TOPEKA, Kan. — The Kansas Senate fell short Monday in its attempt to override Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's veto of a Republican-supported congressional map that opponents denounce as racially gerrymandered.
Senators voted 24 to 15 to reject the veto, falling three votes short of the two-thirds majority needed. But Republicans are expected to engage in an overnight scramble to find the necessary votes and reverse the outcome.
The map, drafted following the 2020 census, would split majority-minority Wyandotte County between two congressional districts, diluting the voting strength of its minority residents.
