Florida's 26th Congressional District

Politics in the United States is a complex structure that is comprised of many systems. While most of these systems appear to work well, there are a few that are broken. A perfect example of a broken system is the district boundaries and the likelihood of gerrymandering. Multiple states across the country are subjected to gerrymandering, which is the act of dividing a county into election districts that provide one political party with an unfair advantage over the other. Gerrymandering is used to help or prevent a particular demographic from gaining adequate representation. In Florida, for example, there is controversy over Congressional District 5, which extends from Jacksonville down to Orlando in a way that creates a “minority-majority” district.

Kevin Brady is the current Representative for District 8. Brady was born on April 11, 1955 in Vermillion, South Dakota. He currently lives in Montgomery County with his wife, Cathy, and their 2 sons. He graduated from the University of South Dakota, where he received a degree in mass communications.

For Texas, the representative is Jimmie Don Aycock. Representative Aycock if from Killen, Texas, which happens to be the neighboring city to Harker Heights. Aycock, a former veterinarian and rancher who also served as a captain in the army, has been the representative for Texas’ House District 54 since his election in 2007. He has won every election since then and continues to serve as representative. In his time as a representative, Aycock has been very active in the communities of Killen and Harker Heights as a “director of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, the Killen Quality of Life Committee,” and even a deacon at his local church (TexasTribune). Currently, Aycock is a member of the Defense & Veterans’ Affairs Committee and is serving as the chair for the Public Education Committee. Some of the other committees he has been involved with include Agriculture and Livestock and Higher Education Committees (TexasTribune). One of the notable things about Representative Aycock is his dedication to improving education in the state of Texas. He and other legislative members have collaborated in order to prevent a school voucher program from being passed. Also, in 2015, Aycock designed and wrote his own education bill. However, he did not attempt to pass it due to the heavy opposition in the Senate. Overall, when asked about his political goals, education reform was his first and foremost priority.

During the 2016 Texas Senate General Election, District 20:” Incumbent Juan Hinojosa defeated Velma A. Arellano in the Texas State Senate District 20 general election.”-ballotpedia

Suman Shrestha Prof Sherry Sharifian 09/28/2017 Texas state senate The district number is 23 and my representative is the senator Royce West.

From the District Election Report (HOUSE DISTRICT 115-PLANH358 2016 General Election), data showed except the position of “President”, which 51.5% voted for Democratic candidate Hilary Clinton, won over Republican candidate Donald Trump, with all other positions including U.S. Rep, Sup Ct, CCA, and State Rep 115, Republican candidates won over Democratic candidates in this district.

In 2015, Florida underwent a redistricting process after the Florida Supreme Court ruled that the district map drawn by the Republican legislature was unconstitutional(MCI Maps). This new district drawing resulted in a shift in party politics within many districts towards either party, or in some cases newly balanced districts with seats open for either party. Along with these shifts, there also became a lack of established constituencies that Fenno argues are crucial for Members of Congress. While a winner of newly drawn district will have automatically have geographic and personal constituencies, they will have to work to gain reelection and primary constituencies. The way to do so is through having a strong homestyle that fits the needs of your district, along with direct impacts on Congress in order to be able to credit claim during time of reelections. Looking at the voting history the 9th district where representative Soto was elected, its clear that the encompassing areas are only slightly left leaning. Data shows that for the past three presidential elections the district has continually voted in favor of the Democratic presidential candidate with a margin of only 11.8%(Daily Kos Elections). Also, the district has only slightly leaned to the left compared to the nation resulting in its average PVI for the past three elections to be 3.7 in favor of Democrats: meaning that there is a presence of conservatism in the district. This split in ideology, demands that Rep. Soto has to appease not only his liberal constituents, but those who are conservative as well: seeing that he does not have a large margin for reelection. To tap into this base, Rep. Soto has to focus on bipartisan issues that bring both sides together in agreement. The easiest way to do so in the 9th district is to focus on agriculture. The 9th

John Ratcliffe is the 4th District Representative and is a Republican. He has served as a representative since January 6, 2015. He was a larger supporter of President Trump’s order to not allow immigrants from some of the Muslim countries until better screening was in place. He got the Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2016 passed.

1 My Texas State Senate District is 16 and Don Huffines is the republican senator for Texas senate district 16. 2 My Texas State House District is 115 and Matt Rinaldi is the Texas house representatives for district 115.

Elections are a major aspect of the State Government, with new representatives of the elections board being elected every four years in North Carolina and eight years in Florida. As far as impact on term limits, there’s not a problem with having no limit on terms in Florida because if the representative is doing a good job then it would be acceptable to have them stay in office. Corruption or abuse of power aren’t nearly as big of issues because the power of State legislatures lacks severely in comparison to federal power, so typically corrupt officials wouldn’t want to stay in the state department. The Florida Department of State’s Division of Elections provides administrative help to the Secretary of State, Florida’s Chief Election Officer, to ensure that Florida has just, prompt, and accurate elections. There is also a Director’s office whose mission is to provide statewide coordination and direction for the interpretation and enforcement of election laws, and to provide supervision to the Bureaus in the Division. The Division is made

There were four major issues in district 7 that being immigration, fracking, abortion, and gun control. Congressman Berra supports immigration reform, on fracking he believes it not as important as to find more water for the state and the 7th district, on Abortion he is pro life and won award for planned parenthood, finally he very concerned with gun control and it's concealed and carry permits as Bera thought they should be limited but not outlawed. His major campaign was Moving America Forward his main concern were Economy, Healthcare, Smart and Green, and education. Congressman Bera really focused on those messages his last

Indiana’s 9th district is represented by Republican Todd Young since January 5th, 2011. Young was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania on August 24th, 1972 by Bruce and Nancy Young. In 1990, Young graduated from Carmel High School in Carmel, IN. Immediately after graduating high school, Todd enlisted in the United States Navy. Five years later in 1995 Todd graduated and later accepted a contract from the United States Marine Corps. Meanwhile, Todd was also attending the University of Chicago in Chicago, IL where he earned his MBA with a concentration in Economics in 2000. Soon after, Young spent a year in London, England at the University of London where he earned his MA from the School of Advanced Study in London in 2001. After returning to

The United States is divided into 435 congressional districts, four being in Kansas. Each with a population of about 710,000 individuals. Each district elects a representative to the House for a two-year term. Representatives are also called congressmen/congresswomen. The four Kansas representatives are Tim Huelskamp, Lynn Jenkins, Kevin Yoder, and Mike Pompeo. They are all four Republicans and represent the four different districts in Kansas. Tim has the first district, Lynn the second, Kevin the third and Mike the fourth. Harvey County is located in the fourth district.

Nevada's 4th congressional District is a new district that was created as a result of the 2010 Census, it is located in the central portion of Nevada and includes most of northern Clark County, part of Lyon County, and all of Esmeralda, Lincoln, Mineral, Nye and White Pine counties. Even though the district appears rural, more than four-fifths of the district's population lives in Clark County. The median household income is around $52,378 and the mean household income is around $65,176, with the poverty rate being around 13%. “census”. Every two years, the House of Representatives chooses one representative also called congressmen/congresswomen, from each congressional district, who will then be elected to a two-year term and serve the people

Florida is a popular state when discussing political controversy. The media rushes to Florida during congressional and presidential elections due to its reputation as a conflicted state. Here we find the southern regions to be rather liberal and voting democratically, and on the other hand, we see the northern regions voting mostly conservatively. This creates controversy in the United States because Florida is a major determining factor of what kind of outcome we are going to get for a presidential election. This can be especially stressful for those running for office either presidentially or for the state specifically because they are unaware of their chances of gaining the states support and being elected into office.