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Last Updated on Friday, 3 June 2011 12:41 Written by rslcpol Friday, 3 June 2011 12:34
RSLC President Chris Jankowski was recently interviewed about the redistricting process underway across the country. Check out ABC News for the story:
“They tend to blend political and legal when it suits them,” said Christopher Jankowski, president and chief executive of the Republican State Leadership Committee. “Yes, Republicans will do what they can politically to help themselves but to the extent that it’s legal. “To me, it’s intriguing that Democrats are so aggressive in Illinois and doing the same thing that they’re complaining about in Texas. What they’re doing in Illinois … they forfeited their higher ground.”
Republican were initially considered to have a strong upper hand over Democrats in the redistricting process, which takes place every decade, after the Census numbers are released. Republicans took over at least 19 Democratically controlled state legislatures in November and gained more than 650 seats, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.