Eric Holder brings Democrats' redistricting fight to Florida
A national organization that helped pave the way for Democrats’ sweeping state legislative victories last month in Virginia is turning its focus to Florida ahead of the 2020 Census and a looming redrawing of state and congressional districts.
The National Democratic Redistricting Committee, led by former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, plans to promote and support the Census next year in one of the most important battleground states in the nation, Holder said Wednesday during a round table at the Biscayne Shores headquarters of the liberal grassroots non-profit New Florida Majority.
Holder said his organization — which sued successfully in Virginia to overturn state legislative maps drawn to pack in minority voters and then raised money for Democratic candidates — also plans to pressure Florida lawmakers to create constitutionally sound congressional and legislative maps once the new Census data leads to reapportionment.
“Virginia was a target state for us in 2019 in the way that Florida is a target state for us in 2020,” Holder, who served in former President Barack Obama’s cabinet, told reporters Wednesday.
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