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Republicans, Brewer impeach redistricting chair
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Phoenix Business Journal by Mike Sunnucks, Senior Reporter
Date: Wednesday, November 2, 2011, 6:28am MST.

IRC chair Collee Mathis

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Gov. Jan Brewer and Republicans in the Arizona Senate have impeached the independent chairwoman of the Independent Redistricting Commission.

Brewer and GOP lawmakers are upset with Colleen Mathis’ decisions on the IRC including hiring a mapping firm linked with President Barack Obama.

The IRC is drawing new congressional and legislative lines and the GOP doesn’t like draft lines drawn by Mathis and the IRC. They think favor the map favors Democrats.

They also claim Mathis broke state open meetings laws with communications IRC board members. The panel is supposed to have lines drawn by the end of the year. Arizona gets a new ninth U.S. House seat next year

Brewer and the GOP actions against the IRC are drawing national headlines including from Politico.com and The New York Times ...