Lieutenant Governor Delbert Hosemann issued the following statement.
Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann named 10 members of the Mississippi Senate to the Standing Joint Legislative Committee on Reapportionment and Standing Joint Congressional Redistricting Committee today. Members include:
- Senator David Parker, 1st Congressional District
- Senator Angela Turner-Ford, 1st Congressional District
- Senator Briggs Hopson, 2nd Congressional District
- Senator Derrick Simmons, 2nd Congressional District
- Senator Josh Harkins, 3rd Congressional District
- Senator Dean Kirby, 3rd Congressional District (Chairman)
- Senator Dennis DeBar, Jr., 4th Congressional District
- Senator Brice Wiggins, 4th Congressional District
- Senator Jeff Tate, Chairman of the Elections Committee
- Senator Hob Bryan, Vice Chairman of the Elections Committee
According to state statute, the Committees must include the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Elections Committee, and two members from each of the state’s congressional districts. Members will be responsible for reapportioning the Legislature and redistricting the state’s four congressional districts after receiving data from the 2020 Decennial Census.
The U.S. Census Bureau recently announced it would deliver redistricting data to all states by September 30, 2021. The Lieutenant Governor and Speaker of the House will call an organizational meeting of the Joint Committees to begin work on redrawing the maps in the near future.
For more information on Lieutenant Governor Delbert Hosemann, visit www.ltgovhosemann.ms.gov.
18 comments:
Yaaasssss! if we can get one more Democrat in the Senate then we can save this country from the disease of bigotry and inequality!
So both of the 3rd district senators are from Rankin county? What about Madison, Oktibbeha, Lauderdale, or Adams?
How's that? Is Bennie gonna quit?
How's that? Is Bennie gonna quit?
The same day Wicker does
Pay attention, 3:39. This committee is for redistricting the "four congressional districts" (i.e. House districts), not the two Senate districts. But carry on with your sarcasm.
There should be a computer program to redistrict. Priority given to county lines, major highways, rivers, etc. Eliminate crazy shaped districts. Input. Includes locations of voters. Racial data or any information other than numbers of voters and locations not allowed.
Somebody's gotta program the "computer program". Just like somebody's gotta program Facebook. Software is only as good as the programmers bias.
Attn 4:43 you do not have senatorial districts in the U S Senate. The states have 2 senators representing the whole state.
Just a group moving the deck chairs on the Titanic. At least they passed home delivery from liquor stores.
Harkins??? That is a joke. Right?
Gerrymandering in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...
"and inequality!"
That word has been cancelled.
It's now called "equity".
The left redefines words every hour.
Let them try to redistrct Bennie, the Supreme court may be conservative but they aren't that stupid!
At least Delbert now understands there are only four Congressional districts.
Every politician is scared to death when it comes to ignoring racial makeup when drawing lines. Long time lifers (Thompson, Simmons) have benefited from the gerrymandering practice. You don't dare draw a line that would reduce the number of black voters by even ONE. The courts would straddle your neck within the hour. And if the court doesn't like the existing lines, the court will redraw it or demand it be redrawn. Ask Hayes Dent.
@9:53 PM "Cancelled" has been canceled, because it's "canceled," unless of course you are in the UK.
3:45. Jeff Tate is from Lauderdale.
6:10 am You aren't wrong,but court rulings take time so gerrymandering during a mid term will work.
Court won't overturn an election.
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