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Mark Kelly: “We passed through a ballot initiative, a commission that has…”

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 01:16

That's wrong. And it needs to be. It needs to be fixed. I will say, you know, this redistricting fight, we've been through this in Arizona, too, and We passed through a ballot initiative, a commission that has two Democrats, two Republicans, and they have to elect an independent chairperson. 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. (01:16–01:27)

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Asserts that Arizona passed a ballot initiative for a commission with a bipartisan and independent structure.

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