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On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:08:19 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:

"We had one race that we were engaged in, it was in northern New York,
it was a race where a Republican has held the seat since the Civil War"

Um...no?

It was last held by three different Democrats from January 3, 1979
through January 3, 1993.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York's_23rd_congressional_district

How does she keep getting elected?

Oh wait - San Francisco - that explains everything.

Yeah, but... the *area* hasn't elected a Democrat since sometime in the
1800s. The 23 District moves around. At one time it was part of
Manhattan.

I used to be in Maryland's 8th Congressional district. But, the
Democrats in Maryland wanted to get Chris Van Hollen elected to Congress
so the redistricted Connie Morella out and my area got put into the 4th
Congressional district. We didn't move, we just got redistricted from a
majority Republican district to a majority Democrat district.
Gerrymandering of Congressional districts is State House sport that
occurs every 10 years. Elections do matter.

Same here in Calif. The District that has most of the silicon Valley in it
also has a 2 mile wide swath over hwy 152 to include Livingston, CA. Which
about 100 miles across the San Joaquin Valley.

Yeah but Gerrymandering is only a crime in red states like Texas...
Pffffttt... And especially with a do nothing congress trying to keep
from doing any real work..

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