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The Associated Press reports:
The Republicans who control the Kansas Legislature are close to passing a congressional redistricting plan that marries an eastern Kansas community proud of its “woke” politics to Trump-loving small towns and farms five hours west by car on the expansive and stark plains.
Democratic legislators and some local officials see the worst kind of gerrymandering in the GOP’s intentions for Lawrence, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) west of Kansas City. The northeast Kansas city of almost 95,000 residents is home to the main University of Kansas campus.
A city that has a penchant for irritating conservatives with liberal politics would be moved into the sprawling 1st Congressional District of western and central Kansas where former President Donald Trump received almost 70% of the vote in 2020.
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Photo: Map author and Senate President Ty Masterson.
The Republicans who control #ksleg are close to passing a congressional redistricting plan that marries an eastern Kansas community proud of its “woke” politics to Trump-loving small towns and farms hours west by car on the expansive and stark plains.https://t.co/Qp4EBREl18
— John Hanna (@APjdhanna) January 25, 2022
Kansas lawmakers are on the edge of passing a congressional map that would put Lawrence into the Big 1st congressional district
I spent Monday in Lawrence. Here's my story with @KatieJ_Bernard —->#ksleg https://t.co/sZsPdXuTzC
— Jonathan Shorman (@jonshorman) January 25, 2022