Throughout the 1980s and the 1990s the League of Women Voters and its allies tried to keep redistricting on the front burner. When Democrats lost control of the Reapportionment Board in 1990, they became more sympathetic to changing the system — but unsurprisingly, Republicans had lost their enthusiasm for change. The Republicans held on to the Reapportionment Board, the legislature, and the Governor’s office through the 2000 elections and thus saw no need to change the system for the post-2000 redistricting.