Challenges Quote by Letitia James

The important thing to understand about legislators is that there are dozens of competing interests and issues that occupy them. They are stretched thin.

— Mark Shields

I think there are districts - a lot of them - where Donald Trump is deeply unpopular, and tying your opponent to Donald Trump's…

— Brian Schatz

You know, the notion that one senator who represents a state smaller than my congressional district could have the power to unilaterally derail the…

— Ritchie Torres

The accountability of state legislators is so much more than federal legislators.

— Rob Woodall

Battles in the Legislature can be tough.

— Tate Reeves

Political gerrymandering makes the incentive for most members of Congress to play to the extremes of their base rather than to the center.

— Barack Obama

Legislators represent people, not trees or acres. Legislators are elected by voters, not farms or cities or economic interests.

— Earl Warren

But the wisdom and authority of the legislator are seldom victorious in a contest with the vigilant dexterity of private interest.

— Edward Gibbon

Members of legislative bodies are selected by political parties, largely financed or otherwise influenced by private capitalists who, for all practical purposes, separate the…

— Albert Einstein

Gerrymandering is a problem, of course, and the Senate is built in a way that disadvantages Democrats. Unfair as it may be, voter participation…

— Jonathan Capehart

“Legislators represent people, not trees or acres. Legislators are elected by voters, not farms or cities or economic interests. As long as ours is…

— Earl Warren

Congress requires states to draw single-member districts.

— Thomas E. Mann