Republican commission members sued to overturn the new congressional redistricting map.
the longest-serving member of the congressional delegation, Rep. Chris Smith, R-4th Dist., to a district he does not live in. Smith said he would move.
The fourth Democrat in question, Rep. Tom Malinowski, D-7th Dist., was given less-friendly terrain to run in. Although the new district still leans Democratic, thegave an edge to state Senate Republican Leader Tom Kean Jr., who is running in a rematch against Malinowski. The map protected the two districts drawn to meet the requirements of the Voting Rights Act: the 8th, which is 51% Hispanic and currently represented by Rep. Albio Sires,It also created three other
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