But the celebration was short-lived for at least one of the Republicans’ top redistricting strategists. The records reviewed by the Associated Press reveal Hofeller’s extensive involvement in drafting or defending Republican redistricting efforts against claims of racial or political gerrymandering. A draft of one memo said it could help “avoid a GOP disaster” in the 2011 redistricting. “The Democrats’ data on redistricting has always been ahead of where the Republicans’ data has been on redistricting,” said Kincaid, who was the redistricting coordinator for the National Republican Congressional Committee in 2011 and 2012. For example, the Democrats’ data did little after the 2010 elections in states such as Michigan and Ohio.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 18, 2020 19:52 UTC