Boom and bleed: Population shifts political power in legislature

Published 11:46 am Tuesday, October 5, 2021

A decade of growth in Oregon pre-ordained growing power in Democratic areas, but handling of redistricting shifted focus to partisanship instead of population.

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“It was supposed to be bipartisan or nothing. The change in the process is more than I can stomach,” he said. “This is not okay and I just can’t dignify it with my vote.”

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