#Chris Jacobs ends NY reelection bid after gun control blowback

#Chris Jacobs ends NY reelection bid after gun control blowback

“Chris Jacobs ends NY reelection bid after gun control blowback” Rep. Chris Jacobs dropped his bid for reelection to his Western New York district after facing fierce blowback from Republican leaders over his recently-announced support for an assault weapons ban in the wake of the Buffalo supermarket mass shooting last month. “Every Republican elected [official]…

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#Democrats thumbing their noses at voters over NY gerrymander

#Democrats thumbing their noses at voters over NY gerrymander

“Democrats thumbing their noses at voters over NY gerrymander” What unmitigated gall: New York’s highest court slaps down Gov. Kathy Hochul and fellow Democrats for trying to ram through unconstitutionally gerrymandered voting districts — and how do they respond? By resorting to sneaky new ways to force those districts on voters anyway. The maps disenfranchised…

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#Asian communities need to be heard despite NY Dems gerrymander efforts

#Asian communities need to be heard despite NY Dems gerrymander efforts

“Asian communities need to be heard despite NY Dems gerrymander efforts” In a sharp rebuke Wednesday, a federal judge denied Democrats an emergency injunction to impose New York congressional-district lines the state Court of Appeals found unconstitutional last week. Granting the request, the judge said, would impinge upon “free, open, rational elections.” Newly politically active…

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