TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas House committee is already considering a half-dozen proposals for redrawing the state’s congressional districts, but it’s likely to review even more.
Friday’s meeting of the Redistricting Committee was scheduled to give members an opportunity to present more ideas before the panel begins its discussions.
Kansas lawmakers must redraw the state’s four U.S. House districts to account for population changes. The 1st District of western and central Kansas is nearly 58,000 residents short of the ideal of about 713,000 and must gain territory.
The Senate has approved a bipartisan plan. But many Republicans don’t like it because it would create a slightly more Democratic 2nd District in eastern Kansas for Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins, the senior member of the state’s all-GOP House delegation.
