"Since gerrymandering seeks to elevate partisanship above everything else in our politics, the best way to counter gerrymandering and its insidious impacts on democracy is simply to take partisanship out of the equation."
"I don't know if he would tell you I have been so far [a reliable vote for GOP leadership]. The California lawmaker noted that he has already voted against several procedural rule votes, the party-line measures that typically determine whether legislation even reaches the House floor."
California Rep. Kevin Kiley announced his departure from the Republican Party to run for reelection as an independent, intensifying uncertainty in the House where Speaker Mike Johnson operates with one of the narrowest majorities in modern history. Republicans now hold 218 seats to Democrats' 214, with three vacancies. Kiley, a two-term congressman from Northern California, cited frustration with rigid partisan structures dominating Congress. Though he plans to continue caucusing with Republicans, Johnson can no longer assume his automatic support. Kiley has already voted against several procedural rule votes. His decision follows mid-decade redistricting that transformed his Republican-leaning district into a far more Democratic seat, prompting him to counter gerrymandering's effects by removing partisanship from the equation.
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