It's a district they should have drawn in 2011, but Pelosi wanted to gamble on getting a 13-5 delegation from IL. The result is that the delegation is only 10-8 today. An 11-7 would have been a gimme, just by drawing the district you did, but the DCCC overplayed the 2008 Obama factor in crafting the districts.
What are the prospects now in Illinois of getting something on the books of the ballot reducing the ability to shamelessly gerrymander?
They shouldn't unless Texas or Pennsylvania does the same.
