The Supremes Have Another Curtain Call–Redistricting

The Connecticut Supreme Court has another major decision to make in addition to ruling on the legality of the state takeover of city schools. (Still waiting on that ruling.)

A state redistricting panel missed a deadline to agree on a map among Connecticut’s generally slight population shifts in its five congressional districts. The state is required to redraw district lines every 10 years based on population shifts compiled by the U.S. Census. Each district should reflect the same amount of residents, 714,820. In last-minute negotiations Republicans pulled back from pushing Bridgeport into the 3rd Congressional District with New Haven that would have created a favorable GOP demographic for congressional candidates in the 4th district. The GOP then focused on shifting New Britain from the 5th to the 1st Congressional District. That fell apart and so did an agreement. Now the Supremes will realign the map. The CT Mirror has details and proposed maps here.