[Mpls] RE: New 5th Ward election. . . Question.

[Zach Coulter]

I have heard an idea perpetuated here and elsewhere that the new 3rd and 5th were gerrymandered in order to have Don Samuels and Natalie Johnson Lee run against each other and that there was a racial component to the motivation for doing so.
 
Then I read CM Johnson-Lee say,  "Redistricting happened before Don was ever elected"
 
I'm not so concerned with what Don Samuels said or didn't say about where he would run for re-election (can I call it that?).  I'm more concerned with the idea of gerrymandering for the purpose of having the only two black CM's run against each other.  Because if what CM Johnson-Lee said is true it seems impossible that this was the case.  Forgive me if I'm treading on well-worn territory here, it would just put my mind at ease to know the facts regarding this issue.
 
Thanks!
 
Zach Coulter
Central


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Zach Coulter
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