Brutal Redistricting Fight Shaping Up; Politics Shapes Weird Contours in District Lines News Clippings

    /t/
t//

,,O

.a

r.
l 1

A
fiS

ar
:;i

af
s 

rr
fl+

i *
$r

i +
-:

3;
; 
iP

ii:
l

l;E
f;e

 r
l*

';F
ge

iii

,E
iii

l$
fii

 f
f#

iu
i

.. 
:i 

. 
: 

-.
.:r

 .
.. 

. 
' . 

'. 
i 

,,.
: 

,,.
 il

gi
iii

ffi
#i

*H
rf

f1
.

'ls
 ig

t 
s€

 [e
*r

E
; f

l+
r 

$ 
i '

tti
i5

ni
iia

'F
iE

E
5g

; 
"

=
,-

 
.' 

\r
 

^
.,I

r';
.-

 
, 

?;
-.

1 
.(

.:

,,r
lg

 iE
 +

t'E
 i 

i 3
[i 

gi
 5f

i ;
s'

'

T
+

lE
iii

ffi
ag

i*
iri

 ,

E
 ,in

E
{jr

;ii
lg

;'r
i;

, 
e-

:-
l-

,, 
[E

gi
gf

lti
fr

$;
i*

t;$
 ,

sf
fff

iff
iff

i#
I

'..
...

: 
:

I 't \ \ -t 1

.F
I c A )*
t

hr
o

(f
l

;$ E F
rt

 o o: rI
+

ld
o

F
d

ts
)

lQ
 'i

l.{
i

ld
o ra
l

{d
l

J,
l]

-f
:

, 
: 

,, 
..s

.

l- ts
{

ld

:-
_, F 'r ,\ il'



Briiral ba
taking shagle

' I 'r'.'
Coaliaucd froa Paec onc

University. said, "I think
it will requre a consider-' able amount of shifting
this time." i ,I ^ r.'

Here is a look by region
at the districts and the
problems and considera-
tions the Legislature is
likelytoface:'. ; : .-i,

Piedmont . :

The {th District. repre-
sented by Democrat lke
F. Andrews of Cary, is
bursting at the seams.

While the dropping of
Chatham County, popula-
tion 33.37.1. would leave
the district near the ideal
size. it would create an.
o_ther problem: Randolph
County would no longer
be contiguous to the rEst
of the district. ;;,, -''.
: Andrews isn't saying
publicty how he wanti thE
district reshaped, but
supporters say his first
choice would be. a Re-.
search Triangle district
of lVake, Durham and Or-
an ge co un ti es,.'. -"ilt,f:;t *r'
: Andrews'',^;Xircond
choice. the'itipporters
say, would be .to keep
\Uake and Chatham, but
move Durham into the
Znd. Andrews is a native'
of Chatham and a.resi-'
dent of Wake. ' I r " r' 't "' -

.Whether the legislaturewill heed Andrews'
wishes, however. is un-
certain. His political
stock was lowered last
year by a controversy in-
volving the mishandling
of campaign contribu-
tions.

Several other politi- . _
cians have designs on the
seat. including two state
senators from Raleigh
who have sought the seat

- William A. Creech and
Robert W. Wynne. How
active either becomes in
redistricting could signal
their t982 intentions. ':

Meanwhile, blacks are
expectcd to push for a
district built around Dur-
ham and Orange coun-
ties. Such a district would
appeal to such black lead-
ers as Howard N. Lee, the
state's secretary of natu-
ral resources and com-
munity development. and
H.III. "Itlickey" IUichaux
of Durham, the U.S. at-
torney for thc mlddlo dis.trict. ,

16-l Thc News and Observer, Raleign, N. C.
Sunday,January 11, l9Sl

ffiHe

on l]\.C. limes

_ Splitting Wake lrom
uur|t3T County not only
y9u{d be.nopular amon}Durham's politicalli
powerful blacks but ft
would please some Ra_
leigh politicians, Creech,
a _Raleigh rcsident and
Johnston County nativo,
mtght be encouraged td
make a second try if thenew distrlct lr bullt
around Wake. Johnston
and some othor smaller
countim to the east. , ,

Ttre5e atso hii' been
s_peeula_tion. whlch Gov.
J3m9! B. Hunt Jr.'s aidee

i,ilfiJ.f"""ll;",[1.,#m rcdistricilng lt would
De for splitting Durham

and Wake into separate
'distticts that would leave
good districts for Lee and
state Transportation Sec-

I retary Thomas W.
' Bradshaw, a former Ra-

leigh mayor.
. . The 6th District poses
greater problems be-
cause its population is be-
low the ideal and it has a
new Republican eon-

. Sressman, W. Eugene
Johnston.

Johnston defeated vet-
'iran Democrat L. Ric-
hardson Preyer, and
there is speculation that
Preyer will attempt a re-, turn in 1982. The pressure
on the Democratic legis-
lators will be to increase
the 6th's population with ,

Democratic voters, possi-
. bly by including Orange

County in the district. .i
The problem, however,.- is Randolph County. The ,

chances are good that the
Republican-leaning coun-
ty will no longer stay with*the '4th District. Ran-

:-dolph would go nicely in a
6th district with Guilford,
but that would shore up
Johnston's hold
district. 'o,,

on the

,..As one Democratic
Iegislator said, "It might
be best for us just to
concede the district to the

, Republicans and protect
the incumbents we've
got."

One of those incum-
bents is Rep. Stephen L.
Neal, whose Sth District
borders on the 6th to the
northwest. Neal has
.faced tough Republican
challenges in the last two
elections and probably
would like to pick up
Democratie Rockingham
County from the 6th and
give Republican David-
son County to another dis-
trict. ., r

State Sen. George W.
Marlon Jr., D-Surry, who
has congressional ambi-
tlons, would like to see a
more rural district creat-



rv'' her P ed:'il gtriflffffiffiffi i *;ffi ; d;$'',#[,"'
districts - the 8th and t

- arc about the right s
in poPulation, t
cr'andes'in the orher lH, ,"iqlii:t*::ilfi"ifiti ff;.1ilffi'.;T"?:1fly" i[: j,iiihf;fi',l'::t,}.1#^i.*ff]$lliT,XfilAs;f i.tricts- could affect thc

'T*'i "wiqrr "tJI l*[[:tfi;!i,:ll;il'"flii;$,ffi
'the 8th District, u'h

sharcs borders with
3rd, .lth, sth, 6th, ?th I

sharcs borders with the 
niliirjil nl'iii"l|rr.'rfiey - trict, _which 

has grown-.I

3rd, .lth, sth, 6th, ?th
9th districrs. 

q,u 
' share ' '"nui"""ditiiidt 

' too lirge' oarticularly be-' '

'..11"","x1'l'iiihffi 
' illfii:I}i*ffi ,' ltiitt#ttH##;i;;:; c.-trtartin, proba- talk that botlfllfli:'"':ll"r , [iJi"'-- 

- -- - *'*
. btv u'ill not be .t,rtii.i imbitions{o-rcorisrcss' 

1 ; ties'

ffi 
,:r,tlr;, rT"l,ufui ;tli{i i,:Hffi nUitmir,"*ditl ii ir"i^"iti."xi"nul,i''g coun- f"Y:LlPltnluo n,,,, or .,. tative, 

"iiria-iireio.give:i
I fiI$..lTxii{u[ ;i"';1i$n:lg*,** i1[l6.diifi['ii'1ff {' 

"ornii.' 
that a-re added to l':lili,i:,ffi\;,j;--fi .:.' 

"r,-rnge'ioiiome 
smatter;

ihe district. 
"Jii'iii,rriv 

).. nemSctatic.counticl., .f

Four congressionit "' -'i''t-"i" t as .lTtl !{k,?l '.. 't. Re
districts are irithe East' Fountain retl

, and rhe res'censusshows' top rro*.,[ll*']$lli'"'otot'iltf, ory!

The Poputation of the

nit 
-1.' 

about ideal, but
Gudger alreadY is llnlng
uo a-comeback camPatgn
i,i'- ie8t. He rePortedlY ' '
would like to see ueme

"riii" 
cl"reland CountY

;ill from BroYhill's
district to the llth' /

three of them with PoPu-

" lrtions bclow the ideat
. level. All four districts
I 

"." held by well-en-
, ,' trenchcd Democratic in'

' least one county will have ,'
i



.l
5th

: EEEEE[I
6rh

^,1.r;;i 
. EEBEEE

537,726 '',,i til-,^.'. 496r967

./ 525,53f il
.,-ati

I Many ol North.Carolina's I I congressional districls ' reapportionmenl by the Legislature this year. Under I ...I probably will take on a hew look , afler 
":ri 

the U.S. Supreme Coui's one-man, one-vote.:,'-
'rullng, the idoal population ol each district should be
about 531,100.

f,lrrm ) driltrr

3'iEdIffi

J..{lod l St }|rt

EtrEEEM...
515,122,W

j.; 531,280
Ualor I mroo

517,411



L-' l"':T-1.,'* - -7;-

1I
1
1

t!

l#nffiffi;ffiffirg,
1 p|*ffi{{{gg!ig;i[::*nm*11ffiffi/;il;:",..";;.,].;;:;-;:;"j1.:"""H_ 'r*: rtr;.1il1ifiii
' #idf,#,fit;#iflffiF#ffifi$ffr-fiffirii;ii: {,ij

flt
iJ[i g;;ii"m*;*'g*'ffi**"*$:i;i.r'4ii,Ili",]ii;jiili:'I;rri:.:'1'r: ;iql]'1iji,\3ffip ;iLi'ir"'-'",l

l.x' "r:'t1J"xl;:f{*,HT*,f"I;*ti;;;:].,:i:l"i' ', . 'r':r'- . j ::f 'r'"''' ,YrIJ.r " ; "''',:,iti+1ii

i, iF-rffii"i!."i:Srrr."fi:r*s-:iilr* f lfliffi'fl,ifP,",;IHu*'iffi,S,*#;,S;r$iti#i$im',X,ji;.Si,Ifl+rii'E1fr[ti'[,'-ii.!'ffili
Ig q-'.nmrmsl*.'n***';*;* ]:;iL'il*ll#**:*'"t *"'ano'*' ri;l:*'il#r;,ii:i11,H*l'*r"d'dro,,'ir !h'nvidro'un'li6$nl,umlt*[*'*t";

$ffiffi Iffffi t*lt+ffi *h'*qilidli,*iff*:H:.lt$#*r.ry'r:trl[r$tfi Hi];'tr','*ffi i
I : lli a@.t 14" l,Enh! llo@ SD..l tbt n t., r.r*,.Dr.di@.nid,,!,!ci!,.!.ry!.. , ,t'ff:#;[HHf"",#ffr"ng**,*,* . 

=_1"ffit"Hfli{I"L*_fimii.i.ii*tr]priq'r4.toi:l',f#,*rr,,',r*:l';#i

'ffif,{ifrHffiHHtri*.#HIf ff.:'fir.titsff.{:iitr,:r,'':ijj fiittrH"lr*##,Hjffiiil1ig*H ,'ii*$ns,ilf*];h,'[rl;T;:mlfi
ttr*Tj:mm#;t*H:"ffi*I : ;t[_:',*,iT,;i1ts.nT.,iit:.fJel!ifl.i_ix ,*6#;',*;,r.*H;i:..;#".1r*: r*;r,n*i*jfl::l*:"*ffit:;li



North Ceroline
APPENOIX TAELE 1O
Preliminary' Popuhtion Ccnrut Countc

April t, 1980

ALrnancr
Ahrrndcr
Allcghrny
Anron
Arhr
Avary
Scrufort
Errtio
Eledra
Erunrwick
Euncomba
Burko
Ceberrut
Celdwcll
Camdtn
Crricrct
Carwcll
Cetawbc
Ch.rh.m
Ch*okcr
Chorvcn
Clry
Clavrl.nd
Columbut
Crevrn
Cumbcrland
Currituck
Oerc
Dtvidron
Oevio
Duplin
Durham
Edgrconrb.
Forryth
Frank lin
Grrton
Gatat
Grahrm
Granvilla
Grcrnr
Guilford
Hrlilar
Harnatt
Haywood
Hondcrrcn
Hcrtlord
Hokr
HYdo
lrcdcll
Jack:on

98,964
24,774
9,570

25,360
22,336
14.422
40,385
20,918
30.069
35.349

160,265
72.357
85,5r 3
67,3 r.r

5.820
&,794
20,530

I 04,788
33,374
r 8.940
12,497
6,s93

82,796
5r.015
70,631

246,522
I r.o84
t 2.40t

t r2,6r8
24,451
40,658

r 50.035
56.082

242,*t
29,8r I

r6r.288
8,8r 3
7.194

33,855
r 5.898

3 r 4,839
54,a08
59,249
46.449
58.088
23. I 09
20.293
5,125

82.461
25.878

to,?21
9,673

38,754
59.39t
42,44
35.0r 3
20,t38
r6,79r
25.735

ll(rc.586
t4.39r
22.355
50,374
66.338

102,779
22,289

r 12,165
75.@3
1o,337
?8,326
22.r07
9,456

29.r lo
88.52t
t2,904
9r,187
45.383

r0t,40l
83.164
98,829
53,299
49,243
32,244
48.t92
32.968
59.330
t0.240
23,31 6
3.988

70,212
35,340

298,753
t6,2lt
I 4,786
3r,6r I
96.sr 3
58,323
62,t23
28,367
t 4.955

5.846, t 59.

5,8 74.429 . .

t. r98t.

Johntton
Jonot
Lcc
Lrnoir
Lincoln
McOowcll
Macon
Maditon
Marain
Mecklcnhurq
Mitchclt
Montgomcry
Moora
N.lsh
Naw Halrtrvcr
Norrhampton
Onslow
Orangc
Pamlico
Parquotank
Ponder
Perquimant
PrrtOn
pirt
Polk
Randolph
Richmond
Roberon
Flockirl9ham
Rowan
Ruthcrlord
Sampron
Scotland
Stanly
Srokcr
Surry
Swain
Tranrylvania
Tyrrcll
Union
Voncc
Wokc
Warrun
Warhrn0ton
Watauga
Waync
Wrlkes
Wrlson
Yadkin
Yancey

Sum ol l@ cuunticr

Stota Totirl

'fhcta countt arc Arrliminary and tubiect ro change until finol orficial countr arc rrlearcd on or befor€ Aoril
"Th* Stute tutJl,.illrcls rhr!,)ltrr.i,tl rr.u.rri,,r.1ttapportlonmcnl. Tha county detall rcllectlng

Source: U.S. Oepartment ol Comorercc. 0rrrcuu

,,,.rIrl t.r tlr. Itrr.11111.111 ,rrr [Jr:rIrIlr.r ll li)rJt) tr;r 1r,1,;rr;.r.., ..t
lhls it,irtc toral wdt unovarl.rblc upon prrntrng th|' docurn€ni.

r,l C{rrtut.

t07