The Tennessee House of Representatives has 99 members. In the Nov. 2022 election, 60 of them had no opponent. No legislative seat was flipped in that election. That is what gerrymandering does.
In state legislative bodies, approximately one in four state legislators run unopposed. I live in a district like that. My state representative, Doyle Heffley, went even further. In 2020, realizing that the Democrats did not have a candidate, he asked voters to write his name on the Democratic ticket. That fall it was Doyle Heffley, Republican, vs. Doyle Heffley, Democrat.
Doyle Heffley won.
Democracy lost.
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