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Jack Valentino

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5. Part of me hopes they DO it--- trying to scrape 5 more GOP seats

Reply to Fiendish Thingy (Reply #4)

Tue Jul 15, 2025, 10:17 PM

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out of a state that is already gerrymandered to hell means taking Republican votes from other districts,
weakening them--- going into 2026 which I expect will be a very blue year,
especially by the time of the election. We're only six months into 'Trump 2.0'....

If we have the kind of backlash I'm hoping for, they could end up losing MORE seats
rather than gaining them

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