rep. Manistee County has been divided into 2 separate House districts, 102 and 104 We are also divided into two districts for the State Senate race too. Most of our county will be in District 32, with 4 Townships on the east side in District 36.
Michigan lost a Congressional seat and is now divided into 13 districts. Sadly, we are no longer in District 1 with a great candidate like Dr. Bob Lorinser to run against Jack Bergman. Manistee County is now in District 2 with counties to the south. Rep. John Moolenaar, a Trump Republican who also wanted to nullify the 2020 Michigan election results and support the insurrection, has declared he will run in our district.
Thanks to Voters not Politicians and citizens who worked hard to pass the citizen initiative (Prop 2) in 2018, Michigan is now one of 11 states that has an independent citizen panel that will redraw congressional and state district maps every 10 years after the census. Congressional District 2 is in green below.
State Senate (32 and 36 Manistee County)
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State House (102 and 104 Manistee County)
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