Democratic governors reserve $20M in ads for redistricting fight

[DonViejo]

Source: Politico




By EDWARD-ISAAC DOVERE 03/16/2018 12:09 AM EDT

The Democratic Governors Association and affiliated groups on Thursday reserved $20 million in advertising time through the year to highlight the brewing battle over redistricting in four target states.

The money will be split between Nevada, Wisconsin, Michigan and Ohio. Those four are among the eight states that the DGA last month announced were the targeted governors races in which to talk up the importance of electing Democratic governors ahead of the redistricting process, which would take place after the next census and toward the end of the terms of governors elected this year.

A range of Democratic groups have prioritized the fights for redistricting, but this represents what would be the biggest expenditure so far by any of them. The ads haven’t been made yet, and the money to pay for them is still being raised.

“There’s no more dangerous thing to democracy, other than Donald Trump, than this gerrymandering. It is topmost in our minds,” said Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, the chair of the DGA.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/16/democratic-governors-gerrymandering-redistricting-ads-467025

[cstanleytech]

1. Good, the Repugnants need to be called out repeatedly for trying to steal elections from the voters.

[ehrnst]

2. This may be how we really take back the house - undoing GOP gerrymandering. (nt)