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Elissa Slotkin: “In 2020, we redrew the districts, and now they're really…”

Featuring: Elissa Slotkin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Michigan

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Slotkin Speaks at Detroit Economic Club

Published | Video Starts at 34:45

So Michigan did this amazing thing and got rid of political gerrymandering on our ballot by a widely bipartisan margin. We did that, I feel like in 2020, 2018. And so then In 2020, we redrew the districts, and now they're really competitive. And that's good. Right. So I think the entire country should take Michigan's example and we should outlaw political gerrymandering, period. (34:45–34:49)

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Asserts that Michigan's redistricting in 2020 resulted in competitive districts.

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