Congressional districts set for next decade1 min read

The map places Sedona, the Village of Oak Creek, Camp Verde and parts of Cornville in Congressional District 1, which stretches from the Utah border south to Pima County. It includes Flagstaff, Page, the Navajo Nation and parts of the suburbs of both Tucson and Phoenix.
Map courtesy of the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission

The lines in the sand are now set in stone.

The U.S. Department of Justice approved Arizona’s congressional redistricting map, submitted by the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission on Feb. 9. The map will govern Arizona’s congressional elections for the next decade.

U.S. Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez wrote April 9 the new map conforms to the Voting Rights Act of 1965. He also wrote the Department of Justice has no objections to the new map, which will first come into use for the Arizona congressional primary elections in August.

 

For the full story, see the Wednesday, May 2, edition of the Sedona Red Rock News.

Christopher Fox Graham

Christopher Fox Graham is the managing editor of the Sedona Rock Rock News, The Camp Verde Journal and the Cottonwood Journal Extra. Hired by Larson Newspapers as a copy editor in 2004, he became assistant manager editor in October 2009 and managing editor in August 2013. Graham has won awards for editorials, investigative news reporting, headline writing, page design and community service from the Arizona Newspapers Association. Graham has also been a guest contributor in Editor & Publisher magazine and featured in the LA Times, New York Post and San Francisco Chronicle. He lectures on journalism and First Amendment law and is a nationally recognized performance aka slam poet. Retired U.S. Army Col. John Mills, former director of Cybersecurity Policy, Strategy, and International Affairs referred to him as "Mr. Slam Poet."

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Christopher Fox Graham
Christopher Fox Graham is the managing editor of the Sedona Rock Rock News, The Camp Verde Journal and the Cottonwood Journal Extra. Hired by Larson Newspapers as a copy editor in 2004, he became assistant manager editor in October 2009 and managing editor in August 2013. Graham has won awards for editorials, investigative news reporting, headline writing, page design and community service from the Arizona Newspapers Association. Graham has also been a guest contributor in Editor & Publisher magazine and featured in the LA Times, New York Post and San Francisco Chronicle. He lectures on journalism and First Amendment law and is a nationally recognized performance aka slam poet. Retired U.S. Army Col. John Mills, former director of Cybersecurity Policy, Strategy, and International Affairs referred to him as "Mr. Slam Poet."