Opinion ID: 2515815
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: S48870, Gray and Hagbom v. Bradbury

Text: Gray Petitioners contend that the Secretary of State erred in joining House Districts 1 and 2 to create Senate District 1. [21] They argue that House Districts 1 and 9 should have been joined in a senatorial district, that House Districts 2 and 7 should have been joined in a second senatorial district, and that House Districts 8 and 10 should have been joined in a third. They present evidence regarding the community of interest that connects the coastal areas assigned to House Districts 1 and 9. [22] The Secretary of State must consider numerous criteria in deciding which House districts should be linked into a Senate district. Gray Petitioners point to nothing in the record that demonstrates that the Secretary of State did not consider the relevant criteria. They have failed to show that the Secretary of State's choice to link House Districts 1 and 2 into a Senate district was a choice that no reasonable Secretary of State would have made.