Former Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Jaime Harrison is pressing Democrats to make redistricting reform a top priority, calling partisan map-drawing “the singular cancer in our democracy.”
In a Substack post, he argued that Democrats “missed the moment” to pass national guardrails when they held more power and said durable change now requires federal standards and independent commissions in every state.
Harrison wrote that partisan gerrymandering lets “politicians pick their voters instead of voters picking their politicians,” locking in safe seats and fueling extremes. He faulted Democrats for failing to advance voting-rights legislation when they had a path to act, saying a filibuster carve-out died in the Senate….
Former DNC Chair Says Democrats Missed the Mark on Redistricting
