A shameful drive to boost Dems’ control

Hades must have frozen over. You don’t see reporting like this often.

From the Daily Herald, Oct. 30, 2025: Illinois lawmakers in 2021 enacted one of the most partisan gerrymanders in the country. Republicans have been relegated to just 18% of the state’s congressional seats despite President Donald Trump winning 43.5% of the statewide vote in 2024.

Democrats achieved this by “packing” Republicans into as few districts as possible while consolidating Democratic pockets of strength downstate and stretching out their partisan advantage in the Chicago region as far as they possibly could.

And yet, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries wants to shut down Republicans representation in the House even more than it currently is. Shameful.

Peter Donald

Batavia