Five Key Races for Congressional Redistricting - Roll Call

Five Key Races for Congressional Redistricting

By Josh Goodman of Governing Magazine

Posted May 16, 2009 at 12:00am

Charlie Crist
Marco Rubio
redistricting process.

No. 1 — California

as many as eight
Steve Poizner
Meg Whitman
Tom Campbell
Jerry Brown,
Gavin Newsom
Antonio Villaraigosa.

No. 2 — Florida

absolute tossup
Alex Sink
Bill McCollum

No. 3 — Illinois

Pat Quinn,
Rod R. Blagojevich,
Lisa Madigan.

No. 4 — Georgia

pulled out,
Roy Barnes,
Thurbert Baker,

No. 5 — Minnesota

Tim Pawlenty
SurveyUSA poll
a large crop
lose a district
Josh Goodman is a staff writer for Governing, Congressional Quarterly’s magazine and Web site for leaders in politics and government at the state and local level.

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