Kansas GOP's redistricting plan targets Rep. Sharice Davids

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Kansas Republicans on Tuesday unveiled a proposal to redraw the state’s congressional district boundaries that would give them a substantially better chance at winning all four of the state’s seats in the U.S. House of Representatives by carving up the state’s largest county.

The proposal, introduced by state Rep. Chris Croft (R), would imperil Rep. Sharice Davids (D), who won a district that includes most of the Kansas City metropolitan area in the 2018 midterm elections.

Davids’s district currently includes all of Wyandotte and Johnson counties, two of only five counties in all of Kansas that President Biden carried in the 2020 election.

Croft’s map would divide Wyandotte County, home of Kansas City, into two districts along Interstate 70, giving a substantial number of Davids’s current constituents to neighboring Rep. Jake LaTurner (R). In exchange, Davids’s district would pick up parts of conservative Miami County and all of Franklin and Anderson counties, south and west of the metro area.

[Nevilledog]

1. That's the point. Shore up their seats while gutting Dem districts.

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2. +10000000000000000

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3. Gov. Kelly will veto the GOP redistricting plans.

Republicans do have super-majorities that can overturn the veto, but they will have to be unified to do so.

[MuseRider]

5. The last time we had to take it to the Kansas

supreme court who drew up the maps that were as they are supposed to be. I do not remember how that came about but Brownback had his own company drawing maps that were unbelievable. I think we likely have too few D's to do anything this time.

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4. Crooks at work.