BOSTON (SHNS) - The Trump administration has called out Massachusetts amid a bruising national fight about redistricting, but one of the lawmakers responsible for the congressional maps here argued the all-Democrat delegation is a result of the way voters are distributed, not partisan gerrymandering.
Sen. William Brownsberger, who co-led the effort to reshape the Bay State's political boundaries following the 2020 Census, said it's "not possible to draw a district in Massachusetts that would favor a Republican."
"They're distributed evenly, so they're a minority all over the state," he said of voters who would back Republicans. "There are some towns that are more heavily Republican. There are some parts of the state that are red, but not enough to put together a congressional district in