>> AS THE JUNE 7 PRIMARY ELECTIONNC IHES CLOSER CANDIDATES ARE GETTING TO WORK GETTING TO KNOW NEW VOTERS NOW THAT DISTRICT LINES HAVE CHGEAN >> BARRING SOME SORT OF SCANDAL, INCUMBENTS ALWAYS HAVE AN ADVANTAGE. SO TYPICALLY, YOU MIGHT Y,SA WHO’S THE INCUMBENT, IF THERE’S BEEN NO SCANDAL, THAT PEONRS LIKELY HAS AN ADVANTAGE INGO INTO THE PARTICULAR RACE. STAC:EY BUT vlog POLITICAL ANALYST DENNIS GOLDFORD SAYS REDISTRICTING SHAKES UP THAT AGE-OLD ADVANTAGE. >> WHAT REDISTRICTING DO FOLLOWING THE WHOLE PROCS ES REAPPORTIONMENT FOR THE U.S. CENSUS IS CHANGE THE PLAYING FIELD. IN OTHER WORDS, THE DISTRICT YOU RAN IN MAY WELL NOT BE THE DISTRICT’S CERTAINLY NOT COMPLETELY, THAT YOU WONN SUCCESSFULLY IN PRIOR RACES. >> IOWA’S THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT WENT FROM 16 TO 21 COUNTI.ES POTTAWATTMIE, MILLS, FREEMONT, WARREN COUNTIES ARE NO LONGER IN DISTRICT. 3 BUT THE NEW BOUNDARY LINES EXPANDED NOW INCLUDING GREENE, CL ARKE, DECATUR, LUCAS, WAYNE, MONROE, APPANOOSE, WAPELLO AND DAVIS COUNTIES. >> YOU MAY GAIN SOME SUPPORTSER WHO VOTED FOR YOU, SUPPORTED YOU LAST TE.IM YOU MAY GAIN SOME VOTERS WHO ARE NOT LIKELY TO SUORPPT YOU. SO AGAIN, THAT FIRST ELECTIONS FOLLOWING REDISTRICTING, WHETHER IT’S FOR THE STATE HOUSE, THE STATE SENATE OR THE U.S. HOUSE, THAT THAT CHANGES THE DYNAMIC A LITT BLE
How redistricting could affect the District 3 congressional race in Iowa
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Updated: 5:35 PM CDT Apr 19, 2022
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As the June 7 Primary Election approaches, candidates are getting to work and getting to know new voters now that district lines have changed."Barring some sort of scandal, incumbents always have an advantage," vlog Political Analyst Dennis Goldford said. "So typically, you might say, who's the incumbent, if there's been no scandal, that person likely has an advantage going into the particular race?" But Goldford said redistricting shakes up that age-old advantage. Goldford said, "what redistricting does following the whole process of reapportionment for the U.S. census is changed the playing field. In other words, the district you ran in may well not be the district's certainly not completely, that you won successfully in prior races?" In October 2021, Iowa lawmakers approved new congressional district boundaries. Iowa's third congressional district went from 16 to 21 counties. Pottawattamie, Mills, Freemont and Warren counties are no longer in District 3. But the new boundary lines expanded to include Greene, Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Wayne, Monroe, Appanoose, Wapello and Davis counties."You may gain some supporters who voted for you, supported you last time. You may gain some voters who are not likely to support you. So again, those first elections following redistricting, whether it's for the statehouse, the state senate or the U.S. House, that changes the dynamic a little bit."
As the June 7 Primary Election approaches, candidates are getting to work and getting to know new voters now that district lines have changed.
"Barring some sort of scandal, incumbents always have an advantage," vlog Political Analyst Dennis Goldford said. "So typically, you might say, who's the incumbent, if there's been no scandal, that person likely has an advantage going into the particular race?"
But Goldford said redistricting shakes up that age-old advantage.
Goldford said, "what redistricting does following the whole process of reapportionment for the U.S. census is changed the playing field. In other words, the district you ran in may well not be the district's certainly not completely, that you won successfully in prior races?"
In October 2021, Iowa lawmakers approved new congressional district boundaries. Iowa's third congressional district went from 16 to 21 counties. Pottawattamie, Mills, Freemont and Warren counties are no longer in District 3. But the new boundary lines expanded to include Greene, Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Wayne, Monroe, Appanoose, Wapello and Davis counties.
"You may gain some supporters who voted for you, supported you last time. You may gain some voters who are not likely to support you. So again, those first elections following redistricting, whether it's for the statehouse, the state senate or the U.S. House, that changes the dynamic a little bit."
