In response to Texas Republicans’ blatant power grab, the DLCC has called for the party to go on offense on redistricting
The DLCC recently launched DemsOnRedistricting.com and called for all Democratic state legislatures to pursue mid-cycle redistricting
WASHINGTON — This week, the DLCC Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC)
called on Democratic state legislatures to pursue mid-cycle redistricting and launched Dems on Redistricting Offensive to fund the fight to win more state legislatures and put the party on offense on redistricting.
The DLCC is leading the national strategy to win battleground chambers and new majorities so Democrats can go toe-to-toe with Republicans on redistricting ahead of 2030.
Visit DemsOnRedistricting.com and read about what they’re saying:
The New York Times: Democratic Group Calls on Blue States to Draw New House Maps
- The Democratic Party’s group that works on state legislative races on Monday called on Democratic-led legislatures across the country to begin their own redistricting efforts, a step that could escalate a national battle after Republican efforts to redraw the congressional maps in Texas.
- “The D.L.C.C. isn’t going to sit back and allow Republicans to cheat the system to keep themselves in power,” Heather Williams, the president of the group, the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, said in a statement.
The Washington Post: Abbott threatens to try to expel Democrats who fled Texas, escalating tensions
- Democrats who control other states are threatening to retaliate by drawing new maps of their own if Texas Republicans carry out their plan. On Monday, the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee called on Democratic state lawmakers to prepare for carving up their states.
- “All options must be on the table — including Democratic state legislatures using their power to fight back and pursue redistricting mid-cycle in order to protect our democracy,” the group’s president, Heather Williams, said in a statement.
The Washington Post: Early Brief
- Democrats are looking to turn the possible congressional redistricting in Texas into an offensive opportunity, operatives with the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee tell us exclusively. The DLCC — which is tasked with helping elect Democrats to state legislatures — hopes to use the Texas debacle to raise money for and generate excitement around the state legislature races that will make or break future fights over redistricting.
- The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee’s “Dems on Redistricting Offensive” represents the latest attempt by the party to turn Texas’s redistricting plan into an opportunity. The Democrats’ state legislature campaign arm recently called on all Democratic-controlled state legislatures to respond to Texas by starting a mid-decade redistricting of their own.
- “The DLCC refuses to allow Republicans to rig the maps to keep themselves in power — now or in future cycles to come,” Heather Williams, chair of the committee, told us. “We know Texas is just the beginning of Republicans’ playbook. The DLCC has the national strategy needed to win the larger redistricting battle, and step one is to win battleground majorities.”
NBC News: DLCC pushes for Democrats to pursue midcycle redistricting
- The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee is calling on Democrats to use their state legislative power to pursue midcycle redistricting efforts. The announcement, which focuses on trying to win state legislatures, marks a rise in the strategy in the broader party as Republicans in Texas push to redraw the state’s congressional map, which prompted some Democratic governors to pursue similar measures.
- “As Republicans rig the maps in Texas, the DLCC is armed with our national strategy to win the larger redistricting battle,” DLCC President Heather Williams said in a statement. “Looking at the state-by-state math, it is crystal clear Democrats must prioritize building and securing more state legislative majorities across the map if we want to go toe-to-toe with the GOP on redistricting now and in 2030,” she added.
TIME: Texas Democrats Fled Their State. They’ve Done That Before. It Almost Never Works
- The Texas walkout drew a collective huzzah, with the chief Democratic group focused on state legislative power calling on their members to retaliate in spades. “All options must be on the table—including Democratic state legislatures using their power to fight back and pursue redistricting mid-cycle in order to protect our democracy,” Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee chief Heather Williams said.
NOTUS: Democrats Are Losing the Redistricting Battle in Texas. Can They Win the War?
- The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, which supports candidates for state legislatures, says Democrats everywhere should work to retaliate. “To fully fight back against Republicans, Democrats must take up this issue all across the country,” the organization’s president, Heather Williams, wrote in a statement to NOTUS on Monday. “Our Democratic majorities in statehouses should not shy away from using their power to counter GOP gerrymanders — including mid-cycle redistricting.”
Meidas Touch: State Dems Declare War; Issue Call for Mid-Cycle Redistricting
- “As Republicans rig the maps in Texas, the DLCC is armed with our national strategy to win the larger redistricting battle,” Williams continued. “Building new Democratic majorities in our statehouses is imperative for putting Democrats in a stronger position now and at the end of the decade.”
Mother Jones: How Democrats Plan to Battle the GOP’s Redistricting Power Grab
- “Republicans have decided that whatever they want to do, they should do. Democrats really have no choice but to look at what it is we must do in order to preserve democracy,” says Stewart-Cousins, who is also chair of the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC), the party’s national arm for state legislative races.
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