On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:01:46 -0700, Darren New wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> A county is basically one elected federal official, IIRC.
>> I *think* you mean state official. :)
> 
> Possibly. Especially with the gerrymandering going on.

Yeah.  If it was a federal-level elected official, they'd have to be a 
federal judge (IIRC), or a member of the house/senate, and in general, 
the areas represented are much larger than a single county.  There may be 
one or two exceptions in those less-densely populated states.

Jim

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