Kansas Lawmakers Face Redistricting

Committees in the Kansas House and Senate
are facing critical votes on legislation redrawing the state’s
political boundaries.
The House Redistricting Committee scheduled a debate and a vote
Wednesday on a bill adjusting the outlines of the state’s four U.S.
House districts.
The Senate approved a bipartisan plan last month, but Republican
Gov. Sam Brownback and many GOP legislators don’t like it. It would
leave Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins, the senior member of the state’s
all-Republican delegation in the U.S. House, with a slightly more
Democratic district.
The Senate Reapportionment Committee’s agenda Wednesday called
for votes on separate bills redrawing state House and Senate
districts.
Kansas legislators are redrawing their own districts and the
four congressional districts to account for changes in population
over the past decade.