Mississippi Democrats fear big losses in Legislature from redistricting, vow to organize

Mississippi Democrats fear big losses in Legislature from redistricting, vow to organize

Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. One estimate shows Democrats could lose as many as 24 seats in the Mississippi Legislature from GOP-led gerrymandering, the state party chairman said Tuesday. At a news conference in Jackson, Rep. Cheikh Taylor, Democratic Party chairman, said he has reviewed maps Republicans might adopt in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Louisiana v. Callais ruling, which gu…