Most of the coverage of Tuesday’s elections in Virginia has focused on the Republican sweep of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Attorney General offices. The story has centered on the turnaround of statewide candidates from 2008 when Democrats Barack Obama and Mark Warner were victorious in Virginia to less than a year later when Republican… Continue Reading
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Florida Advances Redistricting Reforms
Florida is advancing two redistricting reform ballot initiatives for statewide voter approval in November 2010 but still needs more signatures before they will appear on the ballot. FairDistrictsFlorida.org, the author of the initiatives, is a nonpartisan organization that is seeking to reform the state’s process for drawing state legislative and congressional district lines by placing… Continue Reading
California: A 2010 Congressional Battleground?
Much of the recent work at the Rose Institute has focused on California redistricting in 2011 and how it may significantly change—even eliminate—certain districts, thereby forcing out several term incumbents in 2012. However, it is also important to consider which incumbents may not make it to 2012 because they lose in 2010. Several seats could… Continue Reading
Rose Institute Redistricting Study Mentioned in Sacramento Bee Article
The Rose Institute’s “The 2010 Census: Congressional Reapportionment” study was cited in an article in the Sacramento Bee by Dan Walters discussing Congressional Redistricting in 2011. Were congressional redistricting to follow changes in population during this decade, the Rose study determined, it would shift some seats from slow-growing Democratic urban areas along the coast to… Continue Reading
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin Discusses Rose Institute Study on Redistricting
The Tuesday Inland Valley Daily Bulletin discussed the impact the 2010 Census will have on redistricting in 2011 by looking at the Rose Institute’s study “The 2010 Census: Congressional Reapportionment,” and quoting the Rose Institute’s Douglas Johnson and Tony Quinn, a member of the Rose Institute’s Board of Governors. The population boom in the Inland… Continue Reading
Daniel Weintraub Leaves The Bee to Start Blog
Political columnist Daniel Weintraub published his final column at the Sacramento Bee, saying goodbye to the newspaper and announcing his new blog. Mr. Weintraub was the creator of the California Insider, a section of the Sacramento Bee’s online newspaper that was the first political blog to be published by a mainstream newspaper in California, as… Continue Reading
Rose Institute Fellow Dr. Steven Frates Quoted in Reuters Article
Rose Institute Fellow Dr. Steven Frates was quoted in a Friday Reuters article (picked up by Forbes online) about Calpers, America’s biggest pension fund. The article discusses how Calpers has been doing during the financial crisis, and Dr. Frates commented about Calpers’ relationship to taxpayers. ‘Calpers’ responsibility, broadly speaking, is to the taxpayers,’ said Steven… Continue Reading
Analysis of New Redistricting Regulations
As Rose Institute Fellow Douglas Johnson recently posted on the Rose Report, the California State Auditor’s office has released the most version of the regulations governing the selection of commissioners for California’s 2011 Independent Redistricting Commission, as established by Proposition 11. Proposition 11 requires redistricting to be done not by the legislature itself as it… Continue Reading
California State Auditor on Citizens Redistricting Commission
California State Auditor Elaine Howle wrote in Friday’s Sacramento Bee about the new Citizens Redistricting Commission created by Proposition 11 last November. Proposition 11 (The Voters FIRST Act) will create a commission of citizens who will draw the redistricting lines in 2011. Under Propostition 11, the State Auditor’s office is in charge of the application… Continue Reading
Rose Institute's Biannual Newsletter, The Rose Report, Online Now
The fall 2009 issue of The Rose Report is now online. In this issue, you will find information about Rose Institute projects and events as well as information about our student researchers. Fall 2009 Rose Report Continue Reading