"It will elect Democrats and let them show what they can do," he said.

This was the only election between 1912 and 1950 when the district elected a Democrat.

It has not elected a Democrat to office since 1967, before districts of equal population were required.

What good does it do to elect more Democrats if they're going to vote with the Republicans?

The state continued to elect Democrats to the Senate, as it had done since 1972.

Siferd ran in a district that has not elected a Democrat since 1936.

"This case is not about electing a Democrat," he told the judges.

Republicans dominate county council with only one district electing a Democrat.

"If we elect a Democrat, the surplus will go away, because they'll spend it all," he said.

I explain to people that it's important to elect a Democrat who has had experience working within the constraints of the legislative process.