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Mark Kelly: “Out of nine districts, we have two or three that are…”

Featuring: Mark Kelly, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Arizona

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Senator Mark Kelly does not support new redistricting

Published | Video Starts at 01:33

And then that group of five people, they draw the districts. And because of that, we have. We often have, Out of nine districts, we have two or three that are competitive. If the whole country was like that, if we could pass the John Lewis Voting Rights act and have independent commissions draw these districts, I think we would have a much stronger democracy and we would also be able to get more stuff done. (01:33–01:38)

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Asserts that Arizona has two or three competitive districts out of nine due to the commission's work.

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