The map approved by the Senate committee.
A Kansas Senate committee has approved a map that reconfigures the state’s congressional districts. The map moves the city of Manhattan from the 2nd District into the 1st. Officials in Manhattan have been arguing against that idea. The city of Lawrence, which is currently split between the 2nd and 3rd Districts, would be placed entirely into the 2 nd District. The map was proposed by Republican Senator Tim Owens, of Overland Park, who chairs the Senate redistricting committee.
The new map still needs approval from the full Senate before it moves on to the House for further consideration.