GOP redistricting plans in Kansas split Democrat’s district
By JOHN HANNA
AP Political Writer
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican legislators in Kansas are pursuing redistricting proposals that would remove Democratic voters from the Kansas-City area swing district currently held by the state’s only Democratic member of Congress. Democrats fear that new political boundaries will make it harder for Democratic U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids to win reelection in Kansas’ 3rd District. GOP lawmakers on Tuesday made public their first congressional redistricting proposals during meetings of committees in the state House and Senate. GOP proposals would split up the state’s portion of the Kansas City metropolitan area and would draw all or part of the Democratic stronghold of Wyandotte County out of Davids’ district.