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The U.S. state of Arkansas currently has four United States congressional districts. The state has had as many as seven districts; the 5th district existed from 1883 through 1963. The 6th existed from 1893 to 1963. The 7th existed from 1903 to 1953. No Democrat has won a House seat in the state since 2012.
Redistricting for congressional districts is controlled by the Arkansas General Assembly. Districts for the two bodies constituting the General Assembly, the Arkansas House of Representatives (100 members) and the Arkansas Senate (35 senators), is controlled by the three-member Arkansas Board of Apportionment, consisting of the Governor of ...
Texas's controversial 2003 partisan gerrymander produced Texas District 22 for former Rep. Tom DeLay, a Republican. A packed seat of Republicans based on past results of its many voting districts, it features two necks and a counter-projection.
Gerrymandering is a practice almost as old as the country, in which politicians draw district lines to “crack” opposing voters among several districts or “pack” them in a single one to ...
By the 1960s, one of Alabama’s rural state legislative districts contained about 15,000 people while the district containing Birmingham, with a large Black population, had more than 600,000.
Gerrymandering can affect campaign costs for district elections. If districts become increasingly stretched out, candidates may incur higher costs for transportation and campaign advertising across a district. [35] The incumbent's advantage in campaign fundraising is another benefit of having a gerrymandered seat.
The 2nd congressional district consists of the entirety of the following counties, with the exception of Pulaski County, which it shares with the 1st and 4th districts. . Pulaski County municipalities within the 2nd district include portions of Little Rock (shared with the 4th district), portions of North Little Rock (shared with the 1st district), and the entirety of Jacksonville, Gibson ...
Arkansas's 1st Congressional District House Election, 2012 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Republican: Rick Crawford (Incumbent) 138,800 56% 4% Democratic: Scott Ellington 96,601 39% Libertarian: Jessica Paxton 6,427 3% Green: Jacob Holloway 5,015 2% Majority 42,199 17.10% Total votes 246,843 : 100.00% : Republican hold