Posted on 12/07/2023 12:32:29 PM PST by CFW
Kathy Manning, a Greensboro Democrat who is the only Jewish person to ever represent North Carolina in Congress, won't seek reelection in 2024.
Her district lines were redrawn earlier this year by Republican state lawmakers, who shifted her seat from a safe Democratic seat to a safe Republican seat. She called it an egregious example of gerrymandering that forced her to step down from Congress rather than run an unwinnable campaign.
"As a Greensboro resident of forty years, I am disgusted by the callous disregard of Republican leaders for the citizens of my district," she said Thursday. "Politicians should not choose their voters; voters should choose their representatives."
If a recently filed gerrymandering lawsuit succeeds in getting the new maps blocked from being used in future elections, Manning added, she would run for Congress again.
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That’s about 40 members, or 9%
The House will likely go Dem if the GOP doesn’t start getting things done and proving they deserve the majority.
>egregious example of gerrymandering
Uh, don’t think Dems won’t do it, too, honey.
How do you think she got in there?
For 30 years the seat was a solid R with howard Coble, then the court started interfering. This change will be a righting of the ship so to speak.
She had no business being in there to begin with.
Just tell me how we can rid ourselves of AOC and The Squad!
Pelosi Jr. She can’t win unless her district is shaped like a pretzel.
“The House will likely go Dem if the GOP doesn’t start getting things done and proving they deserve the majority.”
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The GOP doesn’t want to lead. Its just not something the party seems to have any interest in. They are talkers, not do-ers.
She was there 2 terms. That’s enough! Too much for a democrat.
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