Patsy Keever is a school teacher turned political servant.  She was a county commissioner and state legislator in North Carolina for years.

In 2010 Keever ran for Congress.  That year North Carolina’s political districts were so out of whack, her district was redrawn and gerrymandered to the point that she couldn’t vote for herself (even though she had lived in that district for decades).

 In 2019 a 3 judge panel would rule that the state’s maps were so gerrymandered that it violated the state’s constitution.  Republicans had drawn the maps to benefit the GOP with “surgical precision.”

The process of redistricting is confusing, here are some resources that explain what happened:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/north-carolinas-gop-drawn-map-is-struck-down-as-improper-gerrymander-11567552915 (The Wall Street Journal is a right leaning newspaper specializing in financial/economic reporting.)

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/politics-columns-blogs/under-the-dome/article193814154.html

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-north-carolina-gerrymandering/north-carolina-court-strikes-down-state-legislative-map-as-unconstitutional-gerrymander-idUSKCN1VO2MD

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