Lawsuit filed over new congressional map

A team of opponents filed a pair of lawsuits this week, objecting to congressional maps drawn up by Kansas Republicans. The suits accuse the lawmakers of gerrymandering.

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State News

February 15, 2022 - 10:11 AM

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democrats, a civil rights group and a national elections watchdog filed two lawsuits Monday against Kansas officials over a Republican redistricting law that costs the state’s only Democrat in Congress some of the territory in her Kansas City-area district that she carries by wide margins in elections.

Kansas is part of a broader national battle over redrawing congressional districts. Republicans hope to recapture a U.S. House majority  in this year’s elections, and both parties are watching states’ redistricting efforts because they could help either pick up or defend individual seats.

Both lawsuits were filed in Wyandotte County District Court in the Kansas City area, on behalf of aggrieved voters. Both sue Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab, a Republican and the state’s top elections official.

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