Redrawing the state’s boundaries for the Congressional, Executive Council, state Senate and state House seats is a political process, but it should not be a millstone on the balance of power.
The old standard for gerrymandering in New Hampshire was the current, five-district Executive Council map with District 2, which snaked from Keene to the Maine border encompassing the Democratic enclaves of Keene, Concord and the greater Dover-Durham area.
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