It was drawn to assure Dems would have a relatively easy shot (not impossible, and they’ve won it 3 out of the past 7 elections). Renzi’s seat was taken by a Dem after the corruption allegations were aired, reclaimed by the GOP in 2010 and after the same gerrymandering again by that “Independent” (*cough*) commission in 2012, handed right back to that same Democrat who succeeded Renzi in 2009.
IRRC correctly it was drawn in 2002 to be a “fair fight”, I thought we would win it and we did. It voted Bush 51-46 and 54-46, it may have had a slight dem voter reg edge but so what.
For this article to call it dem-leaning is simply false and frankly, ridiculous, a seat with and R Congressman voting R for President with local R state legislators is not dem-leaning.
The new lines are worse but it’s STILL not dem-leaning, not that the current district lines have anything to do with this article.