Betsy Provides Redistricting ABCs

Under Idaho’s new legislative district plan, there are six House districts that contain three current incumbents, plus one that contains five. Each district has two House seats. So that means in the three-incumbent districts, two will have to face off if all want to stay in office - but which two? I posed that question to Idaho Secretary of State Ben Ysursa, and he said, “It’s totally up to them, totally how they file.” He noted, “There’s a Seat A, Seat B right now designation that they’re quote unquote in, but they don’t have to file for their same alphabetical designation or anything. It’s up to them”/ Betsy Russell , Eye On Boise. More here.

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Question: Do all these runoffs among incumbents provide further proof that the second Idaho Redistricting Commission did their constitutional job and didn’t play favorites — unlike the first group?