U.S. Rep. Kathy Manning won't seek reelection after NC district redrawn to favor GOP

[Eugene]

Source: WRAL

U.S. Rep. Kathy Manning, a Greensboro Democrat who is the only Jewish person to ever represent North Carolina in Congress, won't seek reelection in 2024.

Her district lines were redrawn this year by Republican state lawmakers, who shifted her seat from a safe Democratic seat to a safe Republican seat. She called it an egregious example of gerrymandering that forced her to step down from Congress rather than run an unwinnable campaign.

"As a Greensboro resident of 40 years, I am disgusted by the callous disregard of Republican leaders for the citizens of my district," she said Thursday. "Politicians should not choose their voters; voters should choose their representatives."

If a recently filed gerrymandering lawsuit succeeds in getting the new maps blocked from being used in future elections, Manning added, she would run for Congress again.

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Posted 2:57 p.m. Today - Updated 6:34 p.m. Today


Read more: https://www.wral.com/story/u-s-rep-kathy-manning-won-t-seek-reelection-after-nc-district-redrawn-to-favor-gop/21185131/

[Hermit-The-Prog]

1. Wish she would run. It might be an expensive illustration of the change, though.

[PSPS]

2. The only way republicans can win is by cheating.