One of the Center’s Goals is to affect policy through independent, nonpartisan research. During the first six months of 2010, the Center undertook the activities and achieved the results described below to fulfill our mission and accomplish our goals.
I. The Context – A “10-Year Election”:The Party that wins a majority gets to draw legislative districts that will last 10 years.Current makeup of General Assembly –– Senate: 30 D, 20 R; House 68 D, 52 R
Leads to attitude of not taking up controversial issues and “Don’t make mistakes that may cost ‘our’ party a majority in 2010”
