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Stapilus: Incumbents Endangered

The most remarkable thing about both the Republican and Democratic Idaho legislative redistricting plans is this: Both of them are willing to throw a lot of current legislators overboard, and by no means just those of the opposing party. By that, you have to mean – since every Idahoan, and every legislator, will continue to live in a district – that a number of districts will have as residents more legislators than there will be seats to accommodate them. The Republican plan would put 41 legislators (of 105 total) in districts with too many fellow incumbents and not enough seats; the Democratic would do that to 32. In the Republican plan, 32 Republicans would be be put in that position, and in the Democratic, six Democrats. (There are, remember, a lot more Republicans than Democrats in the Idaho Legislature)/ Randy Stapilus , Ridenbaugh Press. More here.

Question: Which incumbents would you most like to see being forced to run against one another?

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Huckleberries Online." Read all stories from this blog