Republicans have an opportunity to pick up at least two seats in Michigan’s 13-member delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives—and they may have redistricting to thank for that.
The redrawing of congressional district boundary lines by an Independent Bipartisan Commission created a new 10th District where there is no incumbent.
The Commission also seriously reconfigured District 5, the heretofore safe district of incumbent Democrat Dan Kildee, creating the new 8th District.
Congressional district lines are redrawn after every decennial census to ensure population equality among the districts, which is the foundation of the principle of one-man, one-vote in the constitutionally required reapportionment process….