Surprise! Bipartisan compromise eludes partisan redistricting commission

Jan. 4, 2021 – The state’s bipartisan redistricting commission, tasked with drawing state and federal legislative boundaries, was unable to reach a consensus on district maps for 2022 at its Jan. 3 meeting, falling into the same partisan gridlock that led to competing draft proposals back in September. David Imamura, a Democratic appointee and chair of the commission, explains how the commission go to this point and what comes next.