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Alabama

yallerdawg

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1. Just in Montgomery (the state capital)...

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Dec 13, 2017, 06:15 PM

Dec 2017

we have 3 districts extend portions, including West Montgomery in Rep. Terri Sewell's 7th District, which also snakes up to Birmingham and grabs a portion there.

Gerrymandering works.

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