Preemption Authors Run New Districts

State lawmakers who authored preemption laws that hollowed out local power can become congressional candidates after partisan redistricting, creating a direct accountability inversion: voters may be represented federally by officials who stripped their local authority. This dynamic links state-level policy sabotage (preemption) to national representation through map manipulation and has racialized consequences where majority‑minority districts are redrawn. — Shows how redistricting can export actors who undermined local democracy into national office, reshaping accountability and racial representation in Congress.