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Kansas Supreme Court upholds state congressional map - Roll Call

The Kansas Supreme Court upheld the state’s congressional map in a ruling Wednesday, reversing a lower court.

Roll Call · May 18, 2022

Kansas Supreme Court upholds Republican congressional map

Kansas’ highest court has upheld a Republican redistricting law that makes it harder for the only Democrat in the state’s congressional delegation to win reelection

The Independent UK · May 18, 2022

‘This is government action targeting other Kansans’: State high court weighs gerrymandering

TOPEKA, Kan. — The Kansas Supreme Court had sharp questions on Monday for both sides in a historic fight over whether the state constitution prohibits gerrymandering that will decide the future of the Kansas City-area congressional district held by Democrat Sharice Davids.

Tribune News Service · May 17, 2022

Kansas residents sue over GOP-drawn map, alleging ‘extreme and intentional’ gerrymander

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Sixteen Kansas residents are suing to block the state’s new congressional map, alleging that its redrawn district boundaries are a racial and partisan gerrymander.

Tribune News Service · Feb 14, 2022

Democrats sue to overturn new Kansas congressional districts

Democrats have sued Kansas officials over a Republican redistricting law

The Independent UK · Feb 14, 2022

US Rep. Sharice Davids isn’t saying much about Kansas redistricting, but her fundraising emails are

WASHINGTON — On the night Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed the Kansas Legislature’s congressional map, the lawmaker most likely to be affected, Rep. Sharice Davids, didn’t have much to say publicly.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Feb 10, 2022

GOP undoes veto of Kansas map hurting Democrat; courts next

Republican legislators in Kansas have overridden the Democratic governor’s veto of a redistricting plan that politically hurts the state’s only Democrat in Congress

The Independent UK · Feb 9, 2022

Kelly vetoes Kansas redistricting proposal splitting Wyandotte County, calls for fair maps

TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly rejected a Republican-drawn congressional map on Thursday that would have split Wyandotte County, diluting minority voting strength in the Kansas City region.

Tribune News Service · Feb 3, 2022

Kansas Senate approves redistricting plan splitting Wyandotte County along I-70

TOPEKA, Kan. — Three days after the plan was first unveiled, the Kansas Senate approved a congressional redistricting map Friday.

Tribune News Service · Jan 21, 2022