New York's Kathy Hochul opens the door to redrawing House lines

ALBANY, New York — Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul is not ruling out a mid-decade redrawing of New York’s House lines, as deep red Texas and Ohio move to reshape their maps through redistricting.

“All’s fair in love and war. We’re following the rules. We do redistricting every 10 years,” Hochul said during an unrelated event Thursday in Buffalo. “But if there’s other states violating the rules and are trying to give themselves an advantage, all I’ll say is, I’m going to look at it closely with Hakeem Jeffries.”

The governor’s comments are her first since Republican Gov. Greg Abbott announced a special session of the Texas Legislature to focus on redistricting. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ team spoke with Hochul’s office about redistricting earlier this month following Abbott’s announcement, according to two people with direct knowledge of the conversation, granted anonymity to discuss the closed-door talks.

“I’m not surprised that they’re trying to break the rules to get an advantage,” Hochul added. “But that’s undemocratic, and not only are we calling them out, we’re also going to see what our options are.”


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