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Following the New York Court of Appeals' December 2023 decision in Hoffman v New York State Ind. Redistricting. Commn. , [ 8 ] the New York State Legislature drew new congressional district maps to be used beginning in the 2024 elections.
Various New York districts have been numbered "8" over the years, including areas in New York City and various parts of upstate New York. The state's congressional districts had been redrawn in a manner that puts much of the territory of the old 10th Congressional district into the new 8th Congressional district.
The number of voting seats within the House of Representatives is currently set at 435, with each one representing an average of 761,169 people following the 2020 United States census. [1] The number of voting seats has applied since 1913, excluding a temporary increase to 437 after the admissions of Alaska and Hawaii .
In March 2023, New York Democrats challenged the new map, deeming it incorrect for the Court to draw the map, claiming that the job lies solely with the Legislature and I.R.C. [3] In July 2023, an intermediate appeals court ruled that the I.R.C. must create another new map for the 2024 House Elections. [4]
Resigned when elected judge of Court of General Sessions for New York County. John C. Davies II: Democratic 35th: January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951 Utica ? Noah Davis: Republican 28th: March 4, 1869 – July 15, 1870 Albion resigned after becoming United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York: Richard D. Davis: Democratic 5th
Republicans have complete control of the congressional redistricting process in Texas, as any new maps are drawn and passed by the Republican-held state legislature and signed into law by the Republican governor. [1] This has resulted in Texas’ maps being a partisan gerrymander, with few competitive districts. [2] [3]
Texas received an eighth congressional district through reapportionment in 1881 as a result of population growth reflected in the 1880 census and in 1883, James Francis Miller, a Democrat, was elected its first representative. From 1882-1892 the district was located in South Central Texas between Houston and San Antonio and was represented by ...
The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in New York were held November 6, 2018 to elect a U.S. Representative from each of New York's 27 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the gubernatorial election, as well as an election to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.