Shake-up irks some voters, candidates
By David Madrid
The Arizona Republi
For almost two decades, Tom Matheson, a Republican voter in Goodyear, has been represented by conservative state lawmakers who lived in the southwest Valley like he does.
After the results of Tuesday’s primary, it’s likely that his state representatives will be Democrats who live 170 miles away in Yuma. There were no Republicans listed on his ballot for the state Legislature, either, Matheson said.
“To not even field a candidate … it’s very disappointing,” he said.
Matheson and some leaders in Goodyear and Buckeye consider themselves the victims of a redistricting process, which has forced them into sprawling legislative and congressional districts. Those districts include cities as far away as Yuma and Tucson — areas that they have little in common with.
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