Kevin McCarthy gets MAGA primary challenger
thehill.com
Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is getting a primary challenger in his reelection race for his House seat representing the state’s 20th congressional district.
David Giglio, who previously lost a congressional bid for the state’s 13th District, is running as an “America First Republican” who will “fight alongside President Donald Trump in 2024 as he WAGES WAR against the corrupt uniparty,” according to Giglio’s campaign website.
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We are witnessing the big issue with gerrymandered districts.
The more gerrymandered the more batshit insane people you get into office since they always win their primaries and then will always win the general.
Anything could happen but I don't think this guy has a chance amazing McCarthy. I'm sure McCarthy has pretty deep ties in his district. I'd love it if Giglio beat McCarthy and then a moderate Democrat won the seat though.
If you're trying to gerrymander in a sinister way you don't want to win counties in a land slide. You want to split up your opponents' counties and concentrate the rest in as few counties as possible so that they lose.
Here's an example with two parties: X and O
Undivided population:
XXXXXXOOOOOO
Situation 1:
XXX XXX OOO OOO
Situation 2:
XXO XXO XXO OOO
Situation 1 is probably the fairest because the population is 50/50 and they have 2 X representatives and 2 O representatives.
Situation 2 is gerrymandered by party X to give them 3 representatives, but it takes fewer Xs to switch and damage the majority. The Os have no real X challengers in the 4th district (OOO).