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Colin Allred: “One of the reasons why we should ban gerrymandering from…”

Featuring: Colin Allred, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Texas

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Colin Allred Discusses Potential U.S. Senate Run and Texas Political Landscape

Published | Video Starts at 11:17

Yeah. He was very senior, and nobody thought he could be beaten. We beat him pretty handily, in part because they got too greedy, you know. And so to me, One of the reasons why we should ban gerrymandering from both parties, because Democrats do this, too, in the states that they control. is that it leads to these negative outcomes of folks who are more interested in what, you know, satisfying primary voters and representing them than the folks, the entire group that they're supposed to be representing. (11:17–11:23)

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Claims both parties engage in gerrymandering in states they control.

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