The Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA) is leading an effort alongside a coalition of partners to provide training and resources to help underrepresented communities give testimony and legislative maps to the new Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission (ICRC).
Backers say the changes would foster bipartisanship because candidates would be inspired to appeal to the broadest slice of the electorate, not just those in their party.
James Ramos, a Native American who authored three new laws said, "For once, we do have someone in the legislature that understands the issues and the plight of the California Indian people."
The number of GOP women elected in 2020 pales in comparison with Democrats' numbers, but their increased representation may attest to the power of focused recruitment efforts.
After a surge of early and homebound voting the past week, the day of the congressional runoff election in most central and southern villages, from Merizo to Asan-Maina, was generally quiet.
“Working class people need representatives who look like them and who have experienced their struggles. I am that champion," Cori Bush wrote on Twitter.
More LGBTQ candidates ran for office in the U.S. in 2020 than ever before — at least 1,006. That's a 41% increase over the 2018 midterms, according to the LGBTQ Victory Fund.
