TOPEKA, Kan. — The Kansas House overrode Gov. Laura Kelly's veto on Wednesday to enact a congressional map splitting Wyandotte County for the first time in 40 years.
It is all but certain to face a court challenge amid allegations that the reconfigured district boundaries amount to racial gerrymandering.
Republicans muscled the map through the House by an 85-37 margin — one vote more than the required two-thirds majority — a day after the Senate approved the override. The redrawn lines could weaken the electoral prospects of U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids, the state' sole Democrat in Congress.
