Republican Gov. Chris Sununu of New Hampshire says he'll veto a redistricting map passed by his state's GOP controlled legislature
"The proposed Congressional redistricting map is not in the best interest of New Hampshire, and I will veto it as soon as it reaches my desk. The citizens of this state are counting on us to do better," the governor wrote.Sununu’s statement came minutes after the GOP controlled state Senate passed the map, which was also passed earlier this year by the Republican majority in the state House of Representatives.
The First District, which currently stretches from the Manchester area east to the Seacoast and north through the Lakes Region to the White Mountains, was last won by a Republican in 2014, when former Rep. Frank Guinta reclaimed the seat. The Second District, which covers the western half of the state – including Concord – and stretches through the North Country to the Canadian border, has been controlled for a decade by Democratic Rep. Annie Kuster.
Democrats in the legislature and the state Democratic Party had urged the governor to veto the GOP maps, which they argue are gerrymandered and unfair. And they also pointed out that the state wouldn’t be in the current situation if Sununu hadn’t vetoed a bill passed in 2019 by the then-Democratic controlled legislature that would have created an independent redistricting commission to replace the current legislative controlled process.Leaders on the left thanked the governor for his veto.
Fran Wendelboe, a veteran conservative activist in New Hampshire, told Fox News she thinks the governor"is pandering to the Democrats."
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