whitford about jenner mannedering. in wisconsin, the lower court said the state's redrawn maps were unconstitutional in protecting one party. if the supreme court upholds the lower court, will you propose an independent third party approach to redistricting similar to the highly successful system in iowa? mr. northam: this is important to me. i served in the virginia senate for six years. i was on the elections committee and my opponent is actually the architect of jerry mannedering throughout this country. so -- gerrymandering throughout this country. so we have two contrasting approaches to redistricting. let me just tell you a quick story. when i ran for virginia senate in 2007, i ran against an eight-year incumbent. there were 14u7bd delegate races that year. there were 40 senate races. out of 140 races there were only 17 that were competitive. that's not good democracy. that means that we as the people should be choosing our representatives rather than politics tigses choosing their voters and that's -- politician