Teacher‑Union Redistricting Shapes Primaries

When powerful local unions fund redistricting and candidate infrastructure, they can narrow the space for moderate challengers and steer primary electorates toward more radical nominees. In large states this capture reshapes who becomes governor and the policy trajectory for education, housing, and energy. — If unions or interest groups systematically shape district lines and primary incentives, state‑level democratic choice is compressed, producing policy outcomes that affect national politics and markets.