State Legislature Redistricting

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  The Illinois GOP put out its own competing map today--called 'Fair map'
Probably wont get voted on, but kudos for offering an alternative.

http://news.ilhousegop.org/themap/

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[ill ind]

  That wierd strip north of Waukegan is most likely an attempt to boost the Hispanic  population of the Waukegan District.  That district, along with the Elgin-Carpentersville District, the Franklin Park District near O'hare with the two funny hooks going west from it, the Aurora District, the 3 Hispanic Districts on the North Side, and 4 of the 6 on the South Side appear to verbatim duplicate those originally proposed by MALDEF.  The other two on the South Side appear to to have some modifications from MLADEF's proposal.
 
  They split Rockford and that would put the one Dem representative there in danger, while the Dems map consolidated 2 representative districts (1 Senate District) which puts the sitting GOP state senator in danger.

  "Fair" --it all depends on what the definition of 'is' is.

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