Common Cause Massachusetts announced the results of their Redistricting Olympics contest last week with gold, silver, and bronze medals going to young people (and a few not so young) across the state who used their website to draw House, Senate, and Congressional maps.

Click here to see their maps and to read about the contest and the winners.

Congressional Map Gold Medal Winner: Nick Rossi

Nick came to work on this project as part of a larger study that he is doing this semester as an undergraduate student at Clark University on minority influenced districts in Massachusetts. Nick is a senior at Clark University, majoring in Geography with a minor in Political Science. He plans to graduate this spring.

The judges felt that Nick’s map presented the best balance of low deviation, municipal integrity, and representation for cohesive communities of interest, including minority communities.