Congressman LaMalfa Comments on Sacramento’s Rigged Redistricting Maps

Richvale, CA—Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) issued the following statement after the posting the illegally drawn, unconstitutional, redistricting maps.

“If you want to know what’s wrong with these maps – just take a look at them.  How on earth does Modoc County on the Nevada and Oregon Border have any common interest with Marin County and the Golden Gate Bridge?    Voters took this power from Sacramento for just this reason. This is naked politics at its worst.  This action by the state will set off a series of retaliation in other states across the country with Florida, Missouri and Indiana looking to push back against California. Mid-Decade redistricting is wrong, no matter where it’s being done.  Defying the voters voice is wrong. We should be listening to Californians who have said in multiple statewide elections that politicians shouldn’t be the ones doing the redistricting.  California is already in a huge budget deficit, we don’t need to spend another $235 million or more to learn voters still hate the idea,” said Rep. LaMalfa.

Congressman Doug LaMalfa is Chairman of the Congressional Western Caucus and a lifelong farmer representing California’s First Congressional District, including Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Shasta, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehama and Yuba Counties.

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