Minnesota Independent

Dayton pressures GOP on redistricting plan

By Andy Birkey | 04.26.11 | 8:14 am

Gov. Mark Dayton sent a letter Monday to Rep. Sarah Anderson, R-Plymouth, head of the House redistricting committee, wondering why the bill outlining the guiding principles for the process of redrawing political district lines hasn’t hit his desk yet. Dayton noted that the current bills being offered by the GOP are lacking in terms of ensuring minority representation and other principles that have traditionally been a part of the process. In 2001, he reminded, those bills had already been passed by May 1.

Minnesota key to national parties’ redistricting hopes

By Chris Steller | 12.28.09 | 11:09 am

The national political parties’ hopes for gains in the 2010 redistricting cycle ride on races for governor in six states, including Minnesota. The Fix calls the state a “major Democratic opportunity.”

Redistricting draws reformers but some say process worked fine last time

By Chris Steller | 05.22.09 | 12:08 pm

Legislation to rejigger the state’s redistricting system passed the state Senate last week. Stakes are high, as the state may lose a congressional seat after the 2010 U.S. Census, and whether it’s Michele Bachmann’s in the Sixth District or someone else’s will be decided during redistricting. But some people closest to the work of shaping Minnesota’s political boundaries last time around say the system worked pretty well.

A vision of a redistricted Minnesota — without Bachmann

By Chris Steller | 04.25.09 | 11:24 am

Michele Bachmann might not return to Congress, if one of the scenarios at Swing State Project for redistricting Minnesota after the 2010 U.S. Census comes to pass.

Redistricting: Losing, Keeping Seat Too Close to Call

By Joe Bodell | 07.30.07 | 9:30 am

Previously, I focused on the mechanics of congressional redistricting — how it’s done, when and what happened the last time around in 2002. Moving inexorably toward the next round in 2010 to 2012, I spoke with Minnesota State Demographer Tom…